Belgium could soon place an order for AMRAAM missiles to arm the Air Forces F-16 and F-35 fighter jets. On Tuesday, the U
The United States is likely to approve the sale of F-16 combat aircraft to Turkey – a deal which has been in troubled waters since its purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems – in about two months. After being denied Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II jets, Turkey sought new F-16s and 80 modernization kits for old jets
Northrop Grumman signed a six-year agreement with Quickstep Holdings Limited for the supply of components to support the F-35 global aerospace program. The order was signed under an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Australian-owned and operated company, with work to be completed in Sydney, New South Wales
North Korea fired off a barrage of over 20 missiles of various types from its east and west coasts on Wednesday, including one that landed near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) for the first time since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. One of the short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) fired by the North from Wonsan on Wednesday morning landed near Seouls territorial waters
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding has been awarded a $2.4 billion U
The UK Air Forces Royal Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft have been part of the force's largest ever mass firing of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles (ASRAAM). Over the space of 10 days, pilots from eight different Typhoon and Lightning squadrons successfully launched a total of 53 missiles at Banshee target drones
Czech company Aero Vodochody has announced the first flight of L-159T2X prototype, an upgraded L-159, four years after it started working on the aircraft. Last week, after four years of intensive work, the prototype (demonstrator) L-159 T2X took off from the airport in Vodochody
As the United States has allowed a waiver to the use Chinese origin rare-earth alloys on F-35 fighter jets, calls have grown in China to apply stricter export controls for its super alloys without which the American jet could be grounded.The aircraft's manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, is one of the US arms firms sanctioned by China for selling weapons and equipment to Taiwan
Raytheon Missiles and Defense is awarded a $225,638,545 contract for AIM-9X Block II and Block II+ 'sidewinder' improvement program including hardware and software development to the AIM-9X system. Called Increment IV, the improvement program hardware development will update the AIM-9X missile sensor, electronics unit, and guidance unit
South Koreas defense ministry has left out the project to construct a light aircraft carrier for its Navy in 2023s budget, to make way for 9.4% increase to establish a three-axis defense system to counter Norths missiles