| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Bundestag Clears €2.1 Bn for Bundeswehr IT, GBU-54 Bombs, RBS-15 Mk3 Missiles
The budget committee of the German Bundestag has given the green light for important investments in IT information technology, new precision-guided ammunition for the air force and other guided missil... Pentagon Finds $10 Billion Shortfall in F-35 Funding Through 2025: Report
WASHINGTON --- The Pentagon’s five-year budget plan for the F-35 falls short by as much as $10 billion, the military’s independent cost analysis unit has concluded, a new indication that the complex f... Abe Plan for Land-Attack Counterpunch Could Mark Major Military Shift for Japan
TOKYO --- Months before he announced his resignation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set in motion a policy change that could for the first time allow Japan’s military to plan for strikes on land targets i... Boeing Admits to Fourth 787 Production Issue in Recent Days
Boeing Co said late on Thursday it was in discussions with U.S. safety regulators about a manufacturing issue found last year in its 787 Dreamliner. KOMO News Radio in Seattle reported the issue in... Saab Receives Order for Anti-Ship Missiles from Germany
Saab has received an order from its German partner Diehl Defence for the RBS15 anti-ship missile for provision to the German Navy. The order value is approximately 1.7 BSEK with deliveries between 202... Overpriced Warplane Complicates Mid-East Diplomacy
Don’t be fooled by the nondescript buildings of the Nevatim air base, deep in the Negev desert. Lately the facility in southern Israel has served as something like an advanced testing ground for the m... US Marine Corps F-35Bs to Work Up with HMS Queen Elizabeth
Ten United States F-35B fighter jets have arrived in the UK ahead of joining HMS Queen Elizabeth. The aircraft from V Marine Fighter Attack (VMFA) 211 Squadron landed at RAF Marham in Norfolk from ... Opinion: Let Afghanistan Be a Lesson to US, NATO
After the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, DC, the US and its allies invaded Afghanistan. Nineteen years on, international troops are leaving without attaining their goals, DW's Christoph Hass... Multi-National Group of Warships Demo Freedom of Navigation in Arctic
The Royal Navy has led a multi-national task group of warships and aircraft into the High North for the first time in more than twenty years, on an operation to demonstrate freedom of navigation above... Lockheed to Standardize F-16 Production, Prices on Viper Model
Lockheed Martin says that it plans to "commoditize" its F-16 Viper fighter jet line by offering jets in a single standardized configuration, based on the latest Block 70/72 variant, with a standard ba... GA Wins $28M to Arm French Reaper UAVs, Add New Pod
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $27,790,850 amended undefinitized contract action for the France MQ-9 Block 5 weaponization and Foreign M... Cubic Wins $193M to Support P5 Combat Training System
Cubic Defense Applications Inc., San Diego, California, has been awarded a $193,300,000 single-award, firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable-no-fee contract for the P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) cont... Keels Laid for Third Australian OPV, Third Indian P17A Frigate
Vice Admiral S R Sarma – COM & CWP&A of the Indian Navy and Shri V L Kantha Rao Additional Secretary (Defence Production) laid the keel of the third ship (Yard- 12653) of the prestigious P17A class st... Lockheed Plans to Catch Up on F-35 Late Deliveries by 2023
Due to pandemic-related slowdowns, Lockheed Martin expects to deliver 122 F-35s in calendar year 2020—20 less than planned. To avoid surging and then slowing production on the line, which would increa... L3Harris Wins $104M for US Navy Electronic Warfare Systems
MELBOURNE, Fla. --- The U.S. Navy has awarded L3Harris Technologies a $104 million follow-on contract to supply the next production lot of the electronic warfare (EW) system that protects F/A-18 Horne... More on Rafale Induction into Indian Air Force
Rafale Fighter Aircraft has been formally inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) today at a formal function at Air Force Station, Ambala. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and Ms Florence Parly, Mini... Pentagon IG Slams Joint Program Office’s Handling of F-35 Parts
The objective of this audit was to determine the extent that the F-35 Program Office’s Beyond Economical Repair (BER) process identified parts that were damaged and determined whether a part could be ... ThalesRaytheonSystems, Leonardo Sign MoU to Cooperate on NATO’s ACCS
MASSY, France --- ThalesRaytheonSystems and Leonardo will strengthen the cooperation on all aspects of the ACCS scope. The companies will work together in the areas of on-site system support, deployme... Pentagon: Modernization Priorities to Benefit Soldiers
Defense Department officials spoke about the DOD's modernization strategy, including the development and procurement of high priority systems — such as artificial intelligence, directed energy, small ... Delivering AI to Warfighters Is Strategic Imperative: Pentagon
The Defense Department is in an important transformational period, taking the conceptual applications of artificial intelligence and harnessing this emerging technology to advance America's security a... Incoming DSCA Chief Looks to Promote Multi-Domain Ops
While it's true the Defense Security Cooperation Agency is most-closely associated with foreign military sales, that is not all they do. When it comes to working with security partners, there's an eff... Lithuania Switches to Heckler & Koch 9mm Pistols
In order to achieve new quality in the Lithuanian Armed Forces and ensure provision of modern soldier equipment, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence has concluded an agreement with the German ... India and Japan Sign Reciprocal Defense Support Agreement
India and Japan signed an Agreement between the two countries concerning Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services between the Armed Forces of India and the Self-Defense Forces of Japan. The agree... SRC Demos Counter-UAS Technology On the Move
SYRACUSE, NY --- SRC Inc., recently demonstrated an on-the-move configuration of the Silent Archer counter-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technology at the Apollyon test event at Eglin Air Force Base ... Australia Uses EMP to Detect Flaws in KC-30A Refueling Hose
The introduction of advanced non-destructive testing technology via a collaboration between Northrop Grumman, No. 33 Squadron and the Defence Aviation Safety Authority promises to reap significant ben... | 