| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Croatia Cleared to Buy 76 Bradley AFVs, 1,700 TOW Missiles in $757M Deal
WASHINGTON -- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Croatia of refurbishment/modernization and support for seventy-six (76) M2A2... Arianespace Launches FalconEye Spy Satellite for UAE
Arianespace has successfully launched FalconEye, a very-high-performance Earth observation satellite for the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. With the eighth launch in 2020, Arianespace once agai... US Marines Declare IOC for F-35C Carrier Variant
MCAS MIRAMAR, Calif. --- In a time characterized by rapidly evolving tactics and modernized equipment, the Marine Corps has taken the next step in maintaining air superiority as Marine Fighter Attack ... Kongsberg Wins $93M Third JSM Order from Japan
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (Kongsberg) has entered into a second follow-on contract with Japan to supply the JSM (Joint Strike Missile) for their fleet of F-35 fighter aircraft. The contract is ... Spain Sells Four C-130H Hercules in South America
PARIS --- The Spanish government cabinet on Tuesday approved the sale of four Lockheed C-130H transport aircraft formerly operated by the Spanish Air Force. Two aircraft will be sold to Uruguay for... S. Korea to Test Suicide UAVs, Advanced Armed Drones Next Year
The military plans to deploy suicide unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and gun-shooting drones on a trial basis next year under a rapid acquisition project aimed at better responding to fast-evolving fu... India Continues Firing Tests of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in anti-ship mode was successfully test fired today at 0900 hrs against a decommissioned ship. The test firing was carried out by Indian Navy. The missile performed h... Mali Orders Additional Airbus C-295 Aircraft
GETAFE, Spain --- The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Mali has placed a firm order for an additional Airbus C295 airlifter in the transport configuration. This second aircraft, to be delivered ... Raytheon Wins $235M Order from USSOCOM for Silent Knight Radar
Raytheon Technologies, McKinney, Texas, (H92408-21-C-0001) was awarded a $235,576,667 C-Type, multi-year procurement contract for the production and delivery of the Silent Knight Radar in support of U... Ukraine Aims for NATO Membership Plan in 2021
Ukraine clearly outlines its ambitions to obtain a NATO Membership Action Plan and looks forward to comprehensive politico-military support for such a decision at the next NATO Summit in 2021. This wa... Italian Air Force Takes Delivery of First HH-139B Combat SAR Helicopter
On November 30, the first HH139B helicopter landed in Cervia, intended to complete and strengthen the helicopter fleet of the 15th Wing and its subordinate SAR Centers and Groups. The helicopter w... Canada Cleared to Buy $275M C-17 Support Package
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Canada of C-17 Sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $... US Approves $39M Phalanx Sale to South Korea
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of two (2) MK 15 MOD 25 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Block 1B... Brazil Cleared to Buy Lightweight Torpedoes in $70M Deal
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Brazil of MK 54 Lightweight Torpedoes and related equipment for an estimate... US Approves $55M Sale of Humvees to Lebanon
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Lebanon of up to three hundred (300) M1152 High Mobility Multi-purpose Whee... US Approves $350M Military Training Package for Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of U.S. Security Assistance Office (SAO) support services to incl... Korean Navy's New Frigates to Have Rolls-Royce Engines
Rolls-Royce said Wednesday it has won a deal to supply marine gas turbines to South Korea's new 3,500-ton frigates to be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. by 2024. The MT30, tapped for the Ulsa... Oshkosh Confirms $911M Order for JLTV from US Army
OSHKOSH, Wis. --- Oshkosh Defense, LLC announced today the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal has placed an order for 2,738 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), 1,001 companion trailers, ... China Accuses US of Ripping Off Taiwan with Arms Sales
The Democratic Progressive Party has done nothing to its credit since taking office in Taiwan region, with a particularly striking lack of vision on the island’s economic growth and long-term developm... France, Germany Order Rheinmetall’s Mk82-EP Aircraft Bomb
Rheinmetall’s advanced MK-82-EP general purpose aircraft bomb has recently scored major successes in France and Germany. France’s procurement authority, the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), has... Boeing Completes Round of Autonomous Teaming Flights
AUSTRALIA --- Boeing recently completed flight tests with five high-performance surrogate jets operating autonomously in a team at the new Queensland Flight Test Range in Cloncurry, Australia. Boei... DGA Comments French Order for 3 E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes
Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, approved on November 4, 2020 the acquisition of three, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning and control aircraft. Led by the Directorate General of Arma... US Navy Selects L3Harris for Second Phase of UAV Demonstration
ARLINGTON, Texas --- The U.S. Navy has selected L3Harris Technologies to participate in phase two of a demonstration to identify and evaluate unmanned aerial systems capable of operating in austere de... US Army Gets Closer to Self-Adjusting Turbine Engines
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. --- A team of U.S. Army and academic researchers developed a novel design to automatically adjust aircraft rotor blade positions while already in-flight, a tactic that cou... Boeing Starts Production of T-7A Ground-based Training System
ST. LOUIS --- The U.S. Air Force is one step closer to receiving its next-generation trainer as Boeing started producing the T-7A Red Hawk’s “real-as-it-gets” ground-based training system (GBTS). B... DARPA Looks to Combine Integrated Photonics and Chip-Scale Lasers
First demonstrated sixty years ago, the laser has become an essential technology in today’s world. It has transformed diverse fields including communications, sensing, manufacturing, and medicine. Mor... French Air Force Commandos Working Up on New Vehicles
Every day, the operators of the Air Parachute Commando (CPA) 10, armed wing of the Air Force Special Forces, prepare for their missions. Recently, the arrival of new vehicles, the Special Patrol Vehic... Russian Black Sea Fleet Begins New Training Year in Med
The crews of the Black Sea Fleet ships in the Mediterranean have begun the new training year, performing tasks as part of a permanent grouping of ships of the Navy in the Mediterranean. The sailors ... Northrop Joint Threat Emitter Supports UK-Led Joint Warrior Exercise
LONDON --- Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) was recently deployed to assist Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy (RN) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) F-35B aircrew training as a com... Raytheon to Deliver and Repair Submarine Communications
ARLINGTON, Virginia --- Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, was awarded a multi-year $70 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the Naval Undersea War... RUAG Teams with Norwegian Defence MRO Supplier Ritek
RUAG Simulation & Training confirms an industrial Teaming Agreement with Ritek. The Teaming Agreement is set to ensure reliable, efficient and sustainable local support for simulation and training sol... | 