| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Lockheed Wins $10.8 Bn Contract to Upgrade F-22 Fighter Fleet
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $10,863,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Advanced Raptor Enhancement & Sustainment (ARES) for the F-22 Program ... 20 Years On, Pentagon Still Can’t Say When Lockheed F-35 Will Finish Combat Testing
Pentagon officials still haven’t set a date for Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35, the costliest U.S. weapons system, to complete the final 42% of mission testing to determine whether it’s up to countering... US Senator Moves Against Turkish Defense Exports, Azerbaijan
WASHINGTON --- A senior U.S. senator has proposed measures targeting Turkey’s defense sector exports as well as aid to Azerbaijan. New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Re... German Engine Technology Found in Chinese Warships — Report
Several types of Chinese navy warships are powered by engines that were either developed or built by German manufacturers, an investigation by public broadcaster ARD and the Welt am Sonntag newspaper ... Lacking Evidence, India Lifts Ban on Dealings with Italy’s Leonardo
NEW DELHI --- India has lifted the ban on business dealings with defence major Leonardo SpA, the erstwhile Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica enmeshed in the infamous Rs 3,546 crore VVIP helicopter sca... Czechia Drops €1.9Bn Armored Vehicle Buy As No Bidder Met Requirements
The expert commission has completed the assessment of bids for the supply of 210 infantry tracked combat vehicles (BVP), which the Ministry of Defense received on September 1, 2021 from the three pote... Serbia to Buy Airbus C-295 Turboprop Transports from Spain
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Nebojša Stefanović, PhD, talked today in Madrid to the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Spain, Margarita Robles, about enhancing defence cooperation ... Norwegian Navy’s New Tanker Ship Back in Dockyard
As if a frigate collision, its scrapping and other fleet problems weren’t enough: Now one of the Norwegian Navy’s newest, biggest, most expensive but also most troubled vessels is out of service once ... China’s J-16D Electronic Warfare Aircraft Starts Combat Training
The J-16D electronic warfare aircraft belonging to the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has recently entered combat training, and it is expected to conduct seamless, accompanying opera... Pakistan Commissions Chinese-Built Frigate, Advances MILGEM Corvette Program
FIRST TUGHRIL CLASS WARSHIP COMMISSIONED INTO THE PAKISTAN NAVYThe #Pakistan Navy today commissioned the 1st Type 054AP Frigate, which was named PNS Tughril (FFG-261) in a ceremony at Hudong–Zhonghua ... China Brags Twin-Seat J-20 Stealth Fighter ‘to Lead World’
China has reportedly conducted the maiden flight of the twin-seat variation of the J-20 recently, as the aircraft became the world's first stealth fighter jet with two seats to fly. Chinese military a... Russian Navy Exercise Thwarts ‘Missile Strike’ on Sevastopol
SEVASTOPOL --- The air defense team of the Black Sea Fleet’s frigate Admiral Essen held drills to protect a naval base from a notional enemy missile strike, the Fleet’s press ofice reported on Sunday.... Korea Aerospace Wins $360M Maintenance Deal in Iraq
SEOUL ---- Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI), South Korea's sole aircraft manufacturer, said Monday it has received a US$360 million repair and maintenance deal for trainer jets in Iraq. In the ... Navantia Signs Contract for BAM Diver Support Vessel
On Friday, the stand of the Ministry of Defense at the FEINDEF exhibition welcomed the signature of the order for the construction of the Underwater Intervention Maritime Action Vessel (BAM-IS) which ... CRS Recounts USAF Flip-Flops on Tanker Replacement Programs Air Force Tanker Strategy Changes
As discussed in the CRS report Air Force KC-46A Pegasus Tanker, the Air Force is in the process of replacing its fleet of 396 KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, built in the 1950s and 60s, and 59... Darpa Demos In-Flight Recovery of Gremlins UAVs by C-130 Aircraft
An unmanned air vehicle demonstrated successful airborne recovery during the DARPA Gremlins program’s latest flight test deployment last month. During the deployment, two X-61 Gremlin Air Vehicles (GA... Fincantieri Delivers Bow Section of First French Support Ship
TRIESTE, Italy --- The forward section of “Jacques Chevallier”, the first of four logistic support units LSS (Logistic Support Ship) ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique from Fincantieri under the FLO... Italy Launches New Investigation of Boeing 787 Parts Supplier MPS
BRINDISI, Italy --- Italian prosecutors in the south of the country have launched a probe into the supply of parts to the United States aerospace company Boeing by Manufacturing Process Specification ... Lockheed Wins $97M for JASM-Extended Range Production
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $97,336,915 firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00007) to previously awarded contract FA8682-21-C-0001. The con... Boeing Wins $64M to Integrate Next-Gen Jammer Low Band on EA-18G
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a not-to-exceed $64,179,305 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides non-recurring engineering ... Threat-Sense Demonstrated to British Army During Concept Trial
Pearson Engineering has delivered the first company demonstration of Threat-Sense, an ordnance detection and identification technology, to the British Army. Threat-Sense has been developed to provi... Elbit Wins British Army and Royal Air Force Training Contracts
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that Affinity Flying Training Services Ltd., its UK joint venture with Kellog, Brown and Root Ltd., was awarded an approximately $88 million (appro... Turkey Advances Toward 'Fully Independent' Defense Industry
ISTANBUL --- Turkey’s defense industry has initiated pivotal projects in recent years under the leadership of the Presidency of Defenses Industries (SSB), covering huge ground on its mission to cut th... C-17 Crew Recounts Hairy Mission to Evacuate Kabul
DOVER AFB, Del. --- The dark night sky blanketed the airspace above Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Through the lenses of his night vision goggles, Capt. Joshua Jordan and 1s... | 
