Saudi Arabia unveiled its next-generation F-15SA fighter jet at an airshow in Riyadh on Wednesday, nearly two years after beginning air war in Yemen. At a ceremony and air show in the Saudi capital, a hangar opened to reveal one of the F-15SA Eagle aircraft made by US manufacturer Boeing. The sale was a major win […]

The United States Marine Corps has confirmed its next rotation to Darwin in the Northern Territory will include more than 1200 Marines and 13 aircraft. “Approximately 1,250 Marines will deploy to Darwin, Australia, in 2017 for the sixth iteration of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin,” was reported by SBS. The arrival of the planes will, however, constitute the […]

The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of 74K Persistent Threat Detection System Aerostats to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $525 million, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement on Monday. The Saudi government has requested a possible sale of ten (10) 74K Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) Aerostats; […]

Turkey expects to take delivery of its first Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets in 2019, Turkish Defence Industries Undersecretary Ismail Demir told broadcaster NTV on Monday. That was reported by reuters.com. Under the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, Turkey has committed to procure a total of 116 aircraft. Turkey placed its first Lockheed Martin F-35 […]

Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that it has been awarded a $50 million order from the U.S. government to supply non-U.S. standard ammunition (NSA) for the Department of Defense in support of international allies. The U.S. government awarded the order to Orbital ATK under Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity and […]

A fleet of 20 AH-64 Apache aircraft from the 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, 1st Armored Division in Fort Bliss, Texas landed at the Corpus Christi Army Depot last week to prepare for their February deployment to Europe. Approximately 400 Soldiers and 20 AH-64 Apache helicopters will deploy to Europe this February for a nine-month […]

The Bell AH-1Z Viper helicopter of US Marine Corps made an emergency landing on a farm road an island in the city of Uruma in Okinawa Prefecture, at around 7:40 p.m. on Friday (20st January). That was reported by NHK. According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, the “preventive landing” was made due to a glitch […]

The Polish Air Force has received first new US cruise and air-to-surface missiles for its F-16 fighter jets fleet. The first units of the American precision cruise missile JASSM Extended Range class “air-to-surface” arrived at the Polish airbase Krzesiny. That was reported by “Radio Poland”. According to Polish Vice Admiral Marek Toczek, Lockheed Martin is the prime […]

The U.S. Air Force has demonstrated a key part of the country’s nuclear triad, a B-52 bomber armed with nuclear-capable cruise missiles. Three unarmed AGM-86B nuclear cruise missiles were launched from B-52s assigned to Minot Air Force Base recently. Without revealing the dates, the press release said the testing were carried out at the Utah […]

US bombers hit Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) camps outside the city of Sirte in Libya, killing more than 100 jihadists, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told reporters. That was reported by upi.com. The stealth bombers targeted at least one Islamic State training camp on Wednesday. The bombings, authorized by President Barack Obama, occurred […]