Rolls-Royce offers engine for B-52 propulsion modernization

Rolls-Royce has a pitch for the U.S. Air Force: Pick the BR-725 to replace the B-52’s aging engines, and the company will move F130 final assembly and testing to the United States.

Bomb-neutralizing robot secures British Army order

One of the key attributes of the T7 is the robot’s use of advanced haptic feedback from the robot arm to the remote control handgrip.

Senate misses shot at repealing budget caps

Lawmakers love to hate budget caps, but repeal eluded the U.S. Senate this week.

German Navy orders new warships in $2B-plus deal

Officials say the boats are “urgently needed” to fulfill Berlin’s NATO obligations.

• ● Rome and Paris might design their own anti-missile frigate
• ● Up close with the UK Royal Navy's new modular, multipurpose work boat
• ● BAE joins race for new US frigate with its Type 26 vessel

Big names — and some surprises — expected during AFA conference

Officials expect this year’s Air, Space and Cyber conference in National Harbor, Maryland, to be the biggest in years.

From Flying Tiger to Iron Dome, a SHORAD renaissance is underway

The U.S. Army just wrapped up demonstrations of short-range air defense systems at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, while several companies at DSEI, a defense conference in London, featured wares that could help fill what the U.S. and many European countries have called a major capability gap.