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Underpowered Powerplant: The F-35’s Engine Can’t Do the Job

The single-engine F-35 keeps dragging the Pentagon into deeper trouble. Early budgets spoke about $233 billion for building the fleet. Today the ledger…

AE 1107C Hits 500-Hour Mark Inside V-22 Fleet

The T406 engine reached a solid 500-hour record on one Osprey in mid-August last year. It happened during normal line ops, not a…

F-35 Engine Unit Costs Continue to Grow Even As Production Increases

Early F-135 advocates promised a smooth learning curve. They said each production lot would cost less than the one before. Fresh data show…

Three UV Stimulators Ordered

Ian Will, Manager of Electro-optic EW Systems at Tenix Defence Systems, confirmed today that a foreign customer has placed an order for three…

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Sagem’s Euroflir 350 Optronic Observation System Chosen for Caracal Helicopters Deployed by French Special Forces

Eurocopter has picked Sagem’s new Euroflir 350 sight for the EC725 Caracal fleet that supports French special operations. The move links a fresh…

Lockheed’s F-35 Still Falls Short, Pentagon’s Chief Tester Says

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 is America’s most expensive weapons project. After fifteen years in development, the jet is still not ready for the fight…

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…

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…

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General Dynamics Electric Boat Secures $1.85 B Navy Contract for Virginia-Class Block VI Submarine Prep

General Dynamics Electric Boat Secures $1.85 B Navy Contract for Virginia-Class Block VI Submarine Prep

Jul 2, 2025

According to industry sources, the U.S. Navy has added up to $1.85 billion to its multiyear Virginia-class attack-submarine contract with General Dynamics Electric Boat. The money covers early construction work and the purchase of long-lead components for the forthcoming Block VI boats. Defense officials confirm…

Thales Signs £700 Million Watchkeeper Contract with MoD

Jun 24, 2025

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

Jun 17, 2025

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…

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U.S. Space Force Selects Boeing for $2.8B Secure Strategic Communications Program

Jul 4, 2025

The U.S. Space Force has selected Boeing to build the first two satellites of the…

European Defence Agency Pushes Drone-UGV Supply Missions Adopted from Ukraine

Jul 4, 2025

European armies just wrapped up three weeks of hands-on trials that pushed small drones and…

Pentagon Awards $5B Shipbuilding Contract to Modernize Navy Supply Chain

Jul 4, 2025

The Defense Department moved on 3 July toward faster U.S. warship deliveries. It awarded the…

Chancellor Merz Appeals to Trump for Quick Delivery of Patriots to Ukraine

Jul 4, 2025

BERLIN – Friedrich Merz picked up the phone on Thursday and asked U.S. President Donald…

Arquus and Daimler Truck Launch Joint Bid to Modernize French Military Truck Fleet

Jul 3, 2025

THE HAGUE, Netherlands  –  French armored-vehicle specialist Arquus and German commercial-vehicle giant Daimler Truck have…

How the $150 Billion Defense Reconciliation Bill Rebuilds U.S. Military Capability

Jul 3, 2025

The Senate’s narrow vote on July 1 sent a 940-page reconciliation measure – nicknamed the…

$25 Million Set Aside as Army Plans 2026 Tests of Blackbeard Hypersonic Round on Autonomous Launchers

Jul 3, 2025

The Army is moving fast to fold a new hypersonic strike option into its tactical…

US Navy’s Large Scale Exercise 2025 Welcomes Canadian, Japanese and NATO Liaison Teams

Jul 3, 2025

The U.S. Navy will run its third Large Scale Exercise (LSE 25) from late July…

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