US Air Force KC-10 Extender Tanker Aircraft Fleet Modification Complete
Travis and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey have completed modifying the 59th and final KC-10 tanker aircraft fleet modification, signifying the completion of a six-year project. Since 2011, KC-10 fleets...
Australian Navy Expands Simulation Training For Future Electronic Warfare Sailors
Australian Navy is extending its use of simulation in a collaborative project with Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems for training future electronic warfare sailors. "A common electronic warfare sensor suite is...
Work On Fifth Royal Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel Begins
Work has officially begun in Scotland on HMS Spey, the fifth ship in a fleet of new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) being built for the Royal Navy. Like four other ships...
UK Awards $690 Million Three Missile Contracts To MBDA
UKs Ministry of Defense (MoD) has awarded three new missile contracts worth £539 million ($690 million) for Meteor, Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) and Sea Viper missile systems from MBDA. Secretary...
Egypt Receives Second Of Four Type 209 Submarines From TKMS
Egypt has received a new Type 209 submarine S41 from German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems at the Ras al-Tin base Wednesday. This is the second of four scheduled deliveries
UAVT To Equip NASC's TigerShark Drones With Turboprop Engine Propulsion Systems
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) and UAV Turbines (UAVT) plan to demonstrate NASC's TigerShark aircraft with a UAVT micro-turboprop propulsion system by year end. "NAVMAR and UAVT join for flight demonstration of UAVT's turboprop engine on...
Kazakhstan To Receive Two C295 Airlifters From Airbus This Year
Kazakhstan will acquire two C295 military airlifters from Airbus. In addition to the aircraft, the contract also includes deliveries for spares and a support package
Boeing Not To Participate In Belgian F-16 Replacement Program
Boeing has pulled out of Belgian F-16 replacement program and also informed the government that it will not participate in the bidders conference nor respond to the request for proposal (RFP). “We regret that after reviewing...
Rolls-Royce Opens Defense Service Delivery Center In India For Support Services
Rolls Royce has opened up new defense Service Delivery Centre (SDC) Thursday in a city of Southern India to provide localized engineering support and solutions for the country's armed military force as well as to...
New Zealand Stops NH90 Helicopter Operations Until Further Investigations
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has stopped NH90 helicopter operations following an emergency landing near Blenheim Sunday. The helicopter engine has been sent to Sydney for examination
Nuclear Arsenals Decline Globally Primarily Due To Cuts Made By Russia, US:...
Russia and the United States are slowly reducing their nuclear arsenals but are modernizing their capabilities according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) annual report. The SIPRI said that there were 455 fewer nuclear...
Romania Interested In Raytheon-built Patriot Missiles
NATO member Romania has expressed its interest in the US Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) system to modernize its military, benefiting from a gradual increase in annual spending. European Union countrys defense budget was 1
Blast in Iranian Port: Negligence or Sabotage?
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
