Thales Signs £700 Million Watchkeeper Contract with MoD
The Ministry of Defence has signed a £700 million agreement with Thales UK to develop, manufacture, and support the Watchkeeper unmanned system.…
Feature Stories
Cubic Secures Long-Term $468 Milion Boost for Joint Readiness Training Center
Cubic Corporation has picked up a hefty, fresh slice of work at Fort Polk. A new extension, capped at about 468 milion dollars,…
US Software Stranglehold Threatens F-35 Foreign Operations
The F-35 is entirely dependent on the ALIS system for its maintenance, and on US-based software laboratories for its mission data loads, so…
Russia’s Avangard Glide Weapon Reaches Mach 27, Kremlin Claims
Russia says its new Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle slices through air at Mach 27—about 33 000 km/h. Officers call it a “shift point”…
Training for the Mission – Ukrainians Learn to Operate the Leopard 1 A5
Every tank feels different. Controls on a T-72 ask for muscle memory, while the Leopard’s clutch and gearbox demand a softer touch. “The…
Press releases
Industry Needs A Fundamental Decision on the Eurofighter by 2025
Airbus Defence & Space chief executive Michael Schöllhorn told reporters in Berlin that Germany must decide within this legislative period whether it still…
Aerostat Lifts Singapore’s Watch Over Sky and Sea
Singapore has picked a plain yet clever tool to guard its narrow air lanes and busy strait. A tethered, helium-filled aerostat now hangs…
Saudi Arabia – M1A1 and Upgrade of M1A2 to M1A2S Abrams Tanks
Washington has alerted Congress to a possible $2.9 billion Foreign Military Sale that bundles fresh M1A1 Abrams tanks with a fleet-wide rebuild for…
The F-35 Fighter Jet, The World’s Costliest Weapons Program, Just Got More Expensive
The Pentagon just raised the F-35 bill again. Numbers inside its fresh acquisition report point to $438 billion for development plus production. Last…
Editor’s choice
Thales Signs £700 Million Watchkeeper Contract with MoD
The Ministry of Defence has signed a £700 million agreement with Thales UK to develop, manufacture, and support the Watchkeeper unmanned system. The single signature secures every major phase of work, from completing design through initial sustainment, under one integrated schedule.
China’s Expanding Drone Arsenal Reveals Strength of Civil-Military Integration
The first taxi runs of Jiutian’s SS-UAV “drone mothership” at a private airfield in Sichuan on 16 June reflect how far China’s unmanned programs have moved in a single decade. According to industry sources, technicians completed telemetry checks in less than six weeks, after the…
Poland Receives First AH-64D Apaches to Prepare for Guardian Fleet
Three AH-64D Apache attack helicopters landed this morning at the 56th Air Base in Latkowo, near Inowrocław. They taxied to the ramp in quick succession, rotors still spinning while ground crews signaled them into place. Defense officials confirm these aircraft now belong to the 1st…
Latest articles
Thales Signs £700 Million Watchkeeper Contract with MoD
The Ministry of Defence has signed a £700 million agreement with Thales UK to develop,…
Pentagon Contract Announcement
L-3 Communications, Platform Integration Division, Waco, Texas, received a not-to-exceed $41.5 million undefinitized contract action…
USAF Plans for Radical F-35 Upgrade Reveal Obsolescence
Foreign air forces that bought the F-35A woke up this week to a blunt statement…
World’s Longest One-Stop Flight Launched by China Eastern via Auckland
China Eastern Airlines has unveiled a two-continent route that rewrites long-haul maps. The carrier will…
Why Airbus Led Order Books and Defense Dominated Exhibits at Paris Air Show 2025
Paris closed the gates of Le Bourget last night. Crowds went home with ringing ears…
How Operation Midnight Hammer Deployed 30,000-lb Bunker Busters on Iran’s Fordow and Natanz
Operation Midnight Hammer, carried out from late Friday into early Sunday, hit the Fordow, Natanz,…
New High-Resolution Images Reveal China’s J-35 Naval Stealth Fighter
Fresh air-to-air photos released on Chinese and foreign social media within the last forty-eight hours…
How Europe Could Co-Build U.S. Collaborative Combat Aircraft After Paris Air Show Reveal
PARIS – Collaborative Combat Aircraft, or CCAs, stepped onto the world stage this week at…