David Spirk, the Defense Department’s chief data officer, said the department is focusing data on joint warfighting activities and actions put in place in the past are bearing fruit.

Spirk spoke during a Howard Baker Forum of the Defense Writers’ Group yesterday. He said DOD is actually “doing we…

Two decades ago, the notion of arming an uninhabited aerial vehicle (UAV) was little more than a niche pursuit. Today, at least 20 countries have weaponised UAV systems in their inventories, with other nations pursuing acquisition, while the capability is also proliferating to non-state actors.

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The 2022 edition of the notebook of international defense companies is now online.

The Department of Industrial Affairs and Economic Intelligence (S2IE) of the General Directorate of Armament (DGA) presents its 2022 edition of its annual handbook of international defense companies.

This annual…

The New L-39NG jet aircraft successfully passed difficult fatigue tests of five lifespans simulation. All together that means five times 5,000 flight hours in a high designed load spectrum. The fatigue tests are running on the third prototype 7003 in the Czech Aviation Research Centre (VZLÚ).

The…

SEATTLE — Boeing and Atlas Air Worldwide today announced an order for four 777 Freighters. The order, placed in December, rounds out a record-setting 2021 for Boeing’s freighter family including new-production and converted models.

Boeing has forecast that the global freighter fleet will grow …

Japan, Australia, the United States and India are part of the “quad” group working toward building an alliance in the face of China’s burgeoning presence across Asia.

Australia and Japan signed a defense and security cooperation treaty at a virtual summit on Thursday.

The move to strengthen ti…