| Latest Feature Stories Austria Agrees to Discuss Eurofighter Sale to Indonesia
PARIS --- Austria has agreed to discuss the sale of its fleet of 15 Eurofighter combat aircraft to Indonesia, whose defense minister made an informal, unsolicited offer for the aircraft earlier this s... Latest Press Releases Pentagon Awards $272M Order for Czech H-1 Helicopters
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $272,161,641 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for the production and delivery of eight UH-1Y and four AH-1Z helicopters for the government ... India Flight-Tests Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully demonstrated the hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with the flight test of Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle ... US Marine F-35Bs Land in UK to Prepare for Deployment on British Carrier
Aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack (VMFA) 211 Squadron arrived at RAF Marham yesterday to start their UK detachment. The ten F-35B jets flew from their base in Yuma Arizona via MCAS Beaufort to visit... US Navy Awards Studies Contracts for Large Unmanned Surface Vessel
The Navy has awarded contracts totaling $41,985,112 to six companies for Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) studies. Each contract includes an option for engineering support that if exercised would ... Japan to Acquire Long-Range Stand-Off Missiles by 2022
Japan’s Defense Ministry plans to acquire by March 2022 standoff missiles with a range of about 500 kilometers that can attack targets from outside the ranges of enemy missiles, according to sources. ... White House Issues Space-Security Directive to Industry
Satellite makers and operators should harden their spacecraft against hackers and hijackers, and collaborate to make sure everyone is on the same page, according to a White House policy directive rele... Pratt & Whitney Wins $580M Contract for F-15 Engine Parts
Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $579,837,316 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which includes $146,269,941 fir... China's Two Aircraft Carriers At Sea Simultaneously for First Time
After China's second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, embarked on a training voyage in the Bohai Sea last week, the country's first carrier, the Liaoning, was spotted leaving its base and sailing in th... Morocco, Netherlands, and India to Add Longbow Radar for AH-64E Apache
ORLANDO, Florida --- The U.S. Army recently awarded Longbow Limited Liability Company (LBL), a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation, four Foreign Military Sales contracts ... USAF Issues Pre-solicitation for 461 Engines for New F-15EX Fighters
The Department of Defense, United States Air Force (USAF), Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Propulsion Acquisition Division (LPAK), anticipates issui... USAF Keeps Pressure on Boeing to Fix KC-46 Flaws
TUKWILA, Wash. --– Air Mobility Command commander Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost made her first visit to Boeing Field, Tukwila, Washington, Sept. 4, 2020, to meet with Boeing leaders, receive briefings, an... As Investigators Find Big Problems, US Navy Blames “Fat Leonard”
The National Transportation Safety Board (NSTB), charged with investigating major U.S. transportation accidents, just released their findings on a fatal 2017 collision between the U.S. Navy destroyer ... North Korea Moving to Boost Missile Capabilities: US Official
North Korea is continuing to build its long-range missile capabilities, possibly including a submarine-launched ballistic missile, a ranking U.S. defense official said Wednesday. "We don't know wha... B-52 Bombers Complete Training Mission in Ukrainian Airspace
Three U.S. B-52 strategic bombers have completed a training flight in Ukrainian airspace, according to a statement by U.S. Air Force command in Europe. According to the DefPost military website, th... Typhoon Radar Contract Supports Scottish Defense Industry: UK MoD
The MOD has awarded a lion's share of a contract worth £317 million to the Scottish defence industry. The work of four hundred Scottish Defence electronics workers has been bolstered by new MOD fas... US Bombers Join Marine Corps, Australian Defence Forces in Combined Exercise
DIEGO GARCIA --- B-2 Spirits and B-1 Lancers participated in a combined United States-Australia exercise in Australia’s Northern Territory by providing long-distance air strikes as part of a combined ... Chinese Army Engineers Train with New Amphibious Bridging Vehicle
SHENYANG --- An engineering unit attached to a combined arms brigade of the PLA 78th Group Army conducted in mid-August the first field training of the new amphibious bridging vehicle. This new equipm... Australia Begins A$1.1Bn Upgrade of Tindal Air Base
The [Australian] Government’s $1.1 billion program of works at the RAAF Base Tindal has commenced today. This will create hundreds of local jobs while ensuring the Australian Defence Force (ADF) can c... Leonardo Delivers Counter-Drone Technology to Royal Air Force
ROME -- The RAF will use the Leonardo Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) equipment as part of its ongoing research programme to develop the ORCUS C-UAS system. This developing system also provides... Mil Mi-171A2 Helicopter Certified in South Korea
The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) has validated the type certificate of Mi-171A2 helicopter, serially produced at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the Russian Helic... USAF Special Tactics Unit Passes 6,900 Days on Mid-East Combat Ops
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. --- In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks which marked the beginning of the Global War on Terrorism, U.S. service members saw an increased spike in deployments that has ultima... | 
