Feature Stories
The F-35: Even the Engine Is Compromised (excerpt)
The F-35 promised reach without rival, yet its heart – Pratt & Whitney’s F135 – burns fuel like an older design. Thrust-specific fuel…
Italian Navy Landing Helicopter Dock Trieste Nears Full Service
Trieste — The Italian Navy’s new landing helicopter dock Trieste is finishing fit-out work in its namesake port. Crews install last cables, test…
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…
Canada Queries Effectiveness of Sikorsky CH-148 Helicopter
Federal Defense chiefs ordered a deep look at Sikorsky’s CH-148 Cyclone fleet. Crews trust these birds for day-to-day patrols over grey water, yet…
Press releases
US Approves $75 Million Sale of Javelin Missiles to Kosovo
The United States okayed the largest single arms deal in Kosovo’s short history. Pristina can now order 246 Javelin FGM-148F missiles plus 24…
Weapons Tester Cites Further F-35 Challenges (excerpt)
The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has sent fresh shockwaves through the F-35 community. His memo to senior leaders says the…
R-168: The Russian Military Radio That’s Not So Russian
Moscow sells the R-168 as proof its army can talk under fire without outside help. Documents and captured sets prove many key chips…
All Issues Pertaining to Serviceability of MiG-29K Sorted Out – Indian Navy
The Indian Navy has fought hard to keep its carrier aviation alive after retiring the Sea Harrier. MiG-29K fighters now fill that hole…
Editor’s choice
General Dynamics Electric Boat Secures $1.85 B Navy Contract for Virginia-Class Block VI Submarine Prep
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
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…
Latest articles
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…
European Defence Agency Pushes Drone-UGV Supply Missions Adopted from Ukraine
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
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
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
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
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
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
The U.S. Navy will run its third Large Scale Exercise (LSE 25) from late July…