Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases US Lawmakers Slam Lockheed on Defective F-35 Parts, Launch Investigation PARIS --- The House Oversight and Reform Committee has written to Lockheed Martin President and Chief Executive Officer James D. Taiclet, blasting the company’s continuing failure to provide F-35 spar... US Troop Withdrawal a Cause for NATO Concern: German Minister German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has suggested that a threat by Washington last month to pull out some 9,500 troops from the country will not damage ties between the two nations, how... Navantia Launches First Corvette for Saudi Arabia Navantia successfully carried out at 17:22 hours the launching of AL-JUBAIL, the first of five corvettes built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF). The ceremony was held in slipway number 2 at... BAE, Leonardo and Saab Confirm Talks on Future Fighter UK, Sweden and Italy have begun trilateral industry discussions to strengthen collaboration between the three nations, as they develop world-leading future combat air capability. The new trilateral... Pentagon Makes Questionable Claims of F-35 Improvements The Defense Department has been working to improve issues that affect the ready-for-issue rate for F-35 joint strike fighter parts, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment told C... Leonardo’s M-346 Lightweight Fighter Makes Maiden Flight ROME --- On the 13th July, the operational version of the M-346 Fighter Attack, equipped with an optimised variant of Leonardo’s Grifo radar, successfully completed its maiden flight. The M-346FA is t... GAO: Key Uncertainties Remain in New F-35 Sustainment System The Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) is integral to supporting F-35 aircraft operations and maintenance. However, F-35 personnel at 5 locations GAO visited for its March 2020 report cited... Leonardo Touts Eurofighter Advanced Electronic Systems Kuwait is one of the latest countries to join the elite club of Eurofighter Typhoon operators, having ordered a fleet of 28 aircraft, making the Kuwait Air Force one of the best-equipped international... Lockheed Wins $703M for Hellfire Missile Procurement Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $702,881,910 modification (P00042) to contract W31P4Q-18-C-0130 for procurement of Hellfire missiles. Work locations and funding will be det... Second Improved Kilo-Class Sub Completes Builder’s Sea Trials The JSC Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard has completed the factory sea trials of the large Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarine "Volkhov" for the Russian Navy. Factory sea trials were carried out f... BAE Awards £100M Subcontracts for Type 26 Frigate BAE Systems has awarded a further five contracts to suppliers worth more than £100m, as progress on the Type 26 frigate programme continues apace at the company’s shipyards in Glasgow. The new cont... US Indo-Pacific Commander Details Regional Deterrence Efforts The Indo-Pacific is the most significant region for America's future, and it has become the nation's highest-priority theater, the commander of the Hawaii-based U.S. Indo-Pacific Command told the Defe... KMW-Nexter JVC Books €4.4 Bn Orders, Posts €2.5Bn Sales for 2019 The strategic alliance between KMW and Nexter, completed in 2015, thus presents itself as an ongoing Franco-German success story. The KNDS Group was able to book a confirmed order intake of € 4,375... Rostec Begins Flight-Tests of Mi-8AMTSh-VN Special Forces Helicopter The Russian Helicopters holding of the State Corporation Rostec has begun a cycle of flight tests of a new military transport helicopter Mi-8AMTSh-VN. The first flight of the helicopter took place at ... Royal Navy Drone Team Support Commando Fliers The Royal Navy’s experts in drone technology tested new kit as they get ready to deploy on operations. 700X Naval Air Squadron, the home of remotely piloted air systems (RPAS) in the navy, left their ... NATO Forces Participate in Sea Breeze Exercise in the Black Sea BLACK SEA --- Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) is participating in the bilateral U.S.- Ukraine exercise Sea Breeze 2020, between 20 and 24 July 2020. SNMG2 is one of four standing groups th... Royal Navy Monitors Surfaced Russian Submarine Around the UK Royal Navy warships have shadowed a surfaced Russian submarine as it passed through the waters close to the UK. HMS Tyne and HMS Mersey watched every movement of the Kilo-class submarine, Krasnodar... L3Harris Wins $380M Contract for WESCAM MX Series MELBOURNE, Fla. --- The Canadian Commercial Corp. (CCC) has awarded L3Harris Technologies an eight-year, $380 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to procure WESCAM MX-Seri... BAE Wins $33M for Long-Range Artillery Guidance System HUDSON, N.H. --- BAE Systems has received a $33 million multi-year contract from the U.S. Army to further develop its Long Range Precision Guidance Kit (LR-PGK) for 155mm artillery shells, enabling th... Aerojet Achieves Milestone on DARPA OpFires Program HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --- Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully completed a second series of propulsion system tests in support of the Operational Fires (OpFires) program, a Defense Advanced Research Project... Marinette Marine Begins Construction of LCS 29 MARINETTE, Wis. --- Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine marked the beginning of construction on Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 29, the future USS Beloit, with a ceremony in Marinette. As part... Raytheon to Develop Prototype of Next-Gen Weather Satellite EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --- Raytheon Intelligence & Space will provide an initial prototype system design for the Next Generation Electro-Optical Infrared Weather Satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space... Royal Navy Rebuilds Key Ammunition Jetty in Scotland One of the Navy’s key ammunition facilities is being revamped to support the Fleet of tomorrow. Royal Navy warships and Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships have made regular use of the remote jetty... BAE Forms Shipbuilding ‘Smart’ Partnership in Australia A partnership involving industry and academia is to invest more than $4million in research to develop world-leading manufacturing technologies to the Hunter Class Frigate Program. Australia’s Innov... |