The French Navy aircraft carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle is heading home cutting short deployment in the Atlantic following suspicion of several COVID-19 cases among its 2000 crew members. About forty sailors may be infected with Covid-19, according to a French Ministry of the Armed Forces press release issued this morning
The Pentagon has cleared the export of South Korea's Bigung ("Flying arrow") guided rocket system in the US after it performed well in tests conducted last October. Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said on April 7 that the 70-millimeter rocket system hit all 10 targets and met US requirements during the Pentagon's Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) session held in South Korea last year
The US Air Force Reserve recieved their first HC-130J Combat King II on April 2. "The 39th Rescue Squadron took possession of their first, brand new HC-130J Combat King II aircraft on April 2
Boeing announced a two week suspension in production of H-47 Chinook and V-22 Osprey aircraft at its facilities in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, in light of the spread of COVID-19 in the region. This action is intended to ensure the well-being of employees, their families and local communities, and will include an orderly shutdown consistent with requirements of U
The South Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) has revealed a port surveillance system that improves detection of quiet submarines and other stealthy underwater moving objects. The advanced maritime surveillance system was developed at a cost of 130 billio- won ($106
While major international air and defense events in 2020 have been canceled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, Airshow China in November and Russias Army-2020 in August are on schedule. The organizers of Airshow China on Monday announced that over 400 local and foreign companies, including ones from US, France, Germany, Russia and the UK, have confirmed participation at this years edition of the airshow scheduled to take place in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, from November 10-15
Japan has rejected designs for the indigenous stealth fighter project proposed by the United States and the United Kingdom to favour a home-grown design. "Japan wants to develop a stealth fighter domestically
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper enacted a 60-day stop movement order for all DoD uniformed and civilian personnel and their sponsored family members overseas. This stop movement order will impact exercises, deployments, redeployments and other global force management activities
Airbus has announced resumption of production and assembly activities at wing plants located in Spain, France and other European countries amid COVID-19 pandemic. “Airbus partially resumed production and assembly work in France and Spain on 23 March following a four-day pause
Boeing announced a temporary suspension of production at its Puget Sound area facilities in Washington state, its largest plant worldwide, over the accelerating spread of the coronavirus in the region. “Boeing is working to minimize this suspension's impact on the company's ability to deliver and support its defense and space programs, and ensure the readiness of our defense customers to perform their vital missions,” a company statement said Boeing plans to begin reducing production activity today and projects the suspension of such operations to begin on Wednesday, March 25, at sites across the Puget Sound area