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Paris Signing Ceremony Seals Agreement on FCAS Demonstrators
PARIS --- Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany and Ángel Olivares Ramírez, Secretary of State to Margarita R

Japan MoD Reveals New Concept for Next-Gen F-X Fighter
Japan’s Ministry of Defense has been quietly laying plans for a new stealth fighter to replace the F-2, one capable of outclassing the numerically superior Chinese air force. Nicknamed the “Godzilla”

US Navy Deploys First Destroyer with Counter-Drone Laser
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Navy recently installed the first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN), a laser weapon system that allows a ship to counter unmanned aerial systems. The first system was i

Study Blows Up Century of Airpower Propaganda
If one overall concept drives national security decisions in Washington, it is that technology in the form of highly complex, and thus massively expensive, weapons along the lines of the F-35 stealth ...

Could Boeing’s Woes Finally be Behind It?
Boeing’s annus horribilis has culminated in the worst full-year loss in the company’s 103-year history. Nearly the whole year has been consumed by the two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX, the aircraft’s...

Paris Signing Ceremony Seals Agreement on FCAS Demonstrators
PARIS --- Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany and Ángel Olivares Ramírez, Secretary of State to Margarita R...

Japan MoD Reveals New Concept for Next-Gen F-X Fighter
Japan’s Ministry of Defense has been quietly laying plans for a new stealth fighter to replace the F-2, one capable of outclassing the numerically superior Chinese air force. Nicknamed the “Godzilla” ...

US Navy Deploys First Destroyer with Counter-Drone Laser
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Navy recently installed the first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN), a laser weapon system that allows a ship to counter unmanned aerial systems. The first system was i...

Neuron UCAV Completes New Flight Test Campaign in Support of FCAS
A new flight-test campaign by the nEUROn stealth combat drone technology demonstrator has just been completed by DGA Flight Tests. Requested by the Directorate-General of Armaments (DGA), this fift...

Turkey Asks US for Patriot Missiles to Deter Russia
ANKARA --- Turkey has asked the U.S. to deploy two Patriot missile-defense batteries on its southern border to free it to punish any future attacks by Russian-backed Syrian troops, according to a seni...

Spain Signs Letter of Intent to Join New Phase of FCAS Project
Germany, France and Spain, the countries that will participate in the development of the future European fighter (NGWS / FCAS) today signed in Paris the Letter of Intent to launch the IA2 program, rel...

Pentagon Tests All Three Legs of the Nuclear Triad
OFFUTT AFB, Neb. --- U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) showcased its ability to conduct coordinated, worldwide operations, reassure partners and allies, and accomplish its primary mission of global ...

China Touts Air Force's Transformation into Strategic Force
The Chinese Air Force conducted three major missions in February, namely combat readiness patrols around Taiwan, large-scale medical deliveries to Wuhan and flight performances in Singapore, which is ...

Swiss Parliament Approves 1.5% Defence Spending Increase
With its Message on the Army 2020, the Federal Council has proposed for the second time to the Federal Chambers a ceiling on army expenditure. For the period 2021 to 2024, it will amount to 21.1 billi...

Airbus, MBDA Team to Develop FCAS Remote Carrier Demonstrators
PARIS --- As part of last week’s awarding of the Phase 1A Demonstrators contract for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Airbus and Europe’s premier missile systems house MBDA decided to join forces ...

Airbus and Thales Team to Develop FCAS Air Combat Cloud
PARIS --- As part of last week’s awarding of the Phase 1A Demonstrators contract for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Airbus and Thales have signed an agreement for the development of the Air Comb...

Marines Claim Hot Refueling of F-35B in Five Minutes
YUMA, Ariz. --- Five minutes. That’s the amount of time it took for Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 371 to refuel an F-35B Lightning II and get it back in the air. This was all part o...

Tiger Helicopter in Combat - the French Army Experience
PHALSBOURG, France and MELBOURNE --- While Australia’s Tiger Armed Reconnaissance helicopters have been deployed overseas just twice in their 15-year operational history, their French Army equivalents...

EDA National Armament Directors Discuss Priorities
BRUSSELS --- Member States’ National Armaments Directors (NADs) met on 20 February at the Agency for their biannual Steering Board meeting under the chairmanship of Bulgaria’s Deputy Defence Minister ...

Sikorsky Wins $471M for Six Lot 2 Presidential Helicopters
STRATFORD, Conn. --- Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company will build six production VH-92A Presidential Helicopters under a contract from the U.S Navy. These helicopters are part of the 23 aircraft pro...

GA-ASI Successfully Tests Air-to-Space Laser Communications
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has successfully ground tested its Airborne Laser Communication System (ALCoS) by establishing a link with a satellite in Geo-synchron...

Hensoldt & Diehl Demo UAV Sense & Avoid Tech for German Authority
ULM, Germany -- As part of a study for the German procurement authority (BAAINBw), HENSOLDT and Diehl have developed a sensor system demonstrator for avoiding collisions between aircraft. At the same ...

Dutch Navy Embraces Virtual Training
Technical students from the Royal Netherlands Navy can now make virtual acquaintance with naval ships. They do this with a Virtual Reality (VR) programme that Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS), ...

French Aerospace Industry Group Sends Mission to Canada
PARIS --- GIFAS, a key player in Franco-Canadian cooperation, will lead an important industrial mission to Canada on 1-3 March 2020. The mission, led by Eric Trappier, GIFAS Chairman and Dassault Avia...

BAE Predicts 2020 Growth After Meeting 2019 Guidance
LONDON --- Britain’s BAE Systems forecast another year of growth in 2020, saying the company was well-placed to take advantage of increased defence spending that could help to offset any future impact...

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