MOSCOW — Russia has completed flight tests of its advanced Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile, with launches from a surface ship, namely the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, a source close to the Russian defense ministry has told TASS.

“The flight tests of Tsirkon, with launches from a coastal mount an…

South Korea was set Tuesday to launch a new 3,000-ton-class homegrown submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles, the third of its kind designed to boost underwater defense capabilities, the Navy said.

A launch ceremony for the new submarine, named after a prominent Korean independence activi…

On September 27 and 28, the ministerial meeting of Secretaries of State for Defense of the Eurofighter Typhoon Program was held in person in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in which the progress of the program was assessed and the future guidelines agreed.

The meeting was chaired by the Secretary of …

ZHUHAI, China — China touted its expanding military air power and hopes of capturing a growing share of its civil aviation market for domestic producers at a national air show inaugurated amid regional tensions over Taiwan and disruption from the pandemic.

Typically held every other year in the…

ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy today awarded Boeing a production contract for five P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Germany. First deliveries are slated to begin in 2024 when the P-8A Poseidon will eventually replace Germany’s fleet of P-3C Orion aircraft.

“We’re pleased to have finalized this sale t…

Australia’s decision to go nuclear will mean that the life of its current submarine fleet will have to be extended further. Given that Canberra’s present stock of conventional submarines was developed in Sweden during the Cold War, it makes the Nordic country perfectly placed for modernisation and m…