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The Australian military has confirmed that it has selected the Boeing AH-64E Apache as its armed reconnaissance helicopter to replace the Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) from 2025. On Friday, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds announced that the replacement for the Tiger ARH would be...

North Korea showed off a new ballistic missile designed to be launched from submarines, according to state media, during a military parade marking the ruling party congress at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang on Thursday.

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IAI radar system Bratislava, January 13 (TASR) – Slovakia will purchase 17 3D radar devices of medium, short and ultra-short range from Israel, the Government decided on Wednesday, with Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) confirming this. When the purchase agreement is approved by the...

Boeing has been given a $1.6 billion contract for the Lot Six production of KC-46A aerial refueling tankers. Boeing will produce 12 tankers under this contract, which was announced on Jan. 12. The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, has been awarded a $1,687,359,008 modification (P00166) to...

French drone manufacturer Parrot announced that it will supply 300 ANAFI Unmanned Aerial Systems for the French Army under a five-year contract. As noted by the company, Parrot was chosen by the French Defense Procurement Agency, DGA, to supply its ANAFI micro-drones to equip the French Armies...

Two brand-new CH-47F Chinooks have arrived in Antwerp harbour (belgium) where they will be transported to Woensdrecht air base (The Netherlands) for final assembly. The transport helicopters will be delivered to the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force). The Foxtrots will be...

General Atomics awarded $123 million Netherlands MQ-9 Reaper drone contract in 2019 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was awarded a $123 million contract for four MQ-9 Reaper drones for the Netherlands, the U.S. Department of Defense said in a release. The not-to-exceed $123,293,911...

(“Elbit Systems” or “the Company”) announced today that it was awarded a contract to supply Seagull™ USVs (Unmanned Surface Vehicles) to the Navy of a country in Asia-Pacific. The contract, that is in an amount that is not material to Elbit Systems, will be performed over a 17-month period...

ITS Cavour (CVH 550) is a STOVL (Short Take Off and Vertical Landing) aircraft carrier, built by Fincantieri. It entered service with the Italian Navy in 2009. Italian Navy picture. Italian Navy Aircraft Carrier Cavour To Start F-35B Qualification Next Month The Italian Navy (Marina Militare)...

PH Navy eyes TC-12 'Huron' aircraft for air wing The Philippine Navy (PN) on Friday said it is looking at the possibility of acquiring at least eight units of Beechcraft TC-12B "Huron" military turboprop aircraft to beef up its Naval Air Wing (NAW). PN public affairs office chief Lt...

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Marine Corps general in charge of the U.S. Navy’s expeditionary warfare directorate said the Navy is looking at options to increase the lethality of its amphibious warfare ships with a containerized weapon system. A demonstration of this capability may occur after a...

ThinKom Solutions, Inc. has recently completed successful over-the-air tests of a pair of 17-inch active diametre K/Q-band phased-array antennas communicating through an Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. The tests verified that the antenna, based on ThinKom’s patented Variable...

Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence for the Royal Navy Future Naval Training Programme as part of the Fisher consortium led by Capita plc. The Programme calls for the transformation and modernisation of the shore-based training of the service, including the...

Hanwha Defense, a leading defense company in South Korea, has announced that it unveiled the fully integrated Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Australia ahead of tests and evaluations by the Australian Army starting February. According to a company news release, Hanwha Defense...

Nottingham-born second world war pilot operated out of White Waltham in Berkshire Eleanor Wadsworth at her home in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Photograph: James Linsell-Clark/SWNS.com A trailblazing pilot who was one of the last surviving women to have taken on the task of transporting...

Dutch combat vehicles will be equipped with MK7 tactical computers over the next 30 months at a cost of almost €20M. Tactical computers are the basis for Battlefield Management Systems (BMS), managing data from sensors and communications equipment, making it available at the various workstations...

Final Battle Damaged F-16 Returns to 148th Fighter Wing In May of 2018, a severe windstorm blew through the 407th Air Expeditionary Group, Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, Kuwait while personnel from the 179th Air Expeditionary Squadron were evacuated to their quarters. 91-mile per hour straight-line...