BARKDALE AFB, La. — Barksdale AFB personnel have successfully taken the first steps toward implementing the Air Force’s first air-launched hypersonic weapon. The Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, is scheduled to be operational as early as fall 2023.

Recently, Airmen from the 2nd Main…

The Royal Navy’s Merlin helicopters have been upgraded so they can embark on and operate from vessels anywhere in the world.

In total,19 Mk3 aircraft and 6 Mk3a have been upgraded to the Mk4/4a standard to ensure the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) have the capability to provide air support to 3 …

missile of the country’s anti-ballistic missile defense (ABM) system, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

“The combat team of the Aerospace Forces’ air and anti-ballistic missile defense troops conducted another successful test-launch of a new missile of the Russian anti-ballistic mi…

The Dutch and Norwegian armed forces will launch 2 identical nano-satellites in mid-December. With these small and cheap satellites, the Netherlands and Norway maintain their independent information position. They have been developed in the MilSpace2 program together with the Dutch knowledge institu…

The Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve, which was stood up last year, is a collaboration between the military services, combatant commands, industry and coalition partners with the aim of discovering new and innovative warfighting capabilities.

The idea behind this initiative is to get the bes…

BERN — The Federal Council wants to enshrine in law the fundamental principles concerning the way in which Switzerland handles offsets in the context of armament acquisitions. During its meeting on December 2, 2022, it instructed the Ministry of Defense (DDPS) to draw up a project which will be pu…