MANILA — Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed hope that the contracts for the additional 32 Polish-made S-70i “Black Hawk” combat utility helicopters and six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) will be finalized and signed by January.

“Those (Black Hawks and OPVs…

MOSCOW — Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, the weapon Russian President Vladimir Putin has lauded as part of a new generation of unrivalled arms systems, according to the Interfax news agency citing Russia’s no…

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $847,025,000 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) modification (P00009) to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract (N0001920C0009).

This modification increases the scope to procure long…

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $471,313,000 undefinitized contract action for the F-15 Japan Super Interceptor Program.

The contract action provides for the design and development of an integrated suite of aircraft systems to support modification of the Jap…

ENIWA, Japan — The dozens of Type 90, or Kyumaru, tanks rumbling through shooting drills on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido exemplify the challenge its arms manufacturers face at home and overseas as the country fortifies its defenses against strategic threats.

The Japan Self-Defense Forces…

The Liaoning aircraft carrier group of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Thursday wrapped up real combat scenario open seas exercises with the flotilla conducting comprehensive confrontational drills in the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the West Pacific for 21 days, enhancing the comba…