Feature Stories
Singapore Wraps Up Island-Wide Air Defence Shield
Singapore Air Force chiefs say the Island Air Defence, or IAD, now works end-to-end over every shipping lane and flight path. Crews pushed…
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…
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…
MD Helicopters Says LUH Award to Eurocopter Is Outrageous
The senior team at MD Helicopters, Inc. calls the Army’s Light Utility Helicopter choice “flat-out wrong”. They argue the service stacked the deck…
Press releases
Russia Will Produce French New Generation Thermal Imagers
Paris—At Eurosatory 2012 Russia’s state arms trader Rosoboronexport and France’s Thales Optronics signed a licence that lets the Vologda Optical-Mechanical Plant build Catherine…
The Netherlands Buy Additional F-35 Fighter Aircraft
The Dutch government has ordered nine more Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters, lifting the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) plan from 37…
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…
Lockheed Martin Receives $213 Million Contract for 20 New F-16s for Egypt
FORT WORTH, Texas – The U.S. government has released an initial $213 million so Lockheed Martin can begin long-lead work on 20 Advanced…
Editor’s choice
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…
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 year they put the figure at $412 billion. Now planners must live with extra $26 billion—they said inflation and stretched schedules forced…
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 Leo turns quicker and keeps speed on hills,” one Ukrainian trainee explains through a volunteer interpreter. “That helps when you must leave…
Latest articles
China Eastern Airlines announces world’s longest one-stop flight from Shanghai to Buenos Aires 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…