| Latest Feature Stories New German Foreign Minister Vows to Curb Arms Exports After 2021 High
BERLIN --- German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said new weapons export control legislation is in the works. During its last few days in power, Angela Merkel's administration approved almost €5... Latest Press Releases France Orders First of 169 Guépard Light Helicopters in €10 Bn Deal
PARIS --- The French Ministry of the Armed Forces has awarded Airbus Helicopters the contract for the acquisition and support of 169 “Guépard” (Cheetah) joint light helicopters (Hélicoptère Interarmée... Saudi Arabia Building Ballistic Missiles with Help from China: CNN
WASHINGTON --- US intelligence agencies have assessed that Saudi Arabia is now actively manufacturing its own ballistic missiles with the help of China, CNN has learned, a development that could have ... Romanian Parliament Approves €454M Buy of 32 Surplus Norwegian F-16s
By a letter signed by the presidents of the two Chambers of the Romanian Parliament, sent on Wednesday, December 22, the Ministry of National Defense received prior approval to initiate the procuremen... Spain Signs for 36 Additional H135 Helicopters
MARIGNANE, France --- The Spanish Ministries of Defence and Interior have ordered 36 Airbus H135 helicopters. This signature takes place in the context of the stimulus plan activated by the Spanish go... Northrop Wins $353M for 3 E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes for France
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Military Aircraft Systems, Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $353,584,118 fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification (P00034) to a previously awarded contract (N00... Lockheed to Develop New F-35 Variant for Unidentified Customer
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $49,059,494 cost-plus-incentive-fee-contract that provides engineering and other related activities in support of the design and development of a... Philippines, HHI Sign $550M Contract for Two Corvettes
MANILA --- The Department of National Defense (DND) on Tuesday signed the PHP28-billion (approx. $550 million—Ed.) contract with South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the acquisi... First S-550 Air Defense Brigade Enter Service in Russia First S-550 Air Defense Systems Enter Service in Russia
MOSCOW --- Russia’s new S-550 air defense system has successfully passed state trials and entered combat service, a source close to the Russian defense ministry has told TASS. "The S-550 air defens... Northrop Wins $1.3Bn for Battlefield Command System
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $1,382,319,836 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee and fixed-price-incentive) contract for low-ra... Lockheed Wins Contracts Worth $1.05Bn for F-35 Program
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $492,685,342 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive, firm-fixed-price, cost reimbur... US Marines Order 33 Amphibious Combat Vehicles from BAE
BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Sterling Heights, Michigan, is awarded a $169,334,012 modification (P00139) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (M67854-16-C-0006) for Amphibious Combat ... Turkey Launches Tender for Next Three Milgem Frigates
ISTANBUL --- Turkey’s top defense industry body announced Wednesday that it will hold a tender for the manufacturing of three new frigates as part of the National Ship (MILGEM) project that has alread... Dutch Air Force’s F-35 Squadron Reaches IOC
The Netherlands has officially declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) with its first F-35 squadron. This means that Defense is able to deploy a unit of four F-35s with personnel and equipment... Sevmash Rolls Out Second Borei-A Missile Submarine
Today, December 25, at Sevmash (part of the USC) a solemn ceremony of withdrawal from the slipway of the second serial missile carrier of the Borei-A project, Generalissimus Suvorov, took place. Th... France Takes Lead of NATO’s Highest Readiness Force
France takes the lead of NATO’s highest-readiness military force on Saturday (1 January 2022), for a period of one year. The formation, formally known as NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (V... India Successfully Tests ‘Pralay’ Surface-to-Surface Missile
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted second flight-test of indigenously developed conventional Surface-to-Surface missile ‘Pralay’ from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island... Indra Wins €180M Order for Spanish Eurofighter Kit, Services
-- It will receive over 80 million euros for equipping 20 new Eurofighters with new avionics and sensor systems, and another 100 million for fleet maintenance over the next five years -- Indra is th... Antonov Unveils First An-178-100R Military Transport Aircraft
Today, December 28, the Antonov State Enterprise, part of Ukroboronprom, unveiled the first An-178-100R (№001) military transport aircraft designed for certification testing. Specialists and senior mi... Turkey's HISAR O+ GBAD Successfully Completes Final Test Firing
ISTANBUL --- The HISAR O+ missile defense system, which reached the stage of mass production in July, has successfully hit target aircraft in test firing, the Defense Ministry said Sunday. In a sta... China Claims Development of World's Most Powerful Stirling Engine
In a latest highlight of China's efforts to domestically develop high-quality engines of different types, the country recently made a major breakthrough in making the world's most powerful Stirling en... GRSE Lays Keel of India’s 5th ASW Corvette
KOLKATA, India --- Celebrating GoI’s flagship initiative of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ and continuing its march to achieve self-reliance in arship building, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd.... European Defence Industry Submits Over 140 Joint Defence R&D Proposals to EDF
The European defence industry submitted by 9 December more than 140 proposals for joint defence R&D projects in response to the 23 first-ever calls of the European Defence Fund, reflecting the themati... US Arms Exports Down 21% to $138Bn in FY2021
Arms transfers and defense trade are important tools of U.S. foreign policy with potential long-term implications for regional and global security. For this reason, the United States follows a holisti... China Claims Record-Breaking Warplane Production for 2021
The Chinese aviation industry is wrapping up the warplane production and test flight work scheduled for 2021 in the last week of the year, with many companies already finishing their missions while ot... Australia Promises to Slash Red Tape After Defence Procurement Review
The length of time it takes for Defence to approve large acquisition projects will be cut by up to a quarter under a range of contracting changes introduced by the Morrison Government to reduce red ta... US Navy Finally Accepts USS Ford's Weapons Elevators
WASHINGTON ---- On December 22, the 11th and final Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was turned over to the Ship’s Crew. AWEs on this first-of-class aircraft carrier ... NATO Jets Scrambled 370 Times in 2021 to Guard Allied Airspace
NATO fighter jets scrambled around 370 times across Europe in 2021, mostly to check aircraft flying unannounced near Allied air space. Around 80 percent of the missions, 290 in total, were in response... Norwegian Firm Joins European Patrol Corvette Industry Group
STADT NAVAL has been invited and approved as a partner in the European Naval Industry Consortium led by Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia (coordinated by NAVIRIS). The consortium submitted a propo... Italian Army’s UH-169B Training Helicopters Reach 1,000 Flight Hours
ROME --- The Italian Army’s two AW169 basic training twin engine helicopters recently set a first important milestone by accruing 1,000 flight hours in operations. The type has been in service with ... | 
