Defense

An ICBM kill, salvo trials and first flight of a new Redesigned Kill Vehicle are in the test plan for the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system during the next five years.

Maritime patrol aircraft and F-35 buy will be at the top of the list of concerns for the forthcoming U.K. Strategic Defense Review.

Boeing is planning for first flight of its 767-2C – upon which the U.S. Air Force’s new KC-46 tanker will be based – by year’s end, six months late.

Old-school Stovl: U.S. Marines’ plan for operating under fire looks a lot like the Royal Air Force’s Cold War doctrine.

Zhuhai airshow exhibits provide glimpse of China’s progress in UAVs, launchers and radar systems, but many details remain obscure.

Airbus DCIS will give NATO deployable headquarters communications capability

Security expert describes essential tactics to interdict terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from Islamic State and other radical groups and individuals

The integration of short targeting cycles—thanks to the introduction of streamlined networking solutions—allows the IDF to further improve its response time, bringing the time from detection to target kill to seconds and minutes rather than hours.

The U.S. Marine Corps seeks to update its V-22 Ospreys with sensors and weapons, much as it did for its KC-130s.

France is slowly replacing its aging Boeing KC-135Rs with Airbus A330 multirole tanker-transports, though defense budget constraints are hindering the transition.

NATO simulation exercize Arrcade Fusion seeks to improve coordination of joint operations

Bold Alligator exercise helps U.S. amphibious forces to hone skills for humanitarian operations.

Eight years of research and development have produced a riflescope with a patented “adaptive zoom.

Darpa wants to weigh in on a tactical debate that could have a far-reaching impact on air operations

Researchers develop a proof-of-concept lidar prototype that improves the speed and accuracy of ocean scans and allows the collection and transmission of data in real time for production of high-resolution 3-D images.

Recent submarine sightings near U.K. bases raise pressure on defense ministry to deploy new maritime patrol aircraft.

London Bureau Chief Tony Osborne and International Defense Editor Bill Sweetman discuss the U.K.'s recent trouble hunting for a possibly Russian submarine and what it says about their state of readiness.

The Tunisian Air Force's HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicoptersare set to be replaced by 12 Sikorsky S70 Black Hawks – but it remains unclear whether these will be donated or sold to Tunisia by the USA.

The Nigerian Air Force has taken delivery of a pair of VIP-configured AgustaWestland AW101 Mk 641 helicopters. The first was delivered to Nigeria as NAF280 on 30 September 2014, and the second (as NAF281) on 21 November 2014.

Mauritania's latest ISR aircraft is a Basler BT-67 – the turboprop-powered conversion of the 1935-vintage Douglas DC-3/C-47 Dakota!

The Republic of Djibouti has received a Xian MA-60 twin turboprop transport, which it has put into service in the VIP, personnel transport and cargo transport roles. According to some sources the aircraft will be the first of a pair of MA-60s for the Djibouti air force.

The Tunisian Air Force's HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicoptersare set to be replaced by 12 Sikorsky S70 Black Hawks – but it remains unclear whether these will be donated or sold to Tunisia by the USA.

Boeing confirms it remains interested in South Korea’s KF-X fighter program but declines to say directly whether it is considering a development based on its Advanced Super Hornet.

Paramount Group's AHRLAC has reached a milestone of 50 hours of successful incident free test flying, with 55 flights made since July at the airport north of Pretoria, South Africa.

The U.K. asked for help in locating a foreign submarine off the west coast of Scotland in late November.