ISTANBUL — The Turkish military on Wednesday received the first Aksungur, a domestically produced medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the top defense body head said.

In a Twitter statement, the head of the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), Ismail Demir sa…

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $206,832,036 undefinitized modification (P00012) to a cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (0097) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001914G0020).

This modific…

NATO defense ministers are meeting in Belgium to chart the course for the alliance as it modernizes and adapts to a world dominated by strategic competition, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during a news conference in Brussels today.

The alliance must maintain the technological edge …

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed the transfer of two MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to the U.S. Marine Corps on October 15, 2021.

The two aircraft have been operated by the USMC since 2018 under a Company Owned/Company Operated (CO…

MOSCOW — The first serial diesel-electric attack submarine Project 677 Lada, developed by the Admiralty Shipyard, is likely to be handed over to the Russian Navy in 2022, a source told TASS on Wednesday.

“The first serial Project 677 Lada submarine is planned to be received in 2022,” the source…

DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Territory — U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers and approximately 200 Airmen deployed from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia to support Pacific Air Forces’ Bomber Task Force missions, recently.

These BTF missions demo…