| Latest Feature Stories Indonesia Nears Order for 36 Rafales: Minister
PARIS --- Negotiations with Indonesia for the purchase of 36 Dassault Rafale fighters are “very well advanced…[but] the contract has not yet been completely finalized,” French Armed Forces Minister Fl... Pentagon’s Penchant for Privacy Keeps Proliferating
We all know the U.S. military has good reasons to keep some information from those of us paying the bills. But too often, it seems, they’re designed to avoid embarrassment rather than preserve legitim... Latest Press Releases Ryanair Buys 75 Additional Boeing MAX Jets, Takes Total Order to 210
SEATTLE/DUBLIN --- Budget airline Ryanair on Thursday ordered 75 Boeing 737 MAX jets with a list price of $9 billion, throwing a commercial lifeline to the embattled U.S. planemaker after regulators l... US Special Forces Open Base in Estonia
STUTTGART, Germany --- A new special operations site that will allow elite U.S. troops to expand operations in the Baltic region is up and running in the Latvian capital of Riga, military officials sa... Brazilian Navy Approves Preliminary Design of Future SSN
On November 26, the Navy took a significant step in the process of obtaining the first conventional nuclear-powered submarine (SN-BR), the main object of the Submarine Program (PROSUB), by signing the... Danish Defense Minister Hits Back at US Criticism
In a new spat, US Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands has reiterated her criticism of the Nordic country's defence budget and its contribution to NATO as being too small. She called upon Copenhagen to "... Russian Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier Set for Sea-Trials in 2022: Report
MOSCOW --- Russia’s aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is set to undergo sea-trials in 2022, a source in the national shipbuilding corporation told TASS on Friday. "Next summer, the Admiral Kuznets... US Military Aircraft Accidents Killed 224 and Lost 186 Aircraft and $11Bn: Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. --– Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement after the National Commission on Military Aviation Safety... USAF to Field Interim Fix to KC-46 Remote Vision System
WASHINGTON, D.C. --– After reviewing data from demonstration flights that occurred this past summer, the Air Force has decided to implement interim improvements to the KC-46 Remote Visual System, know... British, Italian Defense Ministers Discuss Tempest, Cooperation
ROME --- Industrial cooperation and the Tempest programme, Enlarged Mediterranean, Libya and bilateral cooperation were the focus of today’s telephone call between Minister Lorenzo Guerini and UK Defe... China’s First Shipborne Helicopter Drone Makes Maiden Flight
China's first domestically developed vessel-borne lightweight helicopter drone has recently made its maiden flight, its maker announced. It is designed to conduct maritime monitoring and identificatio... French Air Force Deploys Talios Pod Overseas for First Time
On Tuesday, November 24, 2020, an A400M landed on the runway of the advanced Air Base (BAP) in the Levant. As soon as the engines were shut down, the ground attendants were busy around the aircraft on... Bechtel Wins $1.2Bn for Navy Nuclear Propulsion
-- Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $662,216,798 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-19-C-2115 for naval nuclear propulsion com... Textron Wins $66M US Army Order for 36 New Shadow UAVs
HUNT VALLEY, MD. --– Textron Systems Corporation announced today the sale of 36 Shadow aircraft in the latest Block III configuration to the U.S. Army. The total contract award value of $66 million in... MDHI Wins $34M Contract to Support Afghan AF Helicopters
MESA, Ariz --- MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) announces an agreement with the U.S. Army worth about $34 million to provide logistics support for the Afghanistan Air Force MD 530F Cayuse Warrior light att... Sweden, Finland to Cooperate on Joint Procurement
Today, the Government decided to authorize the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration to negotiate and enter into international agreements with the competent authority in Finland within the framework... Estonia, U.S. Conduct Joint Defensive Cyber Operation
U.S. Cyber Command conducted a joint defensive cyber operation with the Estonian Defense Forces' cyber command on EDF networks, Sept. 23-Nov. 6. The operation was designed to counter malicious cyber a... Royal Marines Roll Out New Vehicles on Mortar Exercises
Royal Marines tested their ability to outfox radar using new all-terrain vehicles to move mortars around Salisbury Plain. The commandos rolled out CanAm 6x6 vehicles to move mortars and their crews... Thales Alenia Space Wins €482M Order from ESA
ROME --- Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), announced today that it has signed a 482 Meuro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the Coper... C-130J Refuels F-22s on Ground in ‘Hot Pit’
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- A C-130J Super Hercules conducted a hot-pit refuel of a pair of F-22 Raptors Nov. 24 at Koror Palau International Airport using an Aerial Bulk Fuel Delivery System. This mi... Australia to Cut Red Tape and Strengthen Defense Procurement: DoD
Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price has today unveiled new plans to cut red tape with the release of the Terms of Reference for a comprehensive review of Defence procurement. The review int... UAC Becomes Centerpiece of Rostec’s Aviation Cluster
Russia is continuing to consolidate its defense industry, and now its aviation industry, around its largest state-owned defense industry holding, Rostec. According to Rostec, the inclusion of Unite... Increasing Submarine Threat Brings Torpedo Defense Back to Surface
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- The United States Navy's Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) program provides a detect-to-engage layered torpedo defense capability. The four major systems that comprise SSTD are th... Airbus Zephyr Solar-Powered Drone Concludes New Test Flight Campaign
FARNBOROUGH, UK --- Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed a new test flight campaign for its Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) in Arizona, U.S.A. The 2020 flight campaign s... | 
