Defense Brief Editorial
Denmark picks Rheinmetall’s Skyranger for short range air defense
Denmark's defense procurement agency FMI has decided to base the new short-range air defense system for the Danish Army on the Skyranger...
Poland receives first HIMARS launchers from the US
The Polish defense ministry has taken delivery of the first batch of Lockheed Martin-built High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) under a...
Ukrainian pilots starting training on Western 4th-gen fighters, UK confirms
Ukrainian pilots will soon be starting training for the operation of NATO-standard fourth-generation fighter jets, the United Kingdom government confirmed ahead of...
Malaysia-hosted Five Power Defence Arrangements drill wraps up
Exercise Bersama Shield – a bi-annual military exercise between the five nations in the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) - concluded in...
Stratolaunch nears hypersonic flight milestone with Vandenberg AFB test
Stratolaunch is on contract to supply hypersonic threat-representative targets to the US Missile Defense Agency.
US Navy reveals name of its new medical ship class
The lead ship of the US Navy's new class of medical ships will be named USNS Bethesda (EMS 1), the Secretary of...
US gives official nod for Germany’s $8.5B Chinook helo buy
The US State Department has approved the potential sale of CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters to Germany for an estimated $8.5 billion....
US Navy fields new cost-saving flight training system
LVC injects high fidelity simulated air-to-air and surface-to-air targets into the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G weapon systems and is projected to save the Navy millions of dollars annually.
US Army awards Lockheed $4.79B for GMLRS rocket deliveries
The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $4.79 billion contract for the deliveries of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets...
US, Japanese crews complete torpedo drill in Japanese waters
Aircrews from the “Saberhawks” of the US Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 77 carried out anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo training in...
