Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Royal Navy in Race with Russia to Recover Crashed F-35 Recovery teams hunting for an F-35 which crashed moments after taking off from HMS Queen Elizabeth have found the wreckage of the stealth jet, MPs have been told. The state-of-the-art warplane plum... Russia to Have Sea-Based Hypersonic Weapons as of 2022 — Putin MOSCOW --- A new sea-based hypersonic missile will enter combat duty in Russia as of next year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary meeting of the VTB Capital’s investment forum Russi... Keel Laid for First Belgian-Dutch Minehunter Construction of the first of twelve new mine countermeasures vessels has really started at the Piriou shipyard in Concarneau, France. On Tuesday, November 30, the keel was laid in the presence of offi... NATO Warns Russia Against Ukraine 'Aggression' RIGA --- NATO foreign ministers gathered in the Latvian capital, Riga, on Tuesday at the start of a two-day meeting, with troubles to the alliance's east on Russia's border with Ukraine and in Belarus... US, Poland Talk Russian Military Build-Up Near Ukraine ONBOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT --- The United States is reaching out to allies in response to Russia’s military build-up along its border with Ukraine. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke by pho... Pentagon Chief Orders New Inquiry into U.S. Airstrike That Killed Dozens in Syria Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Monday ordered a new high-level investigation into a U.S. airstrike in Syria in 2019 that killed dozens of women and children, the Pentagon said. The invest... Russia Adds Corvette, Two Submarines to Pacific Fleet A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (PF) consisting of the corvette Gremyashchy and submarines of Project 636.3 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Volkhov arrived at the main base of the Pacific Flee... Russian Mercenaries Using EU-Trained Soldiers in Africa BRUSSELS --- Russian mercenaries have taken command of at least one EU-trained battalion in the Central African Republic (CAR) to help "predate" the mineral-rich country, according to a leaked report.... Pratt Wins $447M to Support F-35 Engines Worldwide Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded an undefinitized $447,601,042 not-to-exceed modification (P00011) to a previously awarded cost-p... US Navy Awards $1.7Bn Ship Maintenance Contracts Lot I contracts: -- Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc.,* Portsmouth, Virginia (N00024-22-D-4442); -- BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, California (N00024-22-D-4443); -- East Coast Repair... US Navy to Invest $164M to Upgrade Airport in Mariana Islands Black Micro Corp., Tamuning, Guam, is awarded a $161,815,880 firm-fixed-price contract for site development and for the construction of an aircraft parking apron and taxiway at the Tinian Internationa... Erapsco, Lockheed Martin to Compete for $222M Sonobuoy Orders ERAPSCO, Columbia City, Indiana (P00012); and Lockheed Martin Corp., Manassas, Virginia (P00016), are awarded firm-fixed-price modifications to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quan... Weather Forces Postponement of Arianespace Launch Due to adverse weather conditions at the Guiana Space Center (CSG), the flight VS26 –initially scheduled for December 1– is being postponed. The Soyuz launch vehicle and spacecraft are in stable an... Swiss Half-Way Through Modernization of Duro Vehicles As of the end of October 2021, over 1,000 Duro vehicles had been upgraded, of which about 650 had been retrofitted with an FPT engine and handed over to the military for its missions. According to... GA-ASI Completes System-Level Tests for Protector UAV SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully completed key system-level tests for the new Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The Protector is th... US Air Force Awards Contract for Spaceborne Weather Data HANSCOM AFB, Mass. – A Hanscom team recently awarded a $19.3 million contract to support a constellation of high-tech weather satellites capable of observing precipitation and storm structures from sp... Northrop to Produce AARGM Anti-Radar Missile for US Navy, Germany LOS ANGELES --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $153 million dollar contract award from the U.S. Navy for full rate production (FRP) of lots 10 and 11 of the AGM-88E2 Advanced Anti-Radiati... Reinforced Cybersecurity Systems for Spain’s S-80 Submarines Navantia and Telefónica Tech have begun to work on the development of a reinforced cybersecurity system for S-80 class submarines in close collaboration with the Ministry of Defense, which defines the... NSPA Procures New F-16 Training Capability for Romanian AF LUXEMBOURG --- The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has recently procured Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds for the Romanian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft. Romania, ... Saab Expands Team for Ground-Launched SDB Campaign Saab has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nammo and Nordic Shelter to support the ongoing GLSDB (Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb) campaign. The new agreement was announced durin... Russia to Help Mongolia Modernize Airfield Infrastructure Russia plans to supply aviation equipment to the Armed Forces of Mongolia, as well as to help modernize the airfield infrastructure. This was stated on Tuesday by the Chief of the General Staff of the... New Missile for Export Versions of Russian Attack Helicopters MOSCOW --- The export modifications of the latest Russian Ka-52M and Mi-28NM attack helicopters will receive a new multi-purpose missile code-named item-305E, Deputy CEO of the High Precision Weapons ... US Air Force to Field New ‘Bladder Relief Device’ for Pilots LANGLEY, Va. --- The Air Force is slated to receive the first shipment of the Omni Gen. 3 Skydrate, an improved in-flight bladder relief device, early next month. The Air Force recognized that cur... QinetiQ to Partner with Australian Missile Corporation QinetiQ has confirmed its collaboration with the AMC which was created on the back of the Australian Government’s plan to accelerate a domestic guided missile manufacturing enterprise. The AMC is a... Safran, Albany Extend Cooperation on Advanced Composites PARIS (France) / ROCHESTER (NH) --- Safran Aircraft Engines, a world leading engine manufacturer, and Albany International Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of engineered composite component... |