ROME — Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo 33%), and Telespazio, the joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), have signed a follow-on contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense, for the SICRAL 3 secure satellite communications system and its gr…

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III joined 29 other NATO defense ministers in Brussels to set the stage for the alliance’s Madrid Summit that will start June 29.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Madrid Summit of NATO heads of state and government will be a transformative eve…

Jordan has officially signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the sale of eight new production F-16 Block 70 aircraft.

“This F-16 acquisition reflects over 70 years of U.S. cooperation and decades of partnership with Lockheed Martin,” says Aimee Burnett, vice president, Integrated Fighter Gro…

MOSCOW — The Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg in Russia’s northwest will build a series of Project 636.3 Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarines for the Russian Northern Fleet, a source in the domestic defense industry told TASS on Thursday.

“We expect to sign a corresponding contract…

MANILA –– The Department of Budget and Management released the initial funding worth PHP3 billion for the Philippine Navy’s (PN)’s acquisition of six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).

The Special Allotment Release Order (SARO)-BMD-D-22-0004970, was released to the Department of the National Defens…

A £30 million British army drone which has difficulties flying in poor weather conditions, has crashed into the sea off the coast of Cyprus.

It crashed while being flown from RAF Akrotiri, Limassol, when it plummeted into the sea on May 29 during a routine training flight.

The Watchkeeper firs…