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French Navy Aquitaine-class FREMM Frigate Languedoc Started her Long Cruise...
On 12 August 2016, the FREMM frigate Languedoc, the latest addition to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) fleet departed Toulon naval base for her long cruise. The long cruise is the last long...
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ATEC selected for US Army's ITEP preliminary design review phase
The U.S. Army has announced that the Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC), a joint venture of Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney, has been awarded a contract for preliminary design review of a new...
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US plans to deploy 16 F-35 fighter jets to Japan in 2017
The Japanese government informed the city of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Monday that the United States plans to deploy 16 F-35 fighters at the US military base there from January to August next...
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Qatar may be procuring MK V Patrol Boats from US Shipbuilder USMI
According to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) release, The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar for Mk-V Fast Patrol Boats,...
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Northrop wins $40mn contract to work on SHiELD fighter self-protection system
The US defense contractor Northrop Grumman, based in Redondo Beach, California, has been awarded a $39,339,172 contract for Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Turret Research in...
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BAE Systems secures $200mn contract to sustain RAAF Hawk Mk127 fleet
BAE Systems Australia has secured a two-year contract, worth approximately $200 million, to sustain the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Hawk Mk127 Lead-In Fighter fleet. This extension reinforces the...
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Rockwell Collins completes first air-to-ground data transfer over Wideband...
An industry first, Rockwell Collins completed the complex data transfer from a C-17 airborne aircraft to a ground station over a Wideband High Frequency (WBHF) channel. Rockwell Collins collaborated...
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U.S. Navy Selects Lockheed Martin's COMBATSS-21 Open Architecture CMS for LCS...
The U.S. Navy selected Lockheed Martin's COMBATSS-21 as the combat management system for the Navy's frigate ship program. COMBATSS-21 is the combat management system in operation on the Freedom...
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Ilyushin eyes numerous variants of PAK VTA military airlifter
The Ilyushin Company, a subsidiary of the United Aircraft Corporation, is developing several variants of the advanced heavy military transport aircraft (Russian acronym: PAK VTA, Perspektivnyi...
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Delivery of First Project 885M SSGN (Upgraded Yasen class) Kazan Submarine...
The first nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine (SSGN) of the upgraded project 885M (code Yasen-M), the Kazan, will be handed over to the Russian Navy not in 2017 as was initially reported, but in...
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North Korea Again Test-Fired a KN-11 SLBM From its Sinpo-Class Ballistic...
North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast on Wednesday, off its east coast following the start of an annual South Korea-U.S. military exercise. This launch...
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US Army awards Raytheon Long Range Precision Fires risk mitigation contract
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $5.7 million risk-mitigation contract for the Long Range Precision Fires program. The new missile will replace the Army's aging inventory of...
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Russia to offer an upgraded version of the BTR-70 Armoured Personnel Carrier...
Russia is offering the upgraded BTR-70 armoured personnel carriers (APC), called BTR-70M (M stands for Upgraded, Modernizirovanny) to foreign customers, according to a source in the Russian defense...
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Russian-built Project 10750E MCM Vessel for Kazakhstan Started Sea Trials
The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (Russian acronym: SNSZ, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, OSK) has commenced the trials of the first Project 10750E (E stands for export-oriented,...
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Future Minoga ship-based helicopter (Ka-27 Replacement) to enter production...
The future ship-borne helicopter being developed under the Minoga program will enter production in 10 years, Sergei Mikheyev, general designer, Kamov JSC (a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters), has...
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Next Gen Kh-32 ant-ship cruise missile tests drawing to a close in Russia
Russia is finalizing the trials of a sophisticated cruise missile designated as Kh-32 and intended to equip the Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber fleet, according to the Izvestia daily. The...
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Northrop Grumman Completes G/ATOR Block II Preliminary and Critical Design...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Marine Corps have achieved two major milestones in developing the Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) mode for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air...
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Kratos wins $20mn USAF contract for KC-46A tanker training systems
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a US-based National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it was selected to develop and deliver KC-46 Pegasus tanker high-fidelity maintenance...
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DCNS and University of New South Wales to collaborate on submarine research...
DCNS and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have signed an agreement to collaborate more closely on engineering and marine technologies for Australia’s Future Submarine Program. Read More
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Iran in talks with Russian Helicopters for Ansat & Ka-226T helicopters...
The Russian Helicopters holding is in talks with Iran on the deliveries of Ansat and Ka-226T light multirole helicopters for the Islamic republic's health ministry, the company’s press service said...
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