| Latest Feature Stories French-German Deal on Arms Exports Advances FCAS and MGCS Programs
PARIS --- Meeting in Toulouse on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel significantly advanced their next generation of weapons by agreeing new rules governing... Latest Press Releases Hyundai to Build New Aegis Destroyer, Study Large STOVL Carrier
Hyundai Heavy Industries is working on the concept design of the next-generation large transport ship. [It] recently signed a contract with the Navy Headquarters for the “LPX-II conceptual design tech... Taiwan F-16 Fighter Upgrade On Schedule Despite Delays
Taiwan’s multimillion-dollar programme to retrofit its 142-strong fleet of F-16 fighter jets to bring them up to Viper standard is expected to be completed within the next four years. Defence Minis... Trump Urges Italy to Increase Defense Spending
WASHINGTON --- President Donald Trump urged Italy on Wednesday to increase its defense spending as he welcomed Italian President Sergio Mattarella to the White House. Trump says Italy is only spend... Airbus Sells Ten A321neo Jets to Chile's Sky Airline
SAO PAULO - Airbus has sold 10 A321neo aircraft to Chilean budget carrier Sky Airline, two industry sources said. The scope of the deal was included in a monthly Airbus order tally last week but th... Sweden Stops Military Exports to Turkey
Sweden halted all military exports to Turkey late Tuesday, withdrawing two permits that allowed defense companies to do business there. Government records show Sweden isn't currently selling any ac... Russia to Upgrade Zubr-class Assault Hovercraft
MOSCOW --- The Yantar Shipyard on the Baltic coast will accept the world’s largest air-cushion amphibious assault ship Mordovia operational in the Baltic Fleet for repairs in early November, shipyard ... Indonesia Wants to Produce 30 R80 Aircraft Per Year
The government will increase the production of R80 aircraft from 6 units to 30 units per year. For this reason, the government will prepare a budget of Rp1.5 trillion or US $ 112 million. This aircraf... US Will Continue Defeat-ISIS Campaign: Pentagon
The United States will continue its campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria from outside Syria, said a senior defense official who wished to remain anonymous, yesterday in Washington. ... Germany, France Reach Arms Export Deal
A binding agreement removes a major hurdle for the development and export of Franco-German weapons systems. It also paves the way for the development of new tanks, fighter jets and drones. Germany ... Move US Nuclear Weapons Out of Turkey: FAS
Should the U.S. Air Force withdraw the roughly 50 B61 nuclear bombs it stores at the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey? The question has come to a head after Turkey’s invasion of Syria, Erdogan’s increasing... Satellite Images Reveal China's Aircraft Carrier 'Factory
HONG KONG/BEIJING - High-resolution satellite images show that the construction of China’s first full-sized aircraft carrier is progressing steadily alongside expansive infrastructure work that analys... France Begins Trials of Serval 4x4 Multi Role Armored Vehicle
-- Named ‘Serval’ (African wildcat—Ed) by Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, the light multi-role armored vehicle (VBMR) component of the Scorpion program has carried out its initial mobili... SB-1 Defiant Struggles to Overcome Long Grounding
AUSA --- The SB>1 Defiant is back in the air, reaching speeds of 20 knots on its fourth test flight. It should reach the Army-mandated minimum speed of 230 knots by the end of March, “if we have no ot... Norway's F-35 Fleet Boosts Carbon Footprint, Bad for Environment
Norway’s new US-produced Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets will contribute to considerably higher carbon emissions in 2030, jeopardising Norway's obligation to curb CO2 emissions to 60 percent of thei... Russia’s Okhotnik Drone to Test-Fire Weapons in 2020
The Russian drone Okhotnik will perform its first weapons test next year. Speaking to TASS Russian News Agency on Wednesday, a source in the Russian defense industry said, “The Okhotnik’s trials in... Boeing, StandardAero Win $368M to Support P-8A Poseidon Engine
-- The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $193,318,432 modification (P00003) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, time and material, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N0... China Calls for International Rules for Military AI
AI has become an important military technology that may exert leading, subversive and strategic influence in the future, and military intelligentization is the new approach for major countries to seek... Adversaries Pose Unconventional Threats in 'Gray Zone:' DoD
The unconventional and insidious threat U.S. adversaries pose is in the "gray zone," the space between U.S. traditional concepts of a peaceful state of affairs and full-scale war, a Defense Department... Exercise Polar Force Tests Agile Combat Employment
ELMENDORF, Alaska --- Exercise Polar Force 20-1, a biannual two-week mission readiness exercise designed to test multiple elements of the Agile Combat Employment concept of operations ended Oct. 10. ... US Navy SatCom Completes Key Test and Evaluation Phase
SAN DIEGO --- The Navy’s next-generation narrowband satellite communications system completed a critical test and evaluation phase and was assessed as operationally effective, operational suitable and... Australia Opens Underwater Collision Research Facility
The new Underwater Collision Research Facility (UCRF) has been officially unveiled at the Australian Maritime College in Launceston. The UCRF is a joint initiative between Defence Science and Techn... New Goggles Bring AI to Soldier Training
WASHINGTON --- The Army is now testing virtual-reality goggles that will allow Soldiers to rehearse combat missions that they are about to undertake. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System, know... Thales Alenia Space Starts Construction of New Facilities in Spain
MADRID --- The construction of the new clean room(1) that Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %) is setting up in Spain has already started. This cutting-edge fac... Nammo Launches Defense Manufacturing Company in US
In an effort to meet evolving US requirements, Nammo has decided to increase its infrastructure investments in the United States, and to replace its current US organization of several smaller units wi... | 
