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Aerojet Rocketdyne shareholders elect CEO slate to board
A slate of candidates led by Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO Eileen Drake has won the publicly traded company's contentious election for board of directors, defeating a group led...Full story -
Update: Sikorsky to deliver hundreds more Black Hawks to US Army and FMS customers
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has contracted Sikorsky to deliver 255 H-60 Black Hawk helicopters for the US Army and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.Full story -
Greece submits letter of request for F-35
Greece's plans to acquire the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) have taken a step forward, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis saying on...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: NATO invites Finland and Sweden to become alliance members
NATO leaders invited Finland and Sweden to become the alliance's 31st and 32nd members on the first day of their 29–30 June summit in Madrid. Speaking to journalists on...Full story -
Sweden signs for GlobalEyes
The Swedish government has contracted Saab to deliver two GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for the country's armed forces.Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Biden beefs up F-35 presence in UK
The United States is to send two additional squadrons of Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft to the United Kingdom as part of a wider...Full story -
Ukraine conflict: Baykar to commit entire Bayraktar production to Ukraine
Turkey's Baykar will devote all its capacities to meet the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on 28 June.Full story -
Japan to conduct combustion flight test of scramjet engine
Japan is preparing to conduct the first combustion flight test of its in-development scramjet engine. The engine is intended to power various hypersonic vehicles to...Full story -
Lockheed Martin, US Navy seek to develop operational concepts for ship-board laser
As the US Navy (USN) and Lockheed Martin work through the installation of the company's High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) on...Full story -
India tests Abhyas HEAT system at low altitudes
India has tested its locally developed Abhyas High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) off the country's east coast.Full story -
Indian Army orders mountain variant of WLR
The Indian Army has ordered six units of a new “mountain variant” of a weapon location radar (WLR) system developed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).Full story -
Parker's bid for Meggitt advances
UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Kwasi Kwarteng is “minded to accept” the commitments that Parker Hannifin Corporation is...Full story -
Update: PLA aircraft fly into Taiwan's ADIZ on ‘anti-carrier' exercises
Twenty-nine Chinese military aircraft flew into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on 21 June, in what was the third-largest air incursion of the zone by...Full story -
South Korea backs proposal to acquire additional F-35s
A defence subcommittee of the South Korean government has backed a proposal to purchase additional Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter jets.Full story -
India tests locally developed laser-guided ATGM
India test-fired on 28 June its locally developed laser-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) from an Arjun main battle tank (MBT), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New...Full story -
Vestdavit receives contract to supply telescopic davits for Royal Danish Navy frigates
Norwegian manufacturer Vestdavit has developed a new telescopic davit system that will be retrofitted onboard four of the Royal Danish Navy's (RDN's) Absalon- and...Full story -
US Army pushes cloud expansion to regional commands
US Army officials are preparing to move out on a plan to expand the ground service's burgeoning cloud computing capabilities beyond the continental United States...Full story -
GDLS wins US Army's ‘light tank' competition, deliveries to begin in early 2024
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) will build the US Army's new ‘light tank' and has received a USD1.14 billion contract to produce up to 96 vehicles, according to...Full story -
Japanese minesweepers collide in waters off Iwo Jima
Two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) mine countermeasure vessels (MCMVs) have collided in waters around Iwo Jima island in the North Pacific Ocean.Full story -
NATO to increase high-readiness forces to more than 300,000
Allied leaders meeting in Madrid for the NATO summit being held from 28 to 30 June will agree to increase the alliance's high-readiness forces to strengthen its forward...Full story