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US Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty Is Slap in Face of European Allies: HASC
Tomorrow the United States will formally submit its notification of its decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. After careful consideration, including input from Allies and key partners, it h

Morocco Borrows €192M to Buy Unspecified Weapons from MBDA France
PARIS --- Saad Dine El Otmani, the head of Morocco’s government, has approved Decree No. 346.20.0, issued on May 11, to purchase an unspecified package of weapons from France’s MBDA, Moroccan media re

Russia to Roll Out New Radar Capable of Detecting Hypersonic Targets 'at 450km Range'
JSC Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec State Corporation) has started marketing work to bring on the world market of armaments the 59N6-TE mobile three-dimensional radar, developed and produced by the JS

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US Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty Is Slap in Face of European Allies: HASC
Tomorrow the United States will formally submit its notification of its decision to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty. After careful consideration, including input from Allies and key partners, it h...

Morocco Borrows €192M to Buy Unspecified Weapons from MBDA France
PARIS --- Saad Dine El Otmani, the head of Morocco’s government, has approved Decree No. 346.20.0, issued on May 11, to purchase an unspecified package of weapons from France’s MBDA, Moroccan media re...

Russia to Roll Out New Radar Capable of Detecting Hypersonic Targets 'at 450km Range'
JSC Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec State Corporation) has started marketing work to bring on the world market of armaments the 59N6-TE mobile three-dimensional radar, developed and produced by the JS...

China Defence Spending to Grow by 6.6%, Lowest Rate in 30 Years
BEIJING --- China’s defence spending this year will rise at the slowest rate in three decades but will still increase by 6.6% from 2019, as the country grapples with what it sees as growing security t...

LNA Said to Receive Fighter Jets As Libya War Escalates
The commander of the Libyan National Army, Gen. Khalifa Haftar, has threatened to escalate the LNA’s offensive in western Libya, amid reports that his militia has taken delivery of fighter jets. In...

Soyuz-2 Rocket Launches Russian Military Satellite
MOSCOW --- The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket took off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome Friday, carrying a Ministry of Defense spacecraft, the Ministry announced Friday. "At 10:31 Moscow time, the Aerospace...

China Slams US for Preparing New Taiwan Arms Sales
China denounced the United States on Thursday over a potential arms sale to Taiwan, urging Washington to cut military ties with the island to prevent further damage to cross-Straits and Sino-US relati...

Finnish Parliament to Rebuke Ministries over NATO Deal
Finland, Sweden and Nato agreed to strengthen information exchange in crisis situations. MPs found out two years later. Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees say they plan to express ...

Rafael Wins Export Order for EO Pods
TEL AVIV --- RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems announced today that it has been awarded a contract to supply 5th generation Litening and RecceLite airborne electro-optical systems for installation on a ...

UK Coastguard King Airs to Get Leonardo AESA Radar
ROME --- The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will upgrade to Leonardo’s latest Osprey radar to support missions such as search and rescue, border protection, fishery and pollution patrols. ...

Lockheed-Developed HX5 Replaces Aluminum at Half the Weight
Imagine if there was a product developed through years of effort and funding by one of the most advanced companies in the world, which could save billions in costs and CO2 emissions each year by repla...

CAE to Develop C-130J Simulators for USAF Special Ops Command
TAMPA, Florida --- CAE USA has been awarded a subcontract from Lockheed Martin to support the design, development and manufacture of three C-130J full-mission simulators for the United States Air Forc...

Thales Countermeasures for RAF’s Future Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft
Boeing has selected Leonardo and Thales in the UK to deliver a UK sovereign Defensive Aids System (DAS) for the UK’s new fleet of five Boeing E7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) MK...

New Zealand to Upgrade Ohakea Air Force Base
The Coalition Government has approved a business case for $206 million in upgrades to critical infrastructure at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea, with the first phase starting later this year,...

Pentagon’s Cyber Command Marks Decade of Operation
Ten years ago, U.S. Cyber Command passed its first milestone: the ability to conduct cyberspace operations as the new sub-unified combatant command. While the command's mission has evolved over th...

IAI’s Innovation Center Completes First Development Cycle
The first development cycle of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Innovation Center was successfully completed this week. The Innovation Center operates in collaboration with Starburst, a global accele...

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