Tug boats manoeuvre USS Gerald R Ford into the James River. Source: US Navy/Matthew R Fairchild
Chinese military developing unmanned supply truck
A still from a video released by the MND in Beijing showing what appears to be a prototype of an unmanned supply truck being developed for the Chinese military. Source: Chinese MND
Iraq to reconstitute Texan II trainer aircraft
Having received the first of 15 Texan II trainers in 2009, the Iraqi air Force apparently placed the aircraft in storage to prevent damage ahead of the commencement of in-country F-16 training in 2019. Source: US Navy
New BVRAAM may have entered PLAAF service
A PLAAF CAC J-10C combat aircraft armed with PL-10 short-range AAMs (outer underwing pylons) and what appear to be new BVRAAMs (mid-underwing pylons). Source: Via Chinese internet
CNO: USN focusing on future Ford ops, better ship-buying
Tug boats manoeuvre USS Gerald R Ford into the James River. Source: US Navy/Matthew R Fairchild
CNO: USN focusing on future Ford ops, better ship-buying
Chinese military developing unmanned supply truck
Iraq to reconstitute Texan II trainer aircraft
New BVRAAM may have entered PLAAF service
China and Russia are set to conduct their first-ever joint naval drills in the Baltic Sea, as part of this year's 'Joint Sea' exercise. A People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) flotilla consisting of a Type 052D destroyer, a Type 054A frigate, and a Type 903A replenishment ship is expected to enter
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Honeywell Aerospace have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the joint development of a GPS anti-jamming navigation system for military applications. In a joint statement the companies said that they would “engineer, manufacture, and market a
Key Points The Indonesian Navy has equipped a number of its ships with SATCOM systems Move will improve ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship communications across the service The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut) has completed the installation of Ku-band stabilised parabolic
Lockheed Martin officials have used the company's 18 July earnings call to clarify weak data points that were released earlier the same day with its second-quarter results. These include shipments of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, which fell during the period to 14 units
Flagship UK nuclear submarine programmes are "unachievable" or "in doubt", according to the 2017 report of the UK Infrastructure and Projects Authority. The report by the cross-governmental project watchdog, published on 18 July, "red flags" the UK's project to build a
Patrick Shanahan, most recently a senior executive at Boeing, was confirmed as the Pentagon's Deputy Secretary of Defense on 18 July with a 92–7 vote in the US Senate. Shanahan will take over from Bob Work, a holdover from the Obama administration who had served as one of the last major policy