| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Contract Integrates Spanish Industry in R&D for NGWS / FCAS Program
MADRID --- Last Wednesday, December 2, the award of the industrial contract for the integration of Spanish companies in the rest of the activities of Phase 1A of research, development and technologica... In U-Turn, French President Defends Arms Sales to Egypt Despite Rights Concerns
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that concerns over human rights violations in Egypt would not affect the future sale of French arms to that country, as Cairo should retain its ability ... US Approves $280M Arms Sale to Taiwan
WASHINGTON ---- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) of a Fie... Sukhoi to Deliver First Production Su-57 Fighter by Year’s End
MOSCOW --- The first serial-produced Su-57 fighter with the operational first-stage engine will be delivered to the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation before the end of the year, chief executi... US Hits China with Hong Kong Sanctions, OKs Taiwan Arms Sale
WASHINGTON --- The Trump administration on Monday approved a new major arms sale to Taiwan and levied new sanctions on Chinese officials over the crackdown on pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong. ... China: Taiwan Buys American Weapons to Pay “Protection Fee”
Taiwan is fully aware that buying American weapons is paying a “protection fee”, said Professor Wu Xinbo with the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, during an interview on Decembe... Russia Working on Advanced Single-Engine Combat Plane
MOSCOW --- Russia’s state hi-tech corporation Rostec is working on a concept of an advanced single-engine light- and medium-class piloted and unmanned combat plane, Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov said on ... Arianespace to Orbit Four CO3D Imaging Satellites
Arianespace has signed a contract with Airbus to launch four new-generation optical observation satellites of the CO3D (Composante Optique 3D) constellation, to be orbited using the Vega C launcher. ... Russia Waiting for Turkey’s Decision on Second S-400 Deal
MOSCOW --- Russia has executed the first contract for the delivery of the S-400 air defense systems to Turkey and a second deal will depend on Ankara’s decision, head of the Rostec State Corporation S... Saab to Equip Bulgarian Navy’s New Patrol Vessels
Saab has signed a contract with the German shipbuilding company Lürssen and received an order to provide and integrate the combat system for the Bulgarian Navy’s new Multipurpose Modular Patrol Vessel... Russian Korsar Combat Drone Undergoing Operational Evaluation
MOSCOW --- The Korsar reconnaissance and strike drone developed by the Rybinsk-based Luch Design Bureau (part of Vega Company of Ruselectronics Group within the state tech corporation Rostec) is under... Airbus Delivered 64 Aircraft in November, Bringing 2020 Total to 477
Airbus’ 2020 gross orders totalled 381 aircraft by 30th November, with net orders of 297. The company registered no new orders during November 2020. Airbus delivered a total of 64 aircraft in Novem... GKN Aerospace Signs JV with Two Chinese Aerospace Firms
COMAC subsidiary SAMC (Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company), AVIC Supply and GKN Aerospace have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement for the manufacture of Composite and Metallic Aerostructures i... Taiwan’s F-16 Upgrade Program Behind Schedule
Taiwan's program to upgrade its fleet of F-16A/Bs into F-16Vs is currently running behind schedule Taiwan’s defense ministry says a program to upgrade Taiwan’s F-16 fighter jets is running behind s... Royal Navy's Second Aircraft Carrier Crippled by Flooding
Britain's newest aircraft carrier will be stranded in Portsmouth until May next year after a second flood wrecked the vessel's vital electrical systems. HMS Prince of Wales has been banned from set... Germany Approves Sale of 15 Gepard SP AA Guns to Qatar
PARIS --- Germany’s Federal Security Council issued a final export license for the sale of 15 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to Qatar at its last meeting, Der Spiegel reported Dec. 7 citing ... Russia Cautions Against Using Ukrainian-Maintained Helicopters
Russian Helicopters Holding Company considers it necessary to warn that Ukrainian aircraft repair enterprises are carrying out illegitimate overhaul of Mi-17V-5 Helicopters and thereby endangers the l... Millog Wins €1.5Bn Deal to Support Finland’s Military
Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen has authorised the Defence Forces Logistics Command to sign a pricing update for the strategic Partnership Agreement with Millog Oy for 2021-2028. The Partnership A... British Aircraft Carrier Will Soon Deploy Near Japan: Report
Britain’s Royal Navy will send its newest aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, and its strike group near Japan “as soon as early next year,” Kyodo News reported over the weekend. The strike g... HMCS Harry DeWolf Trials New Capabilities at Sea
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Harry DeWolf sailed under Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) command for the first time in early October 2020, and has since been at sea regularly, with the crew conducting t... UK MoD’s Thinking on New Protector Drone Revealed
Documents obtained by Drone Wars using the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) reveal how British military officials view the UK’s next generation armed drone, known as Protector, and the types of advanc... Nigeria Receives Second Mi-171E Helicopter from Serbia
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) today, 2 December 2020, took delivery of a second Mi-171E Helicopter acquired by the Federal Government from Serbia. The Ilyushin 76 strategic airlifter aircraft that ... SOCOM Hopes to Use Artificial Intelligence in Warfare
U.S. Special Operations Command hopes to increasingly use artificial intelligence and machine learning in all aspects of warfare, its commander said. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke spoke virtually tod... US Space Development Agency Looks to Gain Industry’s Trust
The National Defense Space Architecture will include hundreds of satellites in orbit around earth dedicated to gathering targeting and tracking information and instantly transmit it to war fighters. G... Sukhoi to Roll Out Su-57 Fighter with 2nd-Stage Engine in 2022
MOSCOW --- The first Su-57 fifth-generation fighters with the advanced second-stage engine will be assembled in 2022, Head of Russia’s state tech corporation Rostec Sergei Chemezov said on Monday. ... First Deliveries of Russia’s Armata Tank Due Next Year
MOSCOW --- Serial deliveries of the latest T-14 ‘Armata’ tank to the Russian troops will begin in 2021, Head of the state hi-tech corporation Rostec Sergei Chemezov announced on Monday. "Serial del... GA-ASI Completes Static Testing on MQ-9B SkyGuardian Wing
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) recently completed Full Scale Static (FSS) testing on the MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) wing after three months of extensive t... NATO Composite Special Ops Command Reaches Full Operational Capability
Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands declared their Composite Special Operations Component Command (C-SOCC) headquarters as fully operational on Monday 7 December 2020. The Composite Special Oper... Collins Completes Modernization of E-6B Block I Aircraft
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --- Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp. has successfully completed modernizing the E-6B Block I aircraft fleet, part of the Navy’s Airborne Command Post... Rolls-Royce, India’s Infosys Team for Aerospace Engineering
BENGALURU, India --- Rolls-Royce, one of the world’s leading aerospace and defence technology companies, and Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, signed a strat... Exploring the Trust Factor in Human-Machine Teaming
MONTEREY, Calif. --- Trust in autonomous systems to do what they are designed to do, and meant to do, is paramount before these systems can be confidently employed as an operational capability. In... Northrop Sells Federal IT and Mission Support Business for $3.4 Bn
FALLS CHURCH, Va. --– Northrop Grumman Corporation and Veritas Capital, today announced that Peraton, an affiliate of Veritas, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Northrop Grumman’s federal I... | 
