| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Probe After British F-35 Fighter Crashes in Mediterranean
A British F-35 fighter jet has crashed into the sea during a routine operation in the Mediterranean, the Ministry of Defence has said. The pilot ejected and has safely returned to the Royal Navy ai... Indonesia Orders Two Airbus A400Ms with Option on Four More
DUBAI --- The Indonesia Ministry of Defence has placed an order for two Airbus A400M aircraft in multirole tanker and transport configuration. The contract, which will become effective in 2022, wil... Pentagon Takes Emergency Measures to Avert Poverty in Military
The pandemic has imposed unusual hardships on the military, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is taking immediate steps to alleviate the worst effects. Austin announced the moves he's ta... New B-21 Stealth Bomber Seen Costing $203 Bn Over 30 Years
The U.S. Air Force's next-generation B-21 stealth bomber program will likely cost taxpayers at least $203 billion to develop, purchase and operate 100 aircraft over 30 years, according to new service ... Australia Mulls Interim Buy of New Subs Until Nuclear Boats Arrive
Defence officials are weighing up whether Australia will need a new conventional submarine to avoid a capability gap while the navy waits for a fleet of nuclear-powered boats to be delivered. This ... EU to Aim for Rapid Deployment Force Without US Help By 2025
BRUSSELS --- The European Union is considering a joint military force of up to 5,000 troops by 2025 to intervene in a range of crises and without relying on the United States, according to a draft pla... Taiwan Commissions First Advanced F-16V Fighters
TAIPEI --- Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen lauded military cooperation with Washington on Thursday as she commissioned the first combat wing of F-16 fighters upgraded with U.S. help to bolster the islan... US–Turkey High Level Defense Group Meets, But No Mention of F-35
Department of Defense Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Anton T. Semelroth provided the following readout: The U.S.-Turkey High Level Defense Group met in the Pentagon on November 16. Building on recen... Austin Calls Russian Behavior 'Troubling,' Aims to Assure Middle East Allies
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will travel to the Middle East tomorrow to consult with allies and assure them of the United States' unwavering commitment to security in the region. Austin... NATO RQ 4D Phoenix Completes First 24-Hour Mission
SIGONELLA, Italy --- A NATO RQ-4D Phoenix took off towards the Black Sea and returned 24-hours later to home air base in Sigonella, Italy on Tuesday, 16 November 2021. This important step to Full O... Airbus Closes Dubai Airshow with 408 Orders
DUBAI --- In the first major airshow since the COVID-19 pandemic struck two years ago, customers demonstrated confidence in the recovery of the aviation sector and also in Airbus by placing orders and... Russian Navy Destroyer Transits English Channel
MURMANSK, Russia --- The Northern Fleet’s large anti-submarine warfare ship Vice-Admiral Kulakov entered the English Channel in its long-distance deployment, the Fleet’s press office reported on Wedne... Pentagon Prepares Bigger 2023 Budget Due to Record-Breaking Inflation
Statistics showed last week that the consumer price index in the US has risen by 6.2 percent on an annualized basis, hitting a 30-year record. The rising inflation has been accompanied by supply chain... Netherlands Increase 2022 Defense Budget by €428M
From next year, the Defense organization will receive an additional €428 million and a one-off €13.5 million. The incidental amount is intended to make up for activities that could not take place due ... EDGE, Israel’s IAI to Develop Advanced Unmanned Surface Vessels
Today, EDGE, an advanced technology company for defense and beyond, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Israel's leading aerospace and defense manufactur... The Ramifications of Russia’s ‘Reckless’ Anti-Satellite Test
The Russian military’s test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite weapon against a defunct satellite has created a huge cloud of more than 1,500 trackable pieces of debris, which may pose a threat to spac... S-81 "Isaac Peral" Reaches New Milestone, Starts Diesel Engines
The S-81 “Isaac Peral”, the first submarine of the S-80 series built by Navantia for the Spanish Navy, has successfully passed the safety milestone of starting its diesel engines, which is part of i... L3Harris Wins $125M to Upgrade Space Force Counter-Communications
MELBOURNE, Fla. --- L3Harris Technologies received a $125 million multi-year contract to produce space electronic warfare systems that safeguard U.S. military operations and warfighters. Under the ... Brazil Issues KC-390 Interim Type Certificate to Embraer
The Institute for Development and Industrial Coordination (IFI), through the Aerospace Product Certification Division (CPA), located in São José dos Campos (SP), on November 11th delivered, during a c... Nine OEMs Share $2.4Bn to Streamline USAF Prototyping
-- The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, California (P00007/FA872618D0006); -- Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia (P00007/FA872618D0008); -- Cubic Defense Applications Inc., San Diego, Califor... Lockheed Wins $19M to Deliver F-35 Crypto Ignition Keys
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a not-to-exceed $18,977,821 fixed-price-incentive-fee, undefinitized modification (P00011) to a previously awarde... CRS Examines US Policy on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) are a special class of weapon systems that use sensor suites and computer algorithms to independently identify a target and employ an onboard weapon system to e... CRS Reports on Status of Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers
The aircraft carriers CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). The Navy’s proposed FY202... Finnish Government Issues Defense Report
The Government Defence Report to Parliament provides the defence policy guidelines for maintaining and developing Finland's defence capability. The Report and its implementation ensure that Finland's ... US-China Commission Releases 2021 Annual Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Today, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released its 2021 Annual Report to Congress as part of its mandate to investigate, assess, and report to Congress ann... US Air Force Discusses Modernization of Operational C2 Systems
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. --- The 505th Command and Control Wing recently hosted a team from the 700th Air Support Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to familiarize the wing’s units to the Kess... DARPA Selects BAE to Advance Quantum Technology for Military Antennas DARPA Selects BAE Systems to Advance Quantum Technology for Military Antennas
FAST Labs to advance quantum technology and revolutionize radio frequency (RF) sensing by breaking constraints to antenna designs that have persisted for more than a century. BAE Systems has been a... | 
