Monthly Archive: Settembre 2022

ISTANBUL — A delegation of members of Türkiye’s ruling party departed for Washington on Tuesday to hold talks on the potential sale of the F-16 fighter jets, as the prolonged process continues to top the agenda in bilateral contacts.

Officials have been expressing optimism that the deal could b…

Today, the defense ministers of the Visegrad Four countries met together in Slovakia’s Banská Štiavnica. Aid to Ukraine and, in particular, the possibility of strengthening the defense cooperation of the V4 countries were on the agenda. The meeting was called by Slovakia, which currently chairs the …

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — No, the Army is not building the Death Star. Contrary to what is in the movies, directed energy does not emit a large red laser, nor does it make a loud noise, and if done right, the target will simply fall out of the sky, not explode in brilliant shards of light, set to a…

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. spoke today at the State of Defense conference on DefenseOne.com.

Regarding hypersonic threats from adversaries, Brown said, “We want to make sure we have not only that capability, but the capacity. There’s a balance between having a hypersonic …

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded an $115,351,997 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

This contract provides diminishing manufacturing sources parts for F-35 Lightning II program for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-U.S. Departm…

BEIJING — China’s independently-developed AG600 large amphibious aircraft has gained significant progress by completing critical flight tests and getting the first batch of purchase agreements, the developer announced on Tuesday.

The AG600M aircraft, a full-configuration firefighting model belo…