Hundreds of defense officials, industry leaders, and aviation experts have convened today at the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv for the premiere aerial defense conference of 2017 – the 2nd International Conference for Air power, organized by Israel Defense and the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies.

The theme of the conference this year is "From the Six-Day War to the Fifth-Generation Era," emphasizing the memorial of the Six-Day War and Operation Focus, and the entrance of the Israeli Air Force into the Fifth-Generation.

"The Government of Israel has not yet submitted to Sikorsky Helicopters/Lockheed Martin a requisition regarding the CH-53K King Stallion future heavy-lift helicopter, but we are already at the stage of exchanging information, and this week we have already held a meeting on this subject with IAF representatives. We will be delighted to receive a requisition and submit a proposal. We will be proud to provide the IAF with a product like this helicopter," said Dr.

The Israeli and Japanese economy ministers on Wednesday signed two agreements in Jerusalem that call for collaboration on both business and cyber security ventures in a bid to double the trade volume between the two countries.

In the first agreement, Economy Minister Eli Cohen and his Japanese counterpart, Hiroshige Seko, signed a joint statement that calls for increased cooperation among government bodies, economic organizations and companies across a wide range of sectors.

"Our mission today is to connect the IAF with the F-35 Adir aircraft, as this aircraft represents new concepts, a new network-centric approach, new stealth characteristics, new infrastructures, logistics and maintenance procedures and intensive use of simulators," said Brig. Gen. Eyal Grinboym, Commander of the IAF Nevatim Airbase, at this morning's opening lecture of the International Conference for Air Power held in Tel-Aviv, organized by Israel Defense and the Fisher Institute for Air & Space Strategic Studies.

China is developing the unique ultra-low altitude anti-ship unmanned vehicle. Details have emerged of new Chinese unmanned ground effect vehicle that would attack enemy surface ships.

The new ultra-low altitude anti-ship unmanned vehicle exploit the aerodynamic interaction between their wings and the surface- typically the sea – to fly lower and more efficiently than conventional aircraft, while achieving far higher speeds than boats.

Turkey has conducted test firings of domestically manufactured weapons from its Anka unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Defense Industries Undersecretariat (SSM) announced account on 28 April.

Images posted on both the SSM and Turkish defense ministry Twitter accounts showed the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Anka UAV carrying a combination of Roketsan MAM-L precision-guided bombs (PGBs), Cirit guided rockets, and UMTAS long-range anti-tank missiles. One image also showed the Anka to be equipped with the Aselsan electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensor.

Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $10,800,000 modification to a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract for additional hardware modules and racks in support of the F-35 low-rate initial production Lot 11 aircraft for the government of Israel under the Foreign Military Sales program. 

North Korea is building artificial islands in the Yellow Sea and topping them with what appear to be military installations, satellite images reveal.

Lockheed Martin has contracted Guardtime Federal as a key supplier to integrate a variety of cyber-related elements into systems engineering processes, supply chain risk management and software development efforts.  

The Saudi and Jordanian armed forces have conducted a joint maritime military exercise named "Abdallah 5", from April 18 to May 2, 2017. Units from Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) arrived at the Saudi King Abdulaziz Naval Base (KANB), while a group of Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) arrived at the Marka military airport in Amman, to carry out the "Abdullah 5" joint military drill.