STUTTGART, Germany — The U.S. Air Force wants help defending military bases in Europe from hypothetical attacks by Chinese drones and Russian cruise missiles, and it’s willing to pay close to $1 billion to get it.

The service recently put out a $925 million contract notice that calls for bidders …

The German Bundeswehr has awarded Rheinmetall an extensive framework contract to supply tank ammunition. Under this agreement, 203,000 rounds of 120mm x 570 cal. service and practice ammunition – the kind fired from the main armament of Leopard tanks, for example – can be procured through to the end…

FMV today handed over the submarine HMS Uppland to the Swedish Armed Forces after a mid-life upgrade modification at Saab Kockums in Karlskrona.

The handover of equipment by HMS Uppland, just as for HMS Gotland in May, was carried out with two ceremonies due to the pandemic. Partly between the na…

In order to protect the national security and key defense industry technologies defined in the Federal Government’s strategy paper of Feb. 12, 2020 on strengthening the security and defense industry, the federal government, represented by the Federal Ministry of Defense, is planning to acquire a par…

WUHAN, China — The Royal Malaysian Navy’s fourth Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) has completed its construction phase and was safely lowered into the water at the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Ltd Shipyard, Wuhan, China today to undergo a Port Acceptance Test Phase.

However, the worldwide ou…

HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today, further to the Company’s report from October 29, 2019, that it was awarded an approximately $338 million contract by the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport to provide the Swiss Armed Forces with an army-wide tactical …