| Latest Feature Stories Boeing Employees' Emails Show ‘Culture of Arrogance'
NEW YORK --- Contempt for regulators, airlines and their own colleagues coupled with a casual approach to safety: a series of emails by Boeing employees paint an unflattering portrait of a company cul... Latest Press Releases Dutch Damen Shipyards Selected to Build Germany’s New MKS 180 Frigates
PARIS --- The German Navy’s new MGS 180 multi-purpose combat ship will be built by the Dutch Damen shipyard, the German blog Augen Geradeaus reported Monday. The information was subsequently confirmed... Leonardo AW109 Wins US Navy’s $176M Training Helicopter Competition
AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is awarded a $176,472,608 firm-fixed-price contract for the production and delivery of 32 TH-73A aircraft, initial spares, peculiar suppo... Sikorsky, Rheinmetall Submit Bid for Germany’s New Heavy Lift Helicopter
KOBLENZ, Germany --- Today, Sikorsky and Rheinmetall representing the German industry team, submitted the bid for the production and operation of the Sikorsky CH-53K “King Stallion" as the Bundeswehr'... Iran Attack Highlights US Missile Defense Vulnerability
The Iranian regime fired 16 ballistic missiles into Iraq on Jan. 8 at bases housing American troops. With no ballistic missile interceptors in range, U.S. forces could only watch and wait for impact. ... Incoming Boeing CEO Vows to Rebuild Trust
The opening gambits by Boeing Co.’s new boss show the risks he is willing to take to reset the deeply troubled planemaker. Dave Calhoun, who officially took charge Monday, pushed to release humilia... Dassault Wins Order for First Two Falcon 8X SIGINT Aircraft
SAINT-CLOUD, France --- On 30 December 2019, the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) ordered the Archange airborne strategic intelligence program, comprising three Dassault Aviation Falcon 8X airc... Fincantieri, Naval Group Say Joint Venture Fully Operational
The first board meeting of Naviris, the joint venture between Fincantieri and Naval Group, took place. This partnership cements the shared desire of the two companies to build a future of excellence f... Lockheed Wins $3Bn Order for 50 C-130J Super Hercules
MARIETTA, Ga. --- Lockheed Martin will deliver 50 C-130J Super Hercules to the U.S. government through a C-130J Multiyear III award, which was finalized by the U.S. government on Dec. 27, 2019. The aw... China's Top Radar Institute Awarded for Classified, Advanced Project
China's top radar development institute was recently awarded a national prize for a classified, advanced project, as experts hailed China's radar industry on Sunday as a top player in the world. Fo... US to Expel 21 Saudi Military After Base Shooting
WASHINGTON --- U.S. Attorney General William Barr says 21 Saudi military trainees are being sent home following a probe into a deadly shooting at a Florida Naval base that was carried out by a Saudi p... US Army MLRS Launchers Return to Europe
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- On Oct. 28, 2019 at the U.S. Army Base in Grafenwoehr, Germany, the 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade began New Equipment Training and new softwa... Australia’s Future Sub Program on Track Despite 9-Month Delay
1. The Department of Defence (Defence) is in the process of acquiring 12 new submarines. The ‘Future Submarine’ fleet is to replace the fleet of six Collins class submarines currently operated by the ... China Comments F-35 Challenges After ‘Muscle-Flexing’
The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced the USAF’s F-35 combat exercise on January 6, during which all 52 F-35 jet fighters of USAF’s 388th and 419th Fighter Wings at the Hill Air Force Base in t... Royal Navy OPV Begins Falklands Tour
A new naval era has begun in the Falklands as HMS Forth begins her first patrol around the islands. After a 9,000-mile journey from Portsmouth, the 2,000-tonne patrol ship arrived in the South Atla... Dstl and QinetiQ Complete Trials of Combat Vehicle Protection System
October 2019 marked the completion of the Medusa Technology Assessment Programme (TAP), which has been running for the last 3 ½ years. As part of the overall Dstl Active Integrated Protection Systems ... Triumph's New Uplock Technology Selected for A321XLR Program
BERWYN, Pa. --- Triumph Group, Inc. announced today that it has been selected by Airbus to supply uplocks for the main landing gear and nose landing gear for its latest A321XLR single aisle aircraft. ... Airbus Wins $38M to Support UH-72 MRO, Modifications
Airbus Helicopters Inc., Grand Prairie, Texas, is awarded a $37,729,000 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides performance-based logistics suppor... Luxembourg Advances Towards National Aviation Component
On 18 December 2019, the second of the two H-145M helicopters acquired by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on behalf of the Directorate of Defence was delivered to Luxembourg, as planned... Green Light for Vertigo, a European VHTs Research Project
Thales Alenia Space and partners are pleased to announce the official launch of VERTIGO (Very High Throughput Satellite-Ground Optical link), a 3-year project conducted through the Horizon2020 Researc... Pompeo Says Iraqi Leaders Privately Want US Troops
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo maintains that various sectarian leaders in Iraq support the presence of U.S. forces in the country, despite public demands for them to leave. While fielding que... Lockheed Wins $14M for US Navy Advanced EW Systems
SYRACUSE, N.Y. --- Lockheed Martin continue supporting engineering and fielding efforts for the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) AN/SLQ-32(V)6 under a $13.9 million Design Agent ... Raytheon Building Machine Learning System That Knows What it Knows
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Raytheon is developing a machine learning technology under a $6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for the Competency Aware Machine Learning progr... Airbus BelugaXL Enters Service, Adding Capacity to the Fleet
Airbus’ BelugaXL, which entered service in January 2020, has the largest cargo bay cross-section of all existing cargo aircraft worldwide The BelugaXL has entered into service, providing Airbus wit... Australian Frigate Departs for Middle East
The Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac Class frigate HMAS Toowoomba has departed from her home port of Fleet Base West in Rockingham, Western Australia to the Middle East. Toowoomba is the 68th rotation... Norway Extends Defense Rescue Helicopter In Kirkenes
To ensure air ambulance preparedness in Northern Norway, the government has decided to extend the stationing of the Armed Forces Bell helicopter in Kirkenes until April 15. “Aircraft ambulance oper... RUAG Splits into Two Separate Aerospace and Defense Firms
RUAG MRO International completed MRO services on two Bangladesh Navy (BN) Dornier 228-212 special mission aircraft. Image – RUAG RUAG is capping off a dramatic change that has split the company int... | 
