USA Defence News

Weapon / Missile

USAF Awards Raytheon $2 Billion Contract for Nuclear Missile

02 Jul, 14:10
1 min

United States Air Force awards Raytheon Technologies Corp a contract worth $2 billion to develop a new nuclear cruise missile.

Air

Switzerland Prefers F-35 and Patriot

01 Jul, 17:20
1 min read

Swiss defence ministry announced that the country would defend its skies with Lockheed Martin’s F-35A aircraft and Raytheon’s Patriot air defence system.

Navy / Maritime Regional / Strategy

Exercise Sea Breeze Begins in The Black Sea

30 Jun, 00:52
3 min read

US Navy Europe and the Ukrainian navy kicked off Sea Breeze 2021 in the Black Sea with the largest number of participants in the exercise’s 21 iterations.

Air Expo and Air Show

Lockheed Promotes F-16 in Ukraine

15 Jun, 07:57
2 min read

The Arms and Security Defence Expo begins today in Kyiv. The US Company Lockheed Martin has a booth for the first time ever.

Unmanned Systems

The US Concludes Mobile Force Protection Program

14 Jun, 15:23
2 min read

DARPA’s Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program passed Counter-Unmanned Air System (C-UAS) multilayer defence architecture tests.

Weapon / Missile

US Navy prefers longer-range targeting capacity

14 Jun, 10:20
2 min read

US Navy cancels AGM-154 JSOW-ER and favours Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158B JASSM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range).

Navy / Maritime Air Weapon / Missile

Köse: First I class will have Roketsan’s VLS

12 Jun, 17:32
2 min read

Alper Köse, the head of the Naval Platforms Department stated that Roketsan would provide the VLS for I-Class Frigates.

Air

Is Stealth bomber ready or in production?

12 Jun, 12:20
2 min read

There is mixed news about Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider stealth bomber. Some say it is ready, but others say it is still under production.

Bilateral Relations Regional / Strategy

US Demanded written commitment on S-400 ahead of NATO Summit

09 Jun, 08:43
1 min read

According to Greece based SKAI TV, the United States has asked Turkey to officially confirm that it has not activated the Russian S-400 Air Defence systems.

Air

Unmanned Aerial Tanker Refuels F/A-18 Hornet

07 Jun, 16:17
2 min read

Boeing’s unmanned aerial tanker MQ-25 T1 refuelled a Navy F/A-18 during a flight on June 4, 2021, at MidAmerica Airport in Illinois.

Navy / Maritime Regional / Strategy

Greece Hold ORION-21 military exercise with four participants

04 Jun, 11:08
1 min read

Greece held a five-day multinational exercise “Orion-21” with Special Forces Units from Greece, the USA, Israel, Greek Cyprus and Serbia.

Air Bilateral Relations

Kendall promises to Cut Turkey from F-35 Production

28 May, 16:31
1 min read

US President Joe Biden’s US Air Force secretary nominee wants to take Turkey completely out of the production line. He also wants to promote US F-35 purchases.