Southwest Orders 100 Boeing 737 Max Airplanes
Southwest Airlines today signed a contract for a hundred 737 MAX airplanes and 155 options across two models. The Boeing 737 MAX was grounded worldwide in March 2019 following the second...
CAE, Leonardo to set up Flight Training School in Italy
CAE and Leonardo today announced the two companies have created a joint venture called Leonardo CAE Advanced Jet Training Srl to support the operations of the International Flight Training School...
China says Philippines "Intimidating" Chinese Fishing Vessels, "Trespassing" Claims Manila
Philippine fighter aircraft flying over Chinese fishing boats “taking shelter from the weather” near a Chinese reef in the South China Sea are inappropriate, and might inflame tensions and risk...
China Commissions Armored Rescue Vehicle "for Galwan-like Terrain”
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) has commissioned a new type of amphibious armored rescue vehicle for valley-spread high-altitude border regions like Galwan Valley. The vehicles entered service with PLA Xinjiang...
Turkish FNSS tests Unmanned Armored Vehicle Teaming with UAV
Turkish firm FNSS has tested a teaming concept between an unmanned M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). FNSS Unmanned Land Vehicles Technical Leader Cankat Aykurt said...
Damen Launches First of 3 Inshore Patrol Vessels for South African Navy
Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) launched the first of three Multi Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) procured by ARMSCOR for the South African Navy (SAN). The vessels will augment South Africas maritime security by enhancing the...
Brazil Discussing Missile Procurement for Gripen Jets with Ukraine
Brazil is mulling the purchase of Ukrainian air-to-air missiles to arm them on its Gripen fighter jets besides anti-tank missiles. The first round of negotiations between the two parties took place online on March 22, Ukrainian...
Norway to Block Sale of Rolls Royce Subsidiary, Bergen Engines to Russian...
The Norwegian government has decided to block the potential sale of Norway- registered Bergen Engines AG, a part of the Rolls Royce group, to the Russia based Transmashholding. The Minister of Justice and Public Security...
Third Prototype of Turkey’s Akinci Combat Drone Makes First Flight
The third prototype of Turkeys Akinci combat drone, Akinci PT-3, took off on its maiden flight last week. “We could not hold the PT-3 any longer
German Federal Police Orders Israel’s Night Vision Goggles
Elbit Systems Deutschland said it was selected by the Procurement Office of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, after a competitive tender procedure, to supply XACT nv33 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) for the German...
Raytheon Produce AMRAAMs for Saudi Arabia, S.Korea, Qatar
Raytheon Missiles and Defense has won a contract valued $518 million to produce AMRAAM missiles to ten countries including Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Qatar. This contract involves unclassified Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Bulgaria, Canada,...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
