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Boeing Suffering from Self-Inflicted Wounds
Boeing has begun a major cost-cutting drive, citing stiff price competition from Airbus. Yet the financial stresses come not just from its European archrival, and some of them are self-inflicted, anal

Russia Orders Additional Su-30SM Fighters
Within the implementation of the State Defence Order for 2016-2018, the Russian Defence Ministry has concluded a new contract with “Irkut” corporation for Su-30SM aircraft deliveries. According to

Airbus A400M Faces More Technical Problems
Germany's list of military equipment calamities was extended once again on Friday, when the country's biggest newspaper reported that the new European transport plane, the Airbus A400M Atlas, had faul

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Boeing Suffering from Self-Inflicted Wounds
Boeing has begun a major cost-cutting drive, citing stiff price competition from Airbus. Yet the financial stresses come not just from its European archrival, and some of them are self-inflicted, anal...

Russia Orders Additional Su-30SM Fighters
Within the implementation of the State Defence Order for 2016-2018, the Russian Defence Ministry has concluded a new contract with “Irkut” corporation for Su-30SM aircraft deliveries. According to ...

Airbus A400M Faces More Technical Problems
Germany's list of military equipment calamities was extended once again on Friday, when the country's biggest newspaper reported that the new European transport plane, the Airbus A400M Atlas, had faul...

UK MoD Budget Hike Allows Increased Investments
Today the Defence budget - as set in the Spending Review - will go up in real terms for the first time in 6 years. In last summer’s Budget the government committed to increase defence spending by 0...

Israeli-Developed C4 System for F-35I Fighter Enters Production
With system definition, prototyping and testing phases completed, Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) is now moving to production the Command, Control, Communications and Computing (C4) systems develop...

UK to Deploy Four Typhoons, Frigate to Baltic
Royal Air Force Typhoon jets and the Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke will deploy to the Baltic this month as part of the UK’s commitment to eastern European allies. Four Typhoons will take the lea...

Aerospace, Defence Industry Backs Britain's EU Membership - Survey
LONDON --- A survey of ADS Members carried out by GfK has shown that opinion across all four sectors - Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space – is overwhelmingly in favour of the UK remaining part of ...

Indian Air Force Includes Jaguars In Second Red Flag Appearance
NEW DELHI --- Top-gun Indian fighter pilots on their Sukhoi-30MKI and Jaguar jets are now finally on their way to match combat skills with their US counterparts in the high-voltage Red Flag exercise, ...

Otokar Lobbies for Turkish Tank Production Order
ISTANBUL--- Turkish defense and civil industry firm Otokar, a branch of the leading Koç Group that undertook the design phase of Altay battle tanks, has said it is ready to undertake the mass producti...

Analyst, Boeing Lobbyist Analyze Company’s Woes
Boeing’s plans to reduce head count at Boeing Commercial Airplanes by 8,000 jobs this year dominated the news last week. Comparing employment figures with Airbus Commercial shows this reduction isn’t ...

Sweden Refurbishing Leopard II MBTS As Well as CV90s
Over 350 Swedish tanks and armored combat vehicles are to be renovated. Older components will be replaced and a new battle management system fitted. The assignment goes to Swedish HB Development and t...

First Airbus EC135 Arrives At Australian Navy Training Base
Under the JP 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) project, a new joint helicopter training system for both Army and Navy aircrew will utilise the EC135 T2+ helicopters, along with fl...

New AAG Carrier ‘Trap’ Arrests First Aircraft In Ground Test
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today the first successful completion of an aircraft arrestment made with the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) March 31. GA-EM...

US Navy Captain Jailed In ‘Fat Leonard’ Bribery Case
SAN DIEGO --- U.S. Navy Captain Daniel Dusek, the highest-ranking official charged in the massive Navy bribery scandal, was sentenced in federal court today to 46 months in prison for giving classifie...

Raytheon Finalizes Mission Systems Deal with Terma
COPENHAGEN, Denmark –-- Boeing Hornet Industry Team member and major global defense and aerospace company Raytheon has signed its largest deal to date with a Danish supplier, finalizing a 100 million ...

UK MoD Announces £40m Cyber Security Operations Centre
In a move to further strengthen the UK’s cyber defences, the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that over £40 million will be spent on a new Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC). The pr...

Lockheed Comments Contract to Build LCS 25
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Navy has awarded the Lockheed Martin (LMT)-led industry team a contract for one fully funded Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The contract award includes funding for s...

Airbus Informs UK of Errors In Export Credit Financing Requests
Airbus Group SE has informed relevant U.K. authorities of its findings concerning certain inaccuracies relating to applications for export credit financing for Airbus customers. The Group believes ...

SNC to Convert Two Saudi King Air 350s to ISR Aircraft
Sierra Nevada Corp., Hagerstown, Maryland, has been awarded a $71,475,750 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract action for the Saudi King Air 350 program. Contractor performance includes modifi...

Pentagon Statement on March 31 Airstrike In Somalia
In cooperation with the Federal Government of Somalia, on Thursday, March 31, the U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Somalia against Hassan Ali Dhoore, a senior leader of al-Shabaab, who is part ...

MIT Team Wins New DoD Fibers and Textiles Manufacturing Contract
As part of the Department of Defense effort to partner with the private sector and academia to ensure the United States continues to lead in the new frontiers of manufacturing, today Secretary of Defe...

C4I Market Valued at $68 Billion Over 10 Years
From civil disobedience to full-scale military intervention involving all-out war, world events continue to increase awareness of the critical role of C4I on the battlefield. Today, militaries share t...

Ukraine Signed 15 Cooperation MoUs with India During Defexpo
Negotiations, held by Ukrainian delegation during one of the world's largest international expos of land and naval weapons DefExpo 2016 (India), resulted in signing 15 memorandums of cooperation. I...

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