| Latest Feature Stories Deferred Prosecution Agreements Undermine OECD Bribery Convention
PARIS --- In the long fight against bribery and corruption, those twin scourges of international trade, the OCDE Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business ... Latest Press Releases Austria Insists on Reparations from Airbus for 2003 Eurofighter Sale
VIENNA --- With the published agreement between Airbus and the US authorities, the so-called Deferred Prosecution Agreements, Airbus has admitted having committed massive misconduct to the US Departme... Lockheed, India’s BEL to Explore Opportunities for Renamed F-16 Fighter
LUCKNOW, India ---- Lockheed Martin signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) to explore industrial opportunities in the F-21 programme toda... South Africa Seeks to Unlock Stalled Arms Sales to Saudi, UAE
JOHANNESBURG --- South Africa aims to free up over a billion dollars in stalled weapons sales, including to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, by amending a document at the heart of an export row,... US Clears $990M Sale of AGM-158C Anti-Ship Missiles to Australia
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of up to two hundred (200) AGM-158C, Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASMs) and rel... US Army Seeks Industry Input on Path Forward for OMFV
WASHINGTON --- Today the Army issued a market survey for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program, formally marking the official "restart" to produce a transformational infantry fighting ... US Navy Selects Vendors for USV Family of Systems Contracts
WASHINGTON --- Naval Sea Systems Command selected 40 vendors for Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity - Multiple Award Contracts to support the Unmanned Surface Vehicle Family of Systems Feb. 5. ... NASA Faults Boeing for ‘Critical Software Defects’ in Starliner
NASA is reviewing Boeing Co.’s software engineering, and it doesn’t like what it sees. Lurking behind 1 million lines of code for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lies a deficient development ... Boeing Australia Completes First Loyal Wingman Fuselage
BRISBANE, Australia --- The Boeing Australia team recently completed major fuselage structural assembly for the first Loyal Wingman. The aircraft is one of three prototypes that will be developed as a... Honeywell Wins $3.5Bn for Embedded GPS Modernization
Honeywell Inc., Clearwater, Florida, has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with estimated ceiling of $3,517,000,000 for Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation System Moderniza... Lockheed Wins $348M for Long Lead Items for F-35 Lot 15
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $347,714,510 modification to a previously-awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target advance acquis... Engility Wins $655M to Support Space and Missile Center
Engility Corp., Andover, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $655,000,000 firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursable indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for services supporting the Space and Missi... Russia to Arm Tu-160 Bombers with Kinzhal Hypersonic Missiles
MOSCOW --- Russia’s top military brass plans to arm Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic strategic bombers with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, a source in the defense industry told TASS on Monday. "The possibil... Elbit Wins $136M for Laser DIRCM Systems in Asia-Pacific
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded contracts worth approximately $136 million to provide customers in Asia-Pacific with airborne laser Direct Infra-Red Counter Me... Asia-Pacific Fighter Market to 2030 Worth $150 Bn
SINGAPORE --- Analysis from Defence Insight forecasts that the Asia-Pacific fixed wing aircraft market is set to total $150 billion over the coming decade, with total market value forecast to peak at ... US Approves $1.5Bn Sale of Naval Equipment to Australia
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of long lead items, engineering development activities, and other defense services ... Hindustan Aeronautics Light Utility Helicopter Attains IOC
LUCKNOW/BENGALURU --- The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has received the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) for its Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) paving the way for its productionisation. ... Lockheed Delivers Second KC-130J Tanker to French Air Force
PARIS --- On February 7, 2020, the French Air Force took delivery of its second KC-130J, a tanker version of the Super Hercules C-130J, at Orléans-Bricy Air Base 123. Manufactured by Lockheed Marti... F-22, F-35 Stealth Fighters Combine In New Fighter Exercise
PEARL HARBOR, HI. --- More than 600 U.S. Air Force guardsmen, reservists and active duty Airmen completed a new fighter exercise Feb. 7, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, featuring the integration of... FCAS Demonstrator Engine to Be Based on M-88: Safran
At the start of 2019, Safran and MTU Aero Engines signed an industrial partnership to design and produce an engine for the SCAF, tomorrow’s fighter jet. Stéphane Cueille, the Director of R&T and Innov... US Navy V-22 Program Demos 'Speed to the Fleet' with First Delivery
AMARILLO, Texas --- The US Navy accepted the first CMV-22B Osprey this week, with fleet delivery to follow in 2021. The government-industry team celebrated the acceptance milestone during a reveal ... First UK Night Flights Land on HMS Queen Elizabeth
Four F-35 Lightning jets have completed night landings in HMS Queen Elizabeth flying over UK waters on operational training. Exercise Lightning Fury training over the North Sea is aimed at ensuring... HMS Middleton Back in Water After Refit
HMS Middleton has returned to the water with the help of a hydraulic barge after spending six months ashore as part of her £7.5 million maintenance package. She went into BAE Systems’ Ship Producti... US Space Force Prepares to Absorb New Personnel
As it stands now, the new U.S. Space Force has one member: its commander, Space Force Gen. John W. Raymond. But there will be more — enlisted, commissioned officers and civilian members will be part o... Chinese Navy Conducts Combat-Ready Patrol Across Taiwan Strait
BEIJING --- The Chinese PLA Eastern Theater Command organized naval and air forces to conduct combat-ready patrol on Sunday, said Air Force Senior Colonel Zhang Chunhi, Spokesperson for the Chinese PL... Sweden Broadens Operational Military Support with Finland
The Government decided on 6 February to refer a proposal to the Council on Legislation on operational military support between Sweden and Finland. The legislative proposal aims, among other things, to... Exhibitors Pulls Out of Singapore Airshow Over Virus
WASHINGTON / SINGAPORE --- The Pentagon shrunk the size of its delegation traveling to the Singapore Airshow and U.S. defense firms Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Co said they would not attend, as ... | 
