Request for Information (RFI) on Concepts for Selectable or Variable Effects Weapons
Agency: Department of the Air Force> Office: Air Force Materiel Command>> The Air Armament Center (AAC) at Eglin AFB FL is requesting information concerning concepts for selectable or variable effects weapons. Responses to this RFI will be used by the Government to perform studies and analyses on existing and future...
European Air Transport Fleet Launched
>Launch of a European air transport fleet is one of the initiatives decided Nov. 10 by European defense ministers
What's Wrong with Weapons Acquisitions?
The Pentagon now spends about $21.6 million every hour to procure new military systems
Soldiers Learn Electronic Warfare Skills in Eastern Baghdad
FORWARD OPERATING BASE RUSTAMIYAH, Iraq --- Selected soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Divisions 4th Brigade Combat Team and Multinational Division Baghdad received electronic warfare training here.>> Electronic warfare applies the radio frequency spectrum to defeat an enemy and save lives on the battlefield
RAAF C-130 Hercules - 50 Years of Outstanding Service
This weekend the Royal Australian Air Force will celebrate fifty years of outstanding achievements by its enduring work horse - the C-130 Hercules aircraft.>> Various models of Hercules aircraft have been the backbone of many of the Australian Defence Forces most important operations during the past 50 years
Modernized Fuchs/Fox Provides Comprehensive Protection from Mines and IEDs – Upgrade Order...
The tried-and-tested Fuchs/Fox armoured transport vehicle is one of the Bundeswehrs most versatile systems. Rheinmetall now offers a highly effective modernization package that substantially improves the vehicles protection against landmine blasts and improvised explosive devices
Army Receives First Leopard 2A6 Tanks
The Minister of National Defence, Nuno Severiano Teixeira, will preside at 11 oclock this morning the reception ceremony for the first eight Leopard 2A6 tanks delivered to the Portuguese Army. The ceremony will be held at the Santa Margarida army base in Constancia
Joint STARS Engines Complete FAA Certification Flights
MELBOURNE, Fla. --- The U
EU Governments Agree on an Armaments Cooperation Strategy
European Union National Armaments Directors (NADs) yesterday endorsed a strategy to promote and enhance effective European armaments Co-operation in support of the ESDP.>> The Strategy has three aims:> -- firstly, it will help to generate, promote and facilitate co-operation through a dedicated programme preparation phase
Lockheed Martin Awarded FRES Study Contract
LONDON, UK --- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a study contract by Atkins, the Systems House on the UK Ministry of Defence's Future Rapid Effects Systems (FRES) project, on behalf of the FRES Integrated Project Team (IPT). The study, to be delivered by January 2009, will develop performance, cost, time and risk information during integration of a concept turret and mission systems for the FRES Scout Vehicle (SV)
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Achieves 75,000 Flight Hours with Italian Air...
MARIETTA, Ga. --- The Italian Air Force has achieved 75,000 flight hours with its fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, amassing an impressive record that includes the first combat missions flown in the C-130J and the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies
The Rafale Has Landed: The Second Candidate for the Partial Tiger Replacement...
The second candidate for the Partial Tiger Replacement (PTR) landed in Emmen this morning. With the arrival of the French Rafale aircraft in Switzerland, the second series of flight and ground tests for the PTR is about to begin
South Korea Deploys Upgraded Coastal Radar Systems
879 People Dead in Lebanon Pager Explosions Targeting Hezbollah?
Argentine Navy Inducts First P-3 Orion Aircraft Procured from Norway
Paramount Land Systems Offers New Long Wheel Base Variant of Maatla Protected...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...