| Latest Feature Stories Will Covid Spark New Wave of Euro Arms Industry Consolidation?
STOCKHOLM --- As documented in the SIPRI Yearbook, the arms industry has been through multiple periods of swelling, constraining and restructuring. In part, these shifts are driven by increases and de... Latest Press Releases US Air Force Awards Five-Year, $7.4 Bn Contract for Up to 36 MQ-9 Reaper UAVs
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- In an effort to field MQ-9 Reapers faster and meet an increasing operational demand for the aircraft, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s MQ-9 Program Office aw... Bulgaria Signs for AMRAAM Missiles, Becomes 40th Buyer
TUCSON, Ariz. --- Bulgaria became the world’s 40th AMRAAM user when the European nation recently signed an agreement to purchase the missile from the U.S. Air Force through a foreign military sales co... French, German Defense Ministers Visit French Base, German Factory
Today, Thursday September 17, Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany, made a joint trip on the theme of co... Joint Franco-German C-130J Squadron is "A Revolution" for European Defense: Minister
Florence Parly, the Minister of the Armed Forces, and her German counterpart, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, laid, Thursday, September 17 on the air base 105 of Evreux (Eure), the first stone of the buil... First Patriot Delivery to Romania
The reception ceremony of the first Patriot surface-to-air missile system took place today, September 17, at the National Training Center for Air Defense "Brigadier General Ion Bungescu" at Capu Midia... How to Break the Exponential Growth of Weapon Costs
The recently published viewpoint “Can the Pentagon Spend More Smartly?” (AW&ST Aug. 31-Sept. 13, p. 58) highlights the consequences of increased dependence on technology to maintain an edge. In fact, ... French Rafales, Royal Navy Ships in Joint Exercise
Britain’s flagship fended off waves of air attacks as French fast jets honed their skills. Eight French Rafale strike fighters pounced on Plymouth-based HMS Albion just a day after leaving home waters... Flash Sonics Sonars for Polish Navy's AW101 Anti-Submarine Helicopters
The Polish Navy will rely on Thales to equip its helicopters with four FLASH SONICS. The FLASH system (Folding Light Acoustic System for Helicopters) is currently the leading dipping sonar on the inte... Collins Wins $317M to Install Radios in Over 400 Military Platforms
Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded a $316,733,831 modification (P00015) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N00421-18-D-0004. This modification exercises an option for ... Lockheed Wins $71M for F-35 Super Multi-Function Aircraft Data Link
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $70,847,707 modification (P00023) to previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract N00019-19-C-0010. ... Ukraine-US Maneuvers Begin as Russia Holds Drills in Belarus
KYIV --- Ukraine and the United States launched joint military exercises on Thursday, two days after Russia began joint military drills with forces in neighbouring Belarus. The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv... Pentagon Sees 'Tipping Point' for Nuclear Modernization
The Defense Department has long talked about modernization of the nuclear deterrent capability it maintains and operates and has issued warnings about the risks of allowing that deterrent, the nuclear... US Delivers 4 Embraer A-29s to Afghanistan
Today (17 September 2020), the United States, as a contributing nation to the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, transferred four A-29 Super Tocano aircraft to the Afghan Air Force, during a ceremony ... First Class of French Fighter Pilots Graduates on Pilatus PC-21
On Wednesday September 16, the first graduation ceremony for student pilots who completed their training on Pilatus PC-21 was held at the 709 Cognac-Châteaubernard "Commandant Ménard" air base. It was... Brazilian AF Formally Inducts Heron I Unmanned Aircraft
The month of August 2020 marks the history of Patrol Aviation in the Brazilian Air Force (FAB): the First Squadron of the Seventh Aviation Group (1st / 7th GAV) Orungan Squadron, based at Wing 12, inc... Icarus Aerospace Teams with CAE for ASW Variant of TAV Concept
Icarus Aerospace is pleased to announce our collaboration with CAE Defence & Security to provide our customers with cost-effective submarine detection and tracking capability. By offering CAE’s MAD-XR... Airbus Wins NASA Helicopter Support Contract
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas --- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed a $15million HCare Infinite full-availability support solution with Airbus Helicopters, Inc. The compre... Republic of Palau Receives Guardian-Class Patrol Boat
Australia is stepping up in the Pacific and continuing to deepen our engagement with our regional partners during COVID-19 with the handover of a new Guardian-class Patrol Boat to the Republic of Pala... Lockheed, Vigor Works Team for US Navy Large Unmanned Vessel Study
WASHINGTON, D.C.--- Lockheed Martin will provide a study for a proven, integrated and capable payload ship, able to patrol for extended durations, as part of the U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Ves... Aero Returns First Upgraded L-159 to Czech Air Force
Aero Vodochody handed over to the 21st Tactical Air Force Base Čáslav the first of 16 single-seat L-159 ALCA aircraft, which are undergoing periodic work after sixteen years of operation (PP16), the o... NATO’s New Atlantic Command Declared Operational
NATO’s new Atlantic Command was declared operational in a ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday (17 September 2020). Joint Force Command Norfolk, established to protect sea lanes between Europe an... | 
