| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases China Launches Third Aircraft Carrier
SHANGHAI --- China launched its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, in Shanghai on Friday. The carrier, named after Fujian Province, was completely designed and built by China. The new carrier was ... Netherlands to Buy 5 Embraer KC-390 Tanker Transport Aircraft
Defense has found a successor for the C-130H Hercules in the C-390M of the Brazilian manufacturer Embraer. The aim is for the first new transport aircraft to arrive in the Netherlands in 2026. State S... Fincantieri Wins $537M Order to Build Third Constellation-class Frigate
Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wisconsin, is awarded a $536,875,440 fixed-price incentive (firm target) and firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-2300 to exercis... HII Wins $1.56 Bn Order for LPD 32 Amphibious Ship
Huntington-Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $240,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2406 for the long-l... Six NATO Allies Launch Next-Gen Rotorcraft Project
In the margins of the NATO Defence Ministerial meeting on 16 June, the Ministers of France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom dedicated 26.7 million EUR to define the futu... Italian MoD Awards Contract for Next-Gen Sicral 3 Satcom System
ROME --- Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo 33%), and Telespazio, the joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), have signed a follow-on contract with... NATO Defense Ministers Set Stage for Decisions at Madrid Summit
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III joined 29 other NATO defense ministers in Brussels to set the stage for the alliance's Madrid Summit that will start June 29. NATO Secretary General Jens S... Jordan Orders Eight F-16 Block 70 Fighters
Jordan has officially signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the sale of eight new production F-16 Block 70 aircraft. “This F-16 acquisition reflects over 70 years of U.S. cooperation and deca... Russian Navy to Order Six Improved Kilo II Subs for Northern Fleet
MOSCOW --- The Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg in Russia’s northwest will build a series of Project 636.3 Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarines for the Russian Northern Fleet, a source in... Philippines Releases Funds for Navy’s Six New OPVs
MANILA –-- The Department of Budget and Management released the initial funding worth PHP3 billion for the Philippine Navy's (PN)'s acquisition of six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). The Special Al... British Army Loses Seventh Watchkeeper Drone Off Cyprus
A £30 million British army drone which has difficulties flying in poor weather conditions, has crashed into the sea off the coast of Cyprus. It crashed while being flown from RAF Akrotiri, Limassol... Air Force One: How Boeing’s Prestige Project Became Its Albatross
CHICAGO --- Air Force One is a flying symbol of American power. But for its maker, the presidential aircraft is becoming an albatross. Boeing has recorded more than $1.1bn in costs due to productio... US Needs to Better Manage Counter-Hypersonic Development: GAO
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) continues to build components of the Missile Defense System (MDS), test its capabilities, and plan for countering evolving threats. In fiscal year 2021, MDA made progr... US Probing How American Electronics Ended Up in Russian Weapons
Federal agents have begun questioning U.S. technology companies on how their computer chips ended up in Russian military equipment recovered in Ukraine. Commerce Department agents who enforce expor... F-35 Helps Patriot Missiles to Shoot Down Aerial Target
A U.S. Army Patriot missile defense system and an Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft combined Wednesday to shoot down a dummy cruise missile over the Pacific, according to an Army spokesman. The... Saab Completes EMD T-7A Red Hawk Deliveries from Sweden
Saab has shipped the last of five fully installed T-7A Red Hawk aft fuselages from its factory in Linköping, Sweden to Boeing’s production site in St. Louis. In addition to the five Engineering and Ma... Lockheed Wins $130M Order for Eight ARTS-V2 Radars
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, has been awarded a $130,527,339, contract modification (P00032) to previously awarded contract FA8210-17-C-0001 for the Advanced Radar ... France Qualifies Fardier Vehicle for Paras, Special Forces
PARIS --- On June 10, 2022, the General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) qualified the Fardier vehicle intended for the airborne troops of the Army, as well as for the special forces. The first eight ve... Northrop Begins Making Key NGI Components
MAGNA, Utah --- Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) team recently began fabrication of integral throat entrances for the NGI solid rocket motors. This key milestone ma... Bayraktar’s Latest Akıncı UCAV Hits Target with New Ammo
Turkey’s most advanced and sophisticated drone, the Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), has successfully completed another important stage in the ammunition integration process. ... BAE Wins US Army $699M Supercomputing Contract
BAE Systems and Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, was awarded a $698,967,197 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Defense Supercomputing Resource Center operations, maintenance, a... Hawaii-Based F-22 Fighters Deploy to Japan for Exercise
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --- The skies over the Keystone of the Pacific recently featured unique guests, as several visiting F-22 Raptors and Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, conducte... China Shows Off New Autonomous Mother Ship for Drones
TAIPEI, Taiwan --- China is showing off new sea-based technology as it seeks to assert its dominance in the Pacific, analysts say. The latest technological tool is the Zhu Hai Yun, an unmanned and ... Royal Navy’s Newest Attack Sub Completes First Operational Cruise
The Royal Navy’s newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine carried out NATO security patrols in the Mediterranean on her maiden operational deployment. HMS Audacious is the fourth of seven ... Aero Vodochody Strengthens Cooperation with Brazil’s Embraer
PRAGUE --- A memorandum was signed between representatives from Aero and Embraer, which strengthens the cooperation between the two entities. Aero has been producing significant parts of the C-390 air... | 
