| Latest Feature Stories (Free access) NATO: Closing the Barn Door After the Horse Has Bolted
PARIS --- There is something almost comical about Europe’s knee-jerk reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, were not the large numbers of dead and injured soldiers and civilians, and the wholesale ... Latest Press Releases Berlin May Cancel Some Weapon Buys As €100 Bn Fund Shrinks: Report
PARIS --- Faced with high inflation and rising interest rates, the German government is considering major cuts to the ambitious defense procurement plans ir announced earlier this year, the German dai... UK Delays Tender Process for Puma Helicopter Replacement
UK defence officials have pushed back the start of the tender process for the New Medium Helicopter (NMH) programme, potentially delaying the arrival of the new rotorcraft. When the Ministry of Def... Is China's Expanding Military Ready to Battle the U.S.?
Under Xi Jinping, China's military is emerging as a true competitor to the U.S. The People's Liberation Army now has hypersonic missiles that evade most defenses, a technology the U.S. is still develo... Allies, Modernization at Heart of US-Japan Efforts in Asia
The international rules-based order that served the world well, is under attack and the United States and Japan need to work even closer together to defend, maintain and strengthen the order, Ely Ratn... Lithuania Upgrades Its Air Defence with New Missiles
The Defence Materiel Agency under the Ministry of National Defence has signed a contract with Sweden’s SAAB Dynamics AB on acquisition of Bolide and MK-2 type guided missiles for RBS-70 short-range an... Joint Statement After NATO Defense Ministers Speak with Russian Counterpart
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, France, and the United Kingdom. We, the Foreign Ministers of France, the United Kingdom, and the... Australia and Japan Strengthen Security Cooperation
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and His Excellency Mr Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan, have today signed a landmark Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation (JDSC), renewing a 2007 commitment ... Lockheed Wins $476M Order for Guided MLRS
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $476,814,000 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System. Bids were solicited... Lockheed Wins Additional Work on F-35 Program
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $14,909,400 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00002) to a previously awarded contract (N0001921C0037). This modification adds scop... Babcock Awarded Major Australian Capability Upgrade Contract
Babcock International Group PLC is pleased to announce that Babcock Australia has been awarded a major multi-year programme to upgrade the Australian Defence Force’s Defence High Frequency (HF) Commun... Dynetics to Increase Hypersonic Flight-Testing Tempo
HUNTSVILLE, AL --- Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, has been awarded a contract to increase the capacity for America's hypersonic flight testing. The program, known as Multi-Service Adva... French Navy Carries Out First Seabed Control Operation
From October 6 to 14, 2022, the French Navy carried out its first operation, as part of the exploratory seabed control capability, with an autonomous underwater drone. Baptized CALLIOPE, this opera... Naval Group Lays Down First Hull Section of Greek FDI Frigate
On 21st October 2022, the first block of the first FDI HN frigate (Defense and Intervention Frigate) for the Hellenic Navy was laid down in dry dock at Naval Group’s shipyard in Lorient in presence of... France Takes Delivery of Eighth MRTT Tanker Aircraft
On October 21, 2022, the DGA took delivery of the 8th Phénix A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) multirole tanker aircraft. The DGA validated this delivery following the various verification op... RAF Fighters Conduct Major Missile Firing Exercise
RAF Typhoon and Lightning jets have successfully conducted their largest ever mass firing of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ASRAAM). Over the space of 10 days, pilots from eight different s... Poland Takes Delivery of Second of Five Used C-130H Transports
On October 17, the second of five C-130H planes ordered for the Polish Armed Forces landed at the airport in Bydgoszcz. The aircraft will soon undergo periodic service (PDM - Programmed Depot Maint... Royal Air Force Adopts New Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Training
A new and innovative training course has commenced in the United States which will see the qualification of the first cohort of engineers as Dedicated Cross-Skilled Technicians on the new Protector RG... US Forces Will Rotate to Estonia in the Future: Defense Minister
During his three-day visit to the US, Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur met on Tuesday with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to discuss bilateral defence cooperation, questions related to ... US Navy MH-60R Helicopter Undergoes Maintenance in Australia for First Time
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- The U.S. and Royal Australian Navies will advance their partnership in a first-ever demonstration of periodic maintenance inspection (PMI) on a U.S. Navy MH-60R Seahawk in Aust... Philippines Test First Two Israeli Fast Attack Craft
MANILA --- Two newly acquired fast attack interdiction craft (FAIC) have successfully conducted their endurance run that took place from Oct. 12 to 17, the Philippine Navy (PN) reported late Thursday.... US Army Tests New Multidomain Ops Doctrine in Exercise
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. --- U.S. Army Pacific partnered with the Mission Command Training Program to host the U.S. Army's first Warfighter exercise concentrated in the Indo-Pacific that combined the si... Spain Reinforces NATO Defenses in Eastern Europe
Spain will send fighters to Bulgaria and Romania in the coming months to contribute to the response and deterrence capacity of the Allies. Spain’s Air and Space Force has deployed a long-range aer... Mazagon Dock Is First Indian Shipyard to Introduce Augmented Reality
Digital Technologies has tremendous capabilities in eliminating unnecessary rework, as well as improving the delivery timelines and quality of construction of Naval Vessels. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilde... EDA Project Seeks Lighter Ballistic Armor
Ballistic, or bullet proof, armour is used to protect vehicles against different threats. But it also makes them heavier, especially when seeking to protect against more powerful weapons. Taken togeth... | 
