| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Pentagon Awards $4.4 Billion Order for 178 F-35 Engines
Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $4,385,492,639 undefinitized modification (P00005) to a previously awarded cost-... Raytheon Wins $$866M Order for SM-3 Block IIA Missiles for US Navy and Japan
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a sole-source, hybrid (cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee) contract for $866,628,225 to perform the manufacture and assembly of... Lockheed Awarded $450M Order for JASSM Missiles
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $450,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) production support. The ... Austin Hosts Ukraine Contact Group Meeting in Brussels Today
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will preside at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels tomorrow to identify and examine the next steps needed to help Ukraine defend itself... Russia Still Aims to Conquer All Ukraine Despite Initial Failure: US
WASHINGTON --- Russian President Vladimir Putin still desires to take over Ukraine completely as his armed forces make progress in the eastern part of the country, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy... JEF Defence Ministers Welcome Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO Applications
Today, the Defence Ministers of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) – comprising Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK – met in Oslo. JEF... China Claims Jurisdiction Over Taiwan Strait, Denies ‘International Waters’ Status
China claims exclusive rights over the Taiwan Strait, a spokesman for the country’s Foreign Ministry said Monday, a statement that could set up a confrontation with U.S. warships that regularly transi... US Navy’s Giant Underwater ‘Orca’ Drone Is Running Years Late
Boeing Co. is expected to deliver Orca --an underwater drone the size of a subway car that’s envisioned to lay mines and perform other missions for the US Navy -- as much as three years later than pla... Embraer’s Braces for Additional KC-390 Cuts
After being pummeled in 2020 by the pandemic, Embraer began to bounce back in 2021. For 2021, Embraer reported sales of $4.2 billion, up 11 percent from the $3.8 billion reported in 2020. The company... USAF Awards Contract to Develop Low-Cost Air-Launched UAVs
Dzyne Technologies Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, has been awarded an $89,365,202 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Small Payload Precision Air-Launched Inexpensive Delivery System research and developme... Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Derail Its Nuclear Modernization
In recent weeks, a fair amount of speculative ink has been spilled about the prospect of Vladimir Putin using nuclear weapons to achieve his war aims in Ukraine. Thankfully, despite Putin’s overt n... Video Report: Ukrainian, Russian Drones Fight Over Donbas
Aerial drones are playing a critical role for both the Ukrainian and Russian militaries as they fight over Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Ukrainian forces are using commercial drones for surveil... Rheinmetall Presents New G-Class Variant Airborne Vehicle
The Eurosatory 2022 trade fair will see the premiere of the Caracal airborne vehicle family. In partnership with Mercedes-Benz and ACS Armoured Car Systems, Rheinmetall has tailored the new versatile ... Australia Sends Five Warships on Regional Deployments
Five Royal Australian Navy ships will set sail from Australia over the next three weeks for regional presence deployments throughout the Indo-Pacific region. HMA ships Canberra, Waramunga and Suppl... Philippines May Buy More Kunigami-Class Vessels from Japan
MANILA –-- The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is looking to acquire more 97-meter multirole response vessels (MRRV), similar to its newest vessels -- BRP Teresa Magbanua and BRP Melchora Aquino. Vice... US Military Medicine Preparing for Next Conflict
During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, military medical teams were well positioned on the battlefield to support the "golden hour" response — the ability to get wounded warfighters off the battlefie... Elbit Exhibits Smart Guidance Kit for Iron Bombs
Elbit System will showcase the Range Extension & Smart Tail (REST) kit for air-to-surface warheads during the Eurosatory 2022 (Hall 6, booth D567), as part of its portfolio of precision munitions. Alr... Keel Laid for First Dutch Minehunter
Today, with the welding of a coin, the construction of the first new Dutch minehunter has started ceremonially. After the keel laying in Lanester, France, Zr.Ms. Vlissingen will continue to take shape... DARPA Thinks Laser-Equipped Tankers Could Recharge Drones
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking to explore the potential of turning existing tankers into so-called "airborne energy wells" that can use laser beams to send power to drones. ... French Navy Kicks Off “Squale” ASW Exercise in Toulon
TOULON, France --- On June 13th, 2022, the SQUALE exercise was launched off the coast of Toulon. Dedicated to anti-submarine warfare, this annual exercise brings together French and allied surface shi... House of Commons Report on UK Defence Procurement Reform
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) spends billions each year buying new equipment and supporting existing equipment for the armed forces. It has allocated £238 billion on equipment procurement and support ... EDA Kicks Off Bison Counter Counter-IED Exercises
Bison Counter, the largest and most relevant European Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED) exercise, will in the future be organised directly under the auspices of EDA instead of only benefitt... Kongsberg and Thales Sign Long-Term Strategic Agreement
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) and Thales signed today a long-term strategic agreement, further building upon their business relationship and long history of cooperation. Under the terms... Germany Retires Airbus A310s As A330 and A400M Take Over
On June 15, the German Air Force's last Airbus A310-304 will be retired after a good 22 years. The aircraft built in 1988 with the registration 10+25 ("Hermann Köhl") is being sold. Until the A330 fle... | 
