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Boeing Wins $479M for F-15 EW Upgrade
The Boeing Co. - Defense, Space & Security, St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $478,786,126 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS

Sen. McCain Slams Pentagon for ‘Inaccurate’ Statements on F-35 Costs, Delays
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter today regarding another delay in the completion

MBDA Wins £100M to Adapt SeaCeptor Missile to Royal Navy’s Type 26 Frigate
MBDA has been awarded a £100M Demonstration and Manufacture contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the Sea Ceptor air defence system for the UK Royal Navy’s (RN) new class of frigate, the Ty

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Boeing Wins $479M for F-15 EW Upgrade
The Boeing Co. - Defense, Space & Security, St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $478,786,126 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS...

Sen. McCain Slams Pentagon for ‘Inaccurate’ Statements on F-35 Costs, Delays
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter today regarding another delay in the completion ...

MBDA Wins £100M to Adapt SeaCeptor Missile to Royal Navy’s Type 26 Frigate
MBDA has been awarded a £100M Demonstration and Manufacture contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the Sea Ceptor air defence system for the UK Royal Navy’s (RN) new class of frigate, the Ty...

US Army Details Reinforcement of Eastern Europe
WIESBADEN, Germany --- As U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced in Brussels last week, U.S. Army Europe is preparing for an increased presence across the European theater to contribute to and...

Is Beijing's New Fighter Jet the Real Deal, or All Show?
There was a brief but impressive show of new U.S. aircraft technology this week. The problem is that the planes belong to the Chinese military. Aided in large part by espionage against the Pentagon...

China Launches Heaviest Long March 5 Rocket
China's powerful new heavy-lift rocket soared on its maiden flight today (Nov. 3), bringing the nation one step closer to building its own space station in Earth orbit. The Long March 5 rocket lift...

German Heron UAVs Fly First Mission in Mali
The German Bundeswehr Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) Heron 1 flew its first operational mission in Mali on 1 November from Gao airport. The 5 hour 40 minute flight ...

China Sees Itself As New "Engine" for World's Aviation Industry
ZHUHAI --- On Wednesday, China's Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) revealed their latest progress in a joint venture to develop a long-ran...

BAE Will Cut First Steel on Type 26 Frigate In Summer 2017
The Defence Secretary has announced the steel cut for new Type 26 frigates will be in summer 2017, subject to final contract negotiations. Michael Fallon made the announcement about the Royal Navy’...

China Testing Composite-built Unmanned Surface Vessel
China has successfully developed a high-speed, intelligent unmanned sea vessel, People's Liberation Army (PLA) Daily reported. According to Xinhua, the "SeaFly-01" finished a test at Nanhu Lake in ...

Czech Air Force May Procure L-39NG Jet Trainers
Major General Jaromír Šebesta, the new commander of the Air Force of the Czech Republic, during his visit in Aero Vodochody agreed that the first customer to use L-39NG aircraft should be the Czech Re...

DARPA Extends Adaptive Radar Countermeasures Contract
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems a $13.3 million contract modification to extend its work on the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) project. The ARC...

Royal Navy Engineers Maintain F-35B During Sea Tests
Royal Navy and RAF personnel are putting the new fifth-generation strike fighter through its paces in the Pacific. Personnel from the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron left their base at Pax River i...

US Navy Tests Variable Depth Sonar's Hydrodynamic Behavior
The Navy has improved its ability to pinpoint mines following a series of sonar tests at Carderock's David Taylor Model Basin in Bethesda, Md., Navy officials announced Nov. 3. The Navy's Unmanned ...

US Navy Tests New Amphibious Ready Group During Libyan Operation
MEDITERRANEAN SEA --- Amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17) conducted precision air strikes with AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters during combat operations in support of Operation Odyssey Lig...

First LM-100J Commercial Freighter Gets its Wings
MARIETTA, Ga. --- The LM-100J Super Hercules commercial freighter is moving through pivotal production milestones, most recently completing body mate and wing installation at the Lockheed Martin facil...

Australia’s ADF Upgrades Joint Command Support Environment
Defence has signed a $55 million contract for an information Communications Technology based system that will manage Australian Defence Force (ADF) operations and major Joint and Coalition Exercises. ...

IAI Provides Nacelle, Seats for Bell V-280 Valor Tiltrotor
FORT WORTH, Texas --- Bell Helicopter continues to execute to plan on the V-280 Valor tiltrotor with the support of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) as part of Team Valor. IAI’s LAHAV Division suppli...

Russia’s Rosoboronexport Marks 16th Anniversary
On November 4, JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) marks its 16th anniversary. The sole Russian state intermediary agency, which is responsible for import/export of the full ran...

Rheinmetall Transfers A400M Cargo Hold Trainer to Royal Air Force
Rheinmetall and Airbus Defence & Space officially transferred the Cargo Hold Trainer – Enhanced (CHT-E) for the A400M transport plane to the Royal Air Force on October 20 at a formal handover ceremony...

Air Force Lab Tests New Tool to Measure F-35 Coatings
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OH. --- AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate researchers recently completed a series of tests that are enabling the use of a new measurement tool and quality assurance pr...

Pentagon Says Strategic Capabilities Office is Near-Term Asset
WASHINGTON --- In the scheme of third offset strategic technologies, the Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office -- where scientists and engineers take military systems that do one thing an...

EDA Holds Seminar on EU Funding Opportunities in Spain
SEVILLE, Spain --- The Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency (EDA), Jorge Domecq, today addressed Spanish security and defence stakeholders at a seminar in Seville on European Union funding o...

ILS Plans to Revitalize Proton Sales
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- After dominating the commercial launch market for years - along with the Ariane 5 - a confluence of factors has contributed to declining sales of Proton launches. A series of launch...

Thales Alenia Space Acquires Ruag’s Opto-Electronics Business
Thales announces today the closing of the acquisition by Thales Alenia Space of RUAG’s opto-electronics business line after receiving the approval by regulatory authorities. Based in Zürich, RUAG’...

Volvo Group to Sell Government Sales Business, Exit Defense
Volvo Group intends to initiate a process in order to divest its Governmental sales business area. Volvo Group has conducted a strategic review of the Governmental Sales business area and intends to i...

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