International

Kazakhstan will send a cosmonaut to the International Space Station a year or so from now, the Kazakh National Space Agency announced. But funding arrangements for the flight haven’t yet […]

The Czech Republic joined the European Space Agency, ESA announced. That makes 18 nations holding membership in the agency. An agreement for the Czech accession to the ESA convention was […]

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), a major international supplier to Northrop Grumman [NOC] on the F-35 Lightning II program, recently opened a new facility dedicated to producing composite subassemblies for the […]

The French DCNS-designed SMX 24 next-generation submarine will include ‘plug-and-fight’ hardware enabling the boat to be tailored at will for each mission, the naval defense systems group said recently. DCNS […]

General Dynamics [GD] European Land Systems has entered a contract with the German Bundesamt fur Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung (BWB) for the delivery of 198 EAGLE IV protected Command and Function […]

General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded $58.3 million to design the new Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams [GD] tank for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle […]

The final sniper rifle is now in the hands of troops, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said Nov. 12. Snipers fill a vital and enduring role on the battlefield, in […]

By Emelie Rutherford A leading lawmaker who oversees the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) predicted the arm of the Pentagon championed by the Bush administration will undergo major changes when Democrats control […]

Medvedev Tests The Mettle Of A New American President, Announcing Russian Missiles To Be Stationed In Kaliningrad Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in his first state of the nation address before […]

Israeli Defense Minister Tzipi Livni told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the tiny Middle Eastern nation isn’t ruling out any option as it faces a growing Iranian threat, […]