Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Sweden Boosts Military Spending, Brings Back 'Total Defense' In the government bill ‘Totalförsvaret 2021–2025’ (Total Defence 2021–2025), the Government is proposing a substantial increase of capabilities in both military and civilian defence. The bill incl... Finland, Latvia and Patria to Jointly Develop 6x6 Armored Vehicle Finland, Latvia and Patria Land Oy have signed a product development agreement on a common armoured vehicle system. The agreement is related to the Letter of Intent signed by the countries last spring... France Launches Construction of First of Six POM Overseas Patrol Vessels Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, on October 8 launched the construction phase of the first of the six overseas patrol boats, during a ceremony marking the first metal cut for the ship at ... Leonardo CEO Sentenced to Six-Year Jail Term for Former Bank Job MILAN --- A Milan court convicted three former executives of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena at the end of a long-running false accounting case on Thursday, a result that could hinder Italy’s bid to r... BAE Touts New Technologies for Future Tempest Fighter British engineers have today revealed some of the latest concepts under development for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) next generation combat air system. The pioneering technology is being delivered by T... US Carrier Group Returns to South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA --- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group has returned to the South China Sea for the third time of its 2020 deployment. The carrier strike group includes the Navy's only forward-d... HMS Queen Elizabeth Returns to Portsmouth After Strike Group Debut HMS Queen Elizabeth has returned to Portsmouth following the debut of the new Carrier Strike Group which will represent Britain on the global stage for the next fifty years. The aircraft carrier ha... Northrop AESA Radar Operational for Air National Guard F-16s BALTIMORE --- The U.S. Air Force has met Full Operational Capability (FOC) readiness for Northrop Grumman Corporation’s AN/APG-83 SABR active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar on Air National ... Saab Wins US Army Carl-Gustaf Weapon Contract Saab has signed a multi-year framework contract with the U.S. Army for the latest version of the Carl-Gustaf multi-role, man-portable shoulder-fired weapon, known as the M3E1 in U.S. Army service and ... French Military Aircraft Availability Improving: Minister PARIS --- On Thursday, October 15, 2020, Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly visited the Atelier Industriel de l'Aéronautique* (AIA) in Clermont-Ferrand, three years after she announced a refo... Iveco Marks First Delivery of Amphibious Combat Vehicles to US Marine Corps Iveco Defence Vehicles’ experience in developing wheeled armored platforms dates to the 1930s, when the plant in Bolzano was established. Lancia and later Iveco have developed several 4x4 armored vehi... Naval Group Offers Australian Industry A$900M Work Packages Australian industry will benefit from hundreds of millions of dollars in work packages for the Government’s Future Submarine Program, supporting hundreds of Australian jobs and creating new opportunit... Raytheon Wins $239M for StormBreaker SDBII Glide Bomb Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $239,113,565 definitization modification (PZ0001) to contract FA8672-20-C-0005 for StormBreaker (SDBII, GBU-53/B) production Lot 6. ... US Navy Awards Three Contracts for P-8A Sustainment -- AAR Aircraft Services Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, is awarded a $67,262,091 modification (P00009) to previously awarded, firm-fixed-price, time and materials, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantit... Pentagon Awards $197M Contracts for Microelectronics Today, the Department of Defense announced it has awarded over $197 million to advance microelectronics technology and strengthen the American microelectronics industrial base. This critical industry ... Dassault Touts Role in French Military Aircraft Maintenance SAINT-CLOUD, France --- On the occasion of the progress report drawn up by Mrs. Florence Parly, minister of the Armed Forces, on the subject of maintenance reform, Dassault Aviation would like to reca... Ariane Group Says Engines for Ariane 6 Rocket Are Ready PARIS --- With the successful final qualification of the P120C at the European Spaceport (CSG) in Kourou on October 7, the qualification models of three engines for Ariane 6 have now all been tested s... UK, Qatar Plan Second Joint Air Force Squadron The joint Royal Air Force & Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) Typhoon squadron was officially opened yesterday at RAF Coningsby. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace hosted his Qatari counterpart as they opene... USAF Completes First TH-1H Proof of Concept Upgrade ROBINS AFB --- A proof-of-concept overhaul of a TH-1H trainer helicopter has been completed by the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex 563rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Robins Air Base, Georgia. ... Darpa Awards Initial Contracts for Long-Endurance USVs DARPA has awarded seven contracts for work on Phase 1 of the NOMARS program, which seeks to simultaneously explore two competing objectives related to unmanned surface vessels (USV) ship design: (1) t... Lockheed Adds Three Industry Partners to OpFires Team ORLANDO, Fla.--– As Lockheed Martin continues the work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance the unique hypersonic technologies of its Operational Fires (OpFires) progr... Pentagon Establishes Joint Hypersonics Transition Office Today, the Department of Defense established its Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) Systems Engineering Field Activity at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane). Thr... RUAG Sells Parts of Oberpfaffenhofen Business to General Atomics RUAG International is selling maintenance, repair & operation for business aircraft and military helicopters, as well as the production of the Dornier 228 at the Oberpfaffenhofen location, to General ... |