| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Chinese 'Space Cleaner' Grabs Old Satellite, Throws it Away
Something out of a Star Wars movie occurred in Earth’s orbit last month. A Chinese satellite was spotted in late January grabbing another long-dead satellite and days later throwing it into a "graveya... All Six Royal Navy Destroyers Docked in Port Despite Ukraine Crisis
All six of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers are docked in port, despite rising tensions in eastern Europe between Russia and Ukraine. The destroyers have experienced repeated engine problems eve... Russia Continues to Add Military Capabilities Near Ukraine: Pentagon
Russian leader Vladimir Putin continues to add to the military formations aligned on Ukraine's borders, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a news conference today. American and E... UK to Send Additional Soldiers to Poland, Denmark Activates Ready Force
An additional 350 soldiers will come to Poland. They will strengthen the already present 100 soldiers from the engineering troops who, together with Polish soldiers, protect the Polish-Belarusian bo... American, French, Italian Carrier Groups Sail in Med
MEDITERRANEAN SEA --- Naval forces from France, Italy and the U.S. sailed together while conducting naval training in the Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 6-7. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HS... Israel Sees Future Submarines As Step Towards Naval Ascendency
The announcement on Jan. 20 by the Israeli Defense Ministry and Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of the procurement of three new advanced submarines for the Israeli Navy marks a key milestone in ... US Approves $100M Upgrade for Taiwan’s Patriot Missiles
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 equi... US Navy Confirms Authenticity of Leaked F-35C Crash Footage
Leaked video footage posted on social media over the weekend shows an F-35C Lightning II crashing aboard an aircraft carrier and falling into the South China Sea, a Navy spokesman confirmed to Stars... German Minister Delivers First Five Leopard 2A7V Tanks to Army Brigade
MUNSTER, Germany --- Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht found out more about the capabilities of Panzerlehrbrigade 9 and spoke to the soldiers in Munster on her first visit to the army on ... Portuguese F-16 Fighters Assume Iceland Air Policing
RAMSTEIN, Germany--- Four Portuguese F-16 fighter aircraft based at Keflavik Air Base commenced NATO Air Policing in the North Atlantic from Sunday 5 February 2022. Especially in the actual challen... China Offers Thai Navy Two Song-Class Submarines
The Royal Thai Navy said on Saturday that China has offered to deliver two Song-class submarines after reportedly holding a discussion with a working team led by Deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwan. Howev... DOD Aims to Protect Defense Industrial Base from Cyber Threats
The Defense Department relies on the entrepreneurial companies and their innovative, hard-working employees in the defense industrial base, or DIB, to create capabilities for warfighters. Through... Argentina Orders Saab RBS 70 NG Shorad System
Saab has received an order for deliveries of the short-range air defence systems RBS 70 NG to the Argentine Armed Forces. The Argentine Navy has been a user of the RBS 70 since 1984 and is now up... AARGM-Extended Range Missile Completes Second Successful Live Fire
LOS ANGELES –-- Northrop Grumman Corporation announced the successful completion of the second flight test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER). The U.... Company Wins $105M for F-35 Program Security Services
System High Corp., Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded a $104,877,823 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides program security services for the F-35... Hensoldt Supports Development of Next-Gen European Data Link
TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany --- The provider of sensor solutions Hensoldt brings its Experience in the field of tactical data links, IFF and sensor fusion in the development of an independent next generati... Virginia-class Submarine Montana Completes Initial Sea Trials
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. --- HII announced today the successful completion of the initial sea trials Friday of fast-attack submarine Montana (SSN 794). The Virginia-class submarine, built at HII’s Newport Ne... US Air Force to Deliver Laser-Armed Counter-UXO Vehicle
ROBINS AFB, Ga. --- The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile Combat Support (ACS) Directorate is on track to deliver by fall of this year, the first of 13 vehicles that utilize directed en... Thales Wins £90M Contract for Challenger 3 Tank Main Sight
A £90 million subcontract has been awarded to Thales UK, based in Scotland, to deliver next generation sights for the British Army’s upgraded Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank (MBT). The contract was s... Collins Develops New Power Module for Next Gen Military Electronics
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa --– Collins Aerospace has developed a new power module to support open architecture applications such as mission computers, signal processors, aircraft communication, and radar syst... Germany to Send Additional Troops to Lithuania
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said extra forces will be deployed to the Baltic nation amid regional tensions with Russia. The deployment there could be Germany's second largest after M... USNS John Lewis Conducts Builder’s Trials
USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, conducted initial Builder’s Trials and returned to port, Feb. 4. Builder’s Trials consist of a serie... GD Wins $229M to Build Next Generation Cryptographic Key Loader
FAIRFAX, Va. –-- General Dynamics Mission Systems announced today that it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to develop and produce a certified hand-held device to manage and transfer cryptogra... Russian Military to Research 20 Jam-Secure Nav Systems by 2030
MOSCOW --- Russian military specialists will conduct over 20 R&D and experimental design works to create jam-resistant navigation means, Head of the General Staff’s Military Topographic Department, ... German-Dutch Air Defenders to Join NATO Intervention Force in 2023
A historic step. This is how the further integration of Dutch and German air defense units can be mentioned. The binational unit is now preparing to participate in the NATO intervention force in 2023.... NATO Battlegroup and Estonian Army in Largest Winter Exercise
SZCZECIN, Poland --- From 29 January to 6 February, close to 1,400 soldiers take part in the annual Winter Camp exercise on the Central Training Area near Tapa testing their infantry and armour capa... Patria and Pratt & Whitney to Deepen Their Long-Term Cooperation
Patria and Pratt & Whitney have signed a Letter of Intent to deepen their ongoing long-term cooperation related to the F100-PW-220/220E and F100-PW-229 military jet engines operational in the F-16 a... | 
