ISTANBUL — As the Turkish defense industry prepares the flagship-to-be amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu – a landing helicopter dock (LHD) vessel – for delivery, plans to build an aircraft carrier also feature prominently on the country’s agenda.

Ismail Demir, head of the Presidency of Defens…

Joe Biden’s first flight on the new presidential helicopter built by Lockheed Martin Corp. is being delayed after a report by the Pentagon’s testing unit warned that it’s not yet “operationally suitable” or sufficiently reliable — especially in an emergency.

The Biden administration hasn’t yet d…

MOSCOW — Russia’s new S-550 and S-500 surface-to-air missile systems will jointly defend strategically important Russian facilities from missiles and space threats, a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS.

“The S-550 system will not replace S-500, because it is not more advance…

News came earlier this month that the Air Force has given Lockheed Martin a 10-year contract to modernize the F-22 Raptor. The headlines trumpeted a $10.8 billion award but nearly all failed to mention that it’s a potential deal — not a done deal.

Modernizing the Raptor seems as familiar as putti…

During a video conference with the head of the PRC’s military department, Colonel-General Wei Fenghe, Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said that the intergovernmental agreement between Russia and China on notifications of launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehi…