Polish Leopard 2A4(click to view full) Germany is almost done selling off one of the world's most impressive tank fleets, earning itself a solid market around the world in the process, and choking sales of competitive designs. In November 2013, Poland announced that...
Americas * The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Dynetics and General Atomics to move forward to the second phase of the Gremlins research project. The Gremlins program is an attempt to build a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle that could...
Americas * Patrick Shanahan, an executive at Boeing, has been tapped by US President Donald Trump to become the administration's new deputy defense secretary. If approved by Congress, Shanahan will take over the DoD's number two spot currently held by Obama-era...
Americas * Canada moved a step closer to acquiring the F/A-18 Super Hornet after issuing a letter of request to the US government. Included in the letter were requirements on capabilities, schedule and economic benefits for 18 aircraft. The next steps in the deal will...
ATK's PGM(click to view full) The US Army is pushing to get precision mortars developed and deployed to the field in Afghanistan as soon as possible. Mortars are lighter and can be towed by a HMMWV or MRAP, or carried and fired from inside M113 or Stryker APCs, making...
Americas * While Textron may have been rumored to be a potential contestant in the USAF's T-X trainer competition, the company has told DefenseNews that it plans to participate in the yet-to-be released competition for the Air Force's new light attack platform. The...
Americas * Despite losing Raytheon as a US-based partner in the USAF's T-X trainer competition, Leonardo is still forging ahead with plans to establish final assembly for the M-346 Advanced Jet Trainer derivative — the T-100 — in the US. The location of the final...
G-III AML(click to view full) Lockheed is more aggressive than most defense firms in self-funding projects that make sense to them, and the Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) was their response to the rising popularity of small manned surveillance planes...
Americas * Lockheed Martin has won a $64 million contract to perform work on the integrated core processor used by the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The DoD order includes services for the USAF, US Navy, USMC and international partners and the work aims to alleviate...