US carries out ballistic missile interception tests in Pacific in wake of North Korean missile launches
The USS John Paul Jones successfully conducted a complex missile defence flight test, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target using Standard Missile-6 guided missiles during a test off the coast of Hawaii today.
Russia claims new Mach 4+ MiG-41 Interceptor will be able to operate in space
Russia are claiming their new MiG-41 will be able to reach space and even potentially operate without a pilot, according to the CEO of the MiG corporation working on the project.
Typhoon jets arrive in Estonia for training exercise
Typhoon Fighters from 3 (Fighter) Squadron Royal Air Force have arrived in Estonia to conduct a training exercise.
UK secures dry-dock in the Middle East to support Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers
During a two day visit to Oman, the Defence Secretary signed an agreement securing UK use of facilities at Duqm, ahead of the completion of the UK Joint Logistics Support Base at the port, giving Britain a strategically important and permanent maritime base east of Suez, but outside of the Gulf.
Vietnamese Army trains to relieve British Army in South Sudan
The Vietnamese Army is to deploy to South Sudan, relieving British peacekeeping forces, in the Asian nation’s first major international peacekeeping contribution.
US chairman of the Joint Chiefs attends Scottish Tattoo, Faslane and HMS Prince of Wales
US Marine Corps General Joe Dunford used his invite to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland to visit British bases in the area and speak with UK defence officials on a wide range of defence topics.
US Joint Chief of Staffs chairman in Scotland, visiting British bases
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Scotland to visit British bases and to attend the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo as the guest of the British Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Stuart Peach.
North Korea threatens Britain with “a miserable end”
North Korea has threatened the UK for taking part in joint exercises with US and South Korean military forces.
Northrop Grumman wins UK Forensic and Biometric Capability contract
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded an extension to its existing contract with the Home Office to continue providing services, systems operations and maintenance for the Forensic and Biometric Interim Capability (FABrIC).
Newest Orion spacecraft powered up by Lockheed Martin for the first time
Engineers at Lockheed Martin and NASA powered up the next Orion crew for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
