| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Taiwan Starts Making New Submarines Amid China Tension
President Tsai Ing-wen has vowed to boost the island's defence capabilities after Beijing stepped up miltiary exercises toward Taiwan this year. The new fleet of eight submarines will be ready by 2025... RBSL Wins £860M Order for UK MOD’s Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle
In a Group-internal transaction, Rheinmetall Landsysteme has awarded Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) a subcontract to manufacture more than 260 Boxer vehicles for the UK MOD’s Mechanised Infantry ... Avibras to Develop Long-Range Cruise Missile for Brazil’s F-39E Gripen Fighters
On Monday Nov. 23, the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and AVIBRAS Indústria Aeroespacial signed a Memorandum of Understanding in order to formalize AVIBRAS’ intention to develop long-range cruise missiles,... First Details Emerge on Future Type 32 Frigate
On 19 November the Prime Minister announced plans to develop a new Type 32 frigate for the Royal Navy. This was unexpected; the Royal Navy already has two new types of frigate on order. Parliament ... HII Wins $2 Bn to Build First Two Columbia-Class Modules
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. --- Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract modification from General Dynamics Electric Boat in support ... F-35 Post-Crash Fixes Must Remain Secret, JPO Says
Action to correct hardware problems that contributed to the crash of an F-35 on May 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., must remain secret, the F-35 Joint Program Office said Nov. 23. “Explicit detai... US Navy Denies Destroyer Incident in Sea of Japan
PETER THE GREAT BAY --- On Nov. 24 (local time) USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan. This freedom of naviga... China's Aircraft Carrier Shandong Back At Sea for Third Time This Year
The Shandong, China's first domestically developed aircraft carrier, the second in all, recently embarked on its third voyage of the year, after it was declared to have completed regular testing and t... French Boss of Australian Submarine Program Replaced
Australia has a chance to reboot the strained relationship with the French company building its new fleet of submarines after the sudden departure of the top executive in charge of the $80 billion pro... Flight Tests Demo B61-12 Compatibility with F-35A Fighter Jet
A mock B61-12’s strike in the dusty Nevada desert successfully completed the first in a series of flight tests with the U.S. Air Force’s newest fighter jet, demonstrating the bomb’s first release from... Pentagon Launches Initiative to Boost US Industrial Workforce
One of the most vital challenges for the U.S. defense industrial base is the deficit in domestic manufacturing and engineering talent. In order to address this problem head-on, the Defense Department ... Northrop Wins $186M to Support A-10 Structural Integrity
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Clearfield, Utah, has been awarded a $185,700,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the A-10 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program Legacy VII. T... Japan’s MHI Picks Thales Sonar for OZZ-5 Underwater Drone
Thales and MHI signed a contract for the delivery of High Frequency Synthetic Aperture Sonar (HFSAS) SAMDIS to equip MHI’s OZZ-5 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV). Through this contract, Thales con... Rheinmetall Unveils Mission Master Reconnaissance UGV
Rheinmetall's game-changing Mission Master Autonomous - Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV) family has just gained a new member: the Mission Master – Armed Reconnaissance. Equipped with intelligence-g... HAL Resumes Spin Tests of Intermediate Jet Trainer
BENGALURU, India --- The indigenous Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) designed and developed by HAL to replace the ageing Kiran aircraft fleet of the IAF commenced spin flight testing in Bengaluru. The ... Lockheed Wins $9M to Integrate AARGM-ER Missile on F-35A
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $9,326,062 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Long-Range Systems Division seeking to integrate the Navy Advanced Anti-Radiation... Swiss Air Force Heads for Britain for Night Flight Training
BERN --- From 24 November to 18 December 2020, members of the Swiss Air Force will train at night with around ten F / A-18 fighter jets at the air base of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Leeming, Great B... US Officially Withdraws from Open Skies Agreement
The United States formally withdrew on Sunday from the Open Skies Treaty, an 18-year-old arms control and verification agreement that Washington repeatedly accused Moscow of violating. The withdra... US Navy Destroyer USS Donald Cook Returns to Black Sea
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) transited into the Black Sea in support of NATO Allies and partners, Nov. 23, 2020. This is the seventh time a U.S. Navy sh... Italy Nears Completion of Minehunter Upgrade Program
Mines are an ever-increasing problem on the seas. They are no longer simple, low-tech weapons. Advances like anechoic coatings, irregular shapes, and better sensors, mean mines are more challenging to... Russian Tu-160 Bombers Train for In-Flight Refueling
The crews of the Tu-160 and Il-78 long-range aircraft have completed long flights with air-to-air refuelling. The flight duration was more than 8 hours. The flights took place in difficult weather ... Aero Demos L-39NG to Hungarian Air Force
The L-39NG visited the 59th Air Force Base of the Hungarian Defence Forces in Kecskemét, to perform the evaluation flights with representatives of the Hungarian Air Force. The L-39NG second flight ... Singapore, India and Thailand Conclude Naval Exercise
The Republic of Singapore Navy, Indian Navy and Royal Thai Navy conducting manoeuvring drills during SITMEX 2020 The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), Indian Navy (IN) and the Royal Thai Navy (RTN)... Russian Helicopters Delivers First Ansat in Europe
The Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has delivered a first Ansat helicopter to a client in Europe. The operator of the rotorcraft, which is equipped for medical o... S. Korea to Develop Robot for Explosives Detection, Removal
South Korea's arms procurement agency signed a contract commissioning a local defense firm to develop a robot capable of detecting and removing land mines and other explosives with indigenous technolo... S. Korea MoD to Reveal Latest Technologies at Virtual Expo
The Ministry of National Defense said Monday it will showcase its latest defense technologies at an intergovernmental innovation expo held online from Tuesday to Dec. 3. Other ministries as well as... | 
