| Latest Feature Stories (Free access) Pentagon Bypasses Procedures to Seek More Money for Troubled F-35
The Defense Department’s F-35 fighter — the most costly weapons system in history — is the grift that keeps on taking. With the F-35 already more than a decade late and $165 billion over budget, th... Latest Press Releases Chinese, US Defense Ministers Meet in Cambodia, Agree to Renew Dialogue
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met today with General Wei Fenghe, Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (PRC), on the margins of the Association of Southeast Asia Na... Turkey's Baykar Begins Taxi Tests of its Latest Jet-Powered Stealth UCAV
Türkiye’s first indigenous unmanned fighter aircraft Bayraktar Kızılelma, developed by Baykar Technologies, has performed its first taxi trials. Bayraktar Kızılelma, transferred to Akıncı Flight Tr... Japan Intercepts Ballistic Missile Targets with SM-3 Interceptors
OFF KAUAI, Hawaii --- During a demonstration here, Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force successfully intercepted short and medium-range ballistic missile targets with SM-3 Block IB and SM-3 Block IIA i... Red Tape, Potholes and Politics Hamper NATO’s Defence Efforts
Europe is waking up to a new need to defend itself since Russia invaded Ukraine. As children in Lithuania headed back to class this autumn, some of their schools were marked with new stickers: Hund... S. Korea Successfully Tests L-SAM Missile Interceptor
SEOUL --- South Korea has conducted a successful missile interception test of its L-SAM system under development, a key element of the country's envisioned layered missile defense shield, called the K... Takeaways from China’s Zhuhai Air Show 2022
The Zhuhai Air Show in Guangdong, China, is the largest aviation and military trade expo in all of China. The event ran from November 7-13 and provided an unusually large glimpse into the developmenta... Chinese YU-20 Tanker Refuels J-10 Fighter, 'Displays Versatility'
The YU-20, the latest large tanker aircraft of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, recently hosted aerial refueling exercises for the J-10 fighter jet in a move experts said further ... France to Deploy 4 Rafale to Lithuania for Air Policing Mission
MONT-DE-MARSAN, France --- France will deploy to Lithuania, under NATO mandate, four Rafale fighter aircraft from November 25th. They will ensure the missions of protection of the airspace of the Balt... UK MoD Awards £31M Contract to Support Tempest Future Fighter
A £31 million contract for highly specialised engineering support for the Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS) programme has been awarded by DE&S to UK Defence firm – QinetiQ. Under a three-year contra... Canada’s Submarine Repair Bill Doubles to C$3B as Boats Sit in Dry Dock
Maintenance of Canada’s four submarines is expected to cost about $3 billion from 2022 to 2025—double the maintenance costs for 2018 to 2021. Only one of the four submarines was deployed this year, fo... US Army's AIAMD Intercepts Target in Missile Defense Flight Test
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. --- The Army Integrated Fires Mission Command and Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment recently conducted a successful missile flight test... UAC Delivers New Batch of Su-30SM2 Fighters to Russian AF
MOSCOW --- The United Aircraft Corporation manufactured and delivered a batch of new Su-30SM2 fighter jets and Yak-130 combat trainers to the Defense Ministry, the Russian government said in a stateme... UK Seeks Deployable Anti-Submarine Warfare Technologies
DASA is seeking systems and technologies relevant to uncrewed, persistent, deployable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability, to provide surveillance of underwater hostiles. DASA has launched a ne... Occar Awards Contract for FSAF Long-Range Radar Support
On 31 October 2022, the FSAF/PAAMS Programme Division achieved the first significant milestone of the ISS contract renewal by signing the new In-Service Support (ISS) contract with Thales Nederland fo... Dutch Soldiers Train to Shoot Down Drones
Drone attacks are more topical than ever, as the war in Ukraine demonstrates once again. The fight against unmanned aircraft raises necessary questions, and Dutch soldiers have therefore been experime... Nato Fleets Test Air-to-Air Refueling Assets
LUXEMBOURG --- Today, the Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) and the NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleets have concluded the first part of their Air-to-Air Refueling (AAR) test cam... Lithuania Signs Military Cooperation Agreement with Moldova
On November 22 Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas will meet with Minister of Defence of Moldova Anatolie Nosatîi during his visit to Lithuania. The Ministers will consolidate the respecti... Near-Term Options to Improve Pacific Air Posture
The threat to U.S. and allied air facilities in the Indo-Pacific region is increasing. Current air force posture is vulnerable to adversary first strike due to insufficient posture resiliency—the abil... CRS Examines US Army Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)
As an operational concept, Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) influence what types of weapon systems and equipment the Army procures, what types and numbers of soldiers are needed, the organizational struc... Northrop Wins $99M for 42 More AESA Radars for F-16 Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, has been awarded a $99,365,970 firm-fixed-price modification (P00076) to previously awarded contract FA8615-17-C-6047 for Active Electronic... Training on Leopard 2 - Important for the Ring Exchange
The Czech Republic will be the first nation to be equipped with the Leopard 2A4 as part of the ‘ring exchange.’ The NATO partner will receive the German battle tanks because it supplies its systems fr... Airbus and ArianeGroup Sign Ariane 6 Transition Batch Contract
Airbus and ArianeGroup have signed a contract for the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large carbon fibre structures. The contract includes the manufacturing and supply of innovative, large, lightwei... BAE, Poland’s PGZ to Cooperate on M-88 Recovery Tanks
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and BAE Systems today signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation for combat and recovery vehicles. The companies are establishing a strategic relat... RAF Typhoons in Joint Training Exercise in United Arab Emirates
Royal Air Force Typhoons from the UK and the Middle East have joined the Advanced Tactical Leadership Course (ATLC) at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. Pilots and support personnel f... | 
