On 27 April, the U.S. Navy has christened its newest high-speed transport vessel, the USNS Guam (T-HST 1). The third ship in the Zumwalt-class, DDG 1002 is named in honor of late President Lyndon B. Johnson, who served in office from 1963-1969, and will be the first ship to bear his name. Lynda Johnson Robb […]

The Polish Ministry of National Defence (MoD) and Italian aerospace company Leonardo announced on Friday an agreement worth about 380 mln EUR for supply AW101 maritime multirole helicopters. The long-awaited contract provides supply four AW101s and a comprehensive integrated logistics and training package to the Polish MoD. PZL-Świdnik, acting as the prime contractor and responsible […]

The T-38 Talon prototype embarked on its maiden flight as the U.S. Air Force’s first supersonic trainer on April 10, 1959. Serving critical missions for six decades, the venerable T-38 has consistently performed and has assisted in flight training exercises for 80,000 pilots. And, with various modernizations, the aircraft has maintained low operating costs, is […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has announced on 15 April that cutting-edge Pilotage Distributed Aperture Sensor (PDAS) system took flight for the first time aboard the V-280 Valor, Bell Helicopter’s next-generation tiltrotor aircraft in a series of flights over Fort Worth, Texas, in March. According to a news release put out by Lockheed Martin, […]

37 Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles, donated by the US government, were handed-off for the Albanian Armed Forces on 4 April. The ceremony was attended by Albanian Defense Minister Olta Xhacka, charge d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Tirana Leyla Moses-Ones and Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces Brigadier General Bardhyl Kollcaku. Albanian Defense […]

The U.S. Army is working for several years to paint all of its ground combat vehicles in shade of woodland green as part of the readiness plan to counter increasing Russian ground force threat. Army’s Bradley fighting vehicles, M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers, and even M1A2 Abrams tanks will use the woodland pattern to match new […]

The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to order almost a 2.4 million polymer-cased .50 caliber machine gun ammunition, according to an update on a government business website. “Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) intends to award a sole-source contract to MAC, LLC of Bay Saint Louis, MS.,” said in a statement. The requirement is for polymer-cased […]

The Royal Danish Army has received the new Piranha 5 armored personnel carriers, it was announced on 27 March. After 55 years in the Danish Defense and four updates, the classic M113 armored personnel carriers are finally phased out for the benefit of the new Piranha 5 vehicles, and together with the also new Eagle […]

The People’s Liberation Army Navy has begun rough sea trials of its warship-mounted electromagnetic railgun installed on a Type 072II Yuting-class tank-landing ship, called the Haiyangshan. The Haiyangshan is a tank-landing ship converted for a new futuristic electromagnetic railgun that is expected to enter China’s arsenal by 2025. New videos taken and posted in Chinese […]

Turkish defense industry released on Saturday video showing the test of newest electromagnetic railgun called Şahi 209 Block II. According to media reports, new Turkish powerful railgun use electromagnetic energy instead of gunpowder to propel 35mm rounds and is capable of striking a target 31 miles. Şahi 209 Block II has 10 megajoules pulsed DC […]