Latest Feature Stories (Free access) German Greens' Arms Exports Dilemma: Act II On October 13, Mr. Habeck’s deputy, Sven Giegold, unveiled the position paper on arms export controls to his government colleagues and to the press (in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung): th... Latest Press Releases Scholz and Macron Meet in Paris in Last-Ditch Attempt to Mend Ties PARIS --- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Paris today for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron that could well decide whether the two will continue their 60 year-old defense partne... Australian Budgets A$270 Bn for Defense to 2030, Commits to 2% of GDP Goal The Albanese Government is delivering on its election commitments across the Defence portfolio, which will keep Australia safe. Under the Albanese Government, defence funding will rise to over 2 pe... Airbus Faces Fresh Bribery Settlement: French Prosecutor PARIS --- French authorities are in talks with planemaker Airbus that could lead to the expansion of a record multi-national bribery settlement agreed in 2020, prosecutors said on Tuesday. French p... Use of Dirty Bomb Would Bring Consequences: Pentagon If Russia were to deploy a dirty bomb or other type of nuclear weapon in Ukraine, there would be consequences, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. Those consequences have ... Raytheon Has Delivered Two NASAMS for Ukraine to US Government Raytheon Technologies handed over two NASAMS SAMs, which are intended for Ukraine, to the US government, CEO Greg Hayes announced this in his interview with CNBC, writes DefenseNews. “We did just d... Democrat Group Retracts Ukraine Letter to Biden After Uproar WASHINGTON --- A group of progressive Democrats in Congress said Tuesday it had retracted a letter to the White House urging President Joe Biden to engage in direct diplomatic talks with Russia after ... Lambrecht Meets Ukraine Premier, Promises More Equipment BERLIN --- During the visit of the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht emphasized the strengthening of the Ukrainian air defense against Russian attacks as pa... Academy Says Its UK Pilots Are Not Passing Classified Information to China An international flying academy has said that classified information was not passed between former British military pilots and Chinese trainees within its institutions, following concerns over this ... Boeing Delivers First Upgraded AH-64E Apache to Dutch Air Force The first fully renovated Apache combat helicopter of the Ministry of Defense was handed over to the Netherlands yesterday. That happened at manufacturer Boeing in Mesa in the US. The other 27 Apac... France Tests Reaper Unmanned Aircraft for Maritime Surveillance On October 19, an operational evaluation took place over the Atlantic Ocean with five crews from the 33rd ESRA in order to gauge the usefulness of the MQ-9 Reaper for maritime surveillance operations.... GA-ASI Demonstrates Air-to-Air Laser Communications SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) successfully completed an air-to-air laser communication link between GA-ASI’s Laser Airborne Communication (LAC) terminals integrated... Brazil Launches First 100% Indigenously-Made Rocket In Brazil, October, 23 is Aviator Day and the Brazilian Air Force Day (FAB), and this year the date took additional significance as Alcântara Launch Center (CLA) launched the suborbital vehicle VSB-30... Elbit Wins $65M to Network Brigade for a Latin-American Army HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $65 million to supply a modernization solution to a Latin American Army. The contract will b... Bulgarian and Spanish Fighters to Jointly Perform Air Policing The Bulgarian and Spanish fighter jets will jointly perform airspace protection tasks in the period November 14 - December 2, 2022. The joint implementation of tasks to strengthen the airspace protect... Raytheon Wins $122M for Air and Missile Defense Sensor Raytheon Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $122,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor pre-planned product improvement Increment III effort. ... Gripen Engine Support Facility Being Built on Swedish Soil The new Gripen engine RM16 has been run on Swedish soil for the first time. Within a couple of years, all infrastructure for both product support and maintenance must be in place within the country's ... First US - Baltic Defense Industry Day Held in Riga On October 26, Minister of Defense Artis Pabriks will open the first US-Baltic defense industry day in Riga, the aim of which is to promote the cooperation of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian companie... Sweden to Investigate Legal Issues Before Joining NATO The Ministry of Defense has decided to commission an investigator to review certain legal issues before membership in NATO. The investigator must analyze which possible constitutional changes are r... US Air Force Tests MH-139 Helicopter’s Rappelling System Air Force special operators successfully rappelled out of a hovering MH-139A Grey Wolf to the ground 30 feet below here Oct. 6, 2022. This was the culmination of two days of testing involving mul... Lockheed, Red Hat Collaborate to Advance AI for Military Missions Lockheed Martin and Red Hat, Inc. today announced a collaboration to advance artificial intelligence (AI) innovation at the edge on Lockheed Martin military platforms. Adopting the newly announced Red... |