Canberra Secures 400 Advanced AMRAAM Missiles in $1.39 Billion Air Defense Deal
Australia has confirmed a 2.12 billion-dollar Australian investment – about $1.39 billion U.S. – to secure the newest AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air…
Defense Industry
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,…
Direct Toronto–Istanbul Flights Start in December 2025 with New Air Transat-Turkish Airlines Tie-Up
Air Transat will open a direct link between Toronto Pearson and Istanbul on 6 December 2025. The carrier says the flight will run…
Contract Award for the Next Phase of the NGWS/FCAS Project
MADRID – France, Germany, and Spain signed a trilateral contract on December 15 that launches Phase 1B of the New-Generation Weapon System/Future Combat…
Canberra Secures 400 Advanced AMRAAM Missiles in $1.39 Billion Air Defense Deal
Australia has confirmed a 2.12 billion-dollar Australian investment – about $1.39 billion U.S. – to secure the newest AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles,…
Platforms & Systems
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…
Bungled Navy Warship Referred to Anti-Corruption Watchdog
Australia’s $45 billion Hunter-class frigate program faces fresh scrutiny after Senator David Shoebridge asked the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to examine how the…
Eaton Wins Hydraulic System Contract For A380 – $200 Million Potential For U.S. Company
Airbus has chosen the diversified power-management company Eaton Corporation to develop and build the hydraulic power-generation system for its new A380 wide-body jetliner.…
Rafale in Combat: “War for Dummies”
Pilots walk to their jets before sunrise, climb the ladder, key the INS, and watch the route and target files flow in by…
Regions & Conflicts
Dutch and Norwegian F-35s Deploy to Poland to Secure Ukraine Supply Lines
The Netherlands and Norway will send their F-35 fighter jets to Poland from Sept. 1 to Dec. 1 under NATO command. The mission’s single goal is to keep the air route open for trucks, trains, and aircraft carrying weapons and spare parts to Ukraine. The…
Japan Negotiates Transfer of Abukuma-Class Destroyers and TC-90 Surveillance Aircraft to the Philippines
Tokyo and Manila are negotiating the transfer of six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts and additional Beechcraft King Air TC-90 maritime surveillance aircraft. Philippine Navy chief Vice Adm. Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpeleta says discussions started after Japan signaled its plan to retire the 35-year-old ships.
Chancellor Merz Appeals to Trump for Quick Delivery of Patriots to Ukraine
BERLIN – Friedrich Merz picked up the phone on Thursday and asked U.S. President Donald Trump for one thing: more Patriot air-defense systems for Kyiv. The conversation lasted roughly twenty minutes and focused on securing additional batteries against a backdrop of tightened U.S. stockpiles.
Weapons & Technologies
Tenix Signs Phase 2 EW Contract
Tenix Defence Systems has signed the follow-on contract that moves its Radio-Frequency Photonic Link research into full pre-production. The award covers “Phase 2…
Spain pushes back on 5 % defense quota, advocates integrated EU-NATO investment framework
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has notified NATO headquarters that Spain will not accept a future rule requiring every ally to channel five percent…
France Releases Initial Details About French-German MGCS Future Tank Program
France and Germany have released a revised outline for the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS), the two-nation effort meant to retire the Leclerc…
Exclusive: Retired RAAF Fighter Jets Could Be Sent to Ukraine (excerpt)
The Royal Australian Air Force keeps 41 de-commissioned F/A-18A/B Hornets in climate-controlled hangars at RAAF Base Williamtown. Canberra, Washington, and Kyiv are now…
Aircraft
Hybrid Base Station Sniper Pod Upgrade Enables F-35 to Share Sensor Data with 4th-Gen Aircraft
The Defense-Aerospace editorial team has confirmed that Lockheed Martin is pressing ahead with the Hybrid Base Station upgrade for its Sniper Advanced Targeting…
F-35 Bulkhead Overhaul Lets Fighter Hide Heavier Arms
Lockheed Martin reshaped a small yet vital slice of the F-35 frame. The fresh FS425 bulkhead now backs bigger bombs inside the jet.…
Northrop Grumman Adding Mobile Targets to B-2 Bomber Capabilities
The B-2 Spirit edges into a new era. Air Force engineers push the bomber toward a fresh role—striking vehicles that refuse to sit…
F-35 Program Massages Flight Test Results
The latest annual report from the Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) states that the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) claimed…
Latest articles
Canberra Secures 400 Advanced AMRAAM Missiles in $1.39 Billion Air Defense Deal
Australia has confirmed a 2.12 billion-dollar Australian investment – about $1.39 billion U.S. – to…
Dutch and Norwegian F-35s Deploy to Poland to Secure Ukraine Supply Lines
The Netherlands and Norway will send their F-35 fighter jets to Poland from Sept. 1…
How Revolver MP Stacks a Dozen Mark 58 CRAW Torpedoes in a Single Tube
Project Revolver has moved from lab study to fleet priority in less than three years.…
U.S. Defense Firms at Le Bourget Outline Step One Using NASAMS, THAAD for Golden Dome
The Paris Air Show gave America’s biggest defense suppliers a global stage to describe how…
Japan Negotiates Transfer of Abukuma-Class Destroyers and TC-90 Surveillance Aircraft to the Philippines
Tokyo and Manila are negotiating the transfer of six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts and additional Beechcraft…
Swedish FMV Awards Saab £70m Order for 22 Next-Gen CB90 Combat Boats
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has awarded Saab a contract for 22 additional CB90…
France Demands 80% of FCAS Sixth-Gen Fighter Workshare, Straining German Partnership
The Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System, better known as FCAS, now faces its toughest moment.…
U.S. Space Force Selects Boeing for $2.8B Secure Strategic Communications Program
The U.S. Space Force has selected Boeing to build the first two satellites of the…