Picking the right design for the Royal Australian Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines is extraordinarily complex and difficult choices will need to be made. There are two contenders, the Royal Navy’s Astute-class submarine and the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarine, which refers to the ‘Block V’ varia…

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — In support of the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration effort and the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, U.S. Army Redstone Test Center (RTC) Experimental Test Pilots (XPs) conducted flights of the Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 Defia…

Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $591,605,517 modification (P00191) to contract W56HZV-20-C-0050 for 1,669 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle trucks, 868 JLTV trailers and associated kits and parts.

Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date o…

The German and Dutch land forces want to work together on the procurement of new vehicles for the airborne troops in both countries. For this purpose, a “Letter of Intent” was received this morning at the Berlin Security Conference from the army chiefs of both countries, Generals Alfons Mais and Mar…

MOSCOW — The Fregat booster with a military spacecraft separated from the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket that was launched on Thursday from the Plesetsk spaceport in Russia’s north-western Arkhangelsk region, the press service of the Russian defense ministry said.

“The Fregat booster and a spacecraf…

Austal Limited is pleased to announce Austal USA has been awarded a US$72.5 million (~A$100.4 million) contract by the US Navy to perform maintenance on Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) deployed to the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and the countries and ports therein. The contract value could increase t…