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Airbus Seeks New Talks with European Nations Over A400M Costs
PARIS --- Airbus called for new talks with European governments to ease "heavy penalties" for delays to its A400M military aircraft on Wednesday, after taking a fresh 1.2-billion-euro ($1.3 billion) c

Hungary Extends Gripen Lease with Aircraft Upgrade
FMV today signed on behalf of the Swedish government an Additional Agreement to the lease agreement with Hungary for 14 Gripen C / D combat aircraft. It gives Hungary more flight time and updated airc

HAL to Deliver First Light Combat Helicopters by Summer
During the 1999 Kargil War, operations of Indian Air Force were hampered as the only combat helicopter, the Mi-35, couldn’t operate at extremely high altitudes where most of the conflict was concentra

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Airbus Seeks New Talks with European Nations Over A400M Costs
PARIS --- Airbus called for new talks with European governments to ease "heavy penalties" for delays to its A400M military aircraft on Wednesday, after taking a fresh 1.2-billion-euro ($1.3 billion) c...

Hungary Extends Gripen Lease with Aircraft Upgrade
FMV today signed on behalf of the Swedish government an Additional Agreement to the lease agreement with Hungary for 14 Gripen C / D combat aircraft. It gives Hungary more flight time and updated airc...

HAL to Deliver First Light Combat Helicopters by Summer
During the 1999 Kargil War, operations of Indian Air Force were hampered as the only combat helicopter, the Mi-35, couldn’t operate at extremely high altitudes where most of the conflict was concentra...

Airbus 2016 Profit Sharply Down on New Charges for A400M, A350
AMSTERDAM --- Airbus reported 2016 financial results with its guidance achieved for all key performance indicators and provided an outlook for 2017. “We have delivered on the commitments that we ga...

Super Hornet to Challenge F-35 for US Navy Orders
Shifting political winds are generating a new fighter jet competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The end result could be more F/A-18 Super Hornets and fewer F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, accord...

Germany’s Self-Imposed Obstacles to Increasing Defense Spending
Nobody is more aware of the problems than [German Defense Minister Ursula] von der Leyen's armaments secretary Katrin Suder, a former McKinsey consultant. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, a pale-faced S...

Pakistan Goes All Out to Sell JF-17 Fighters to Sri Lanka
Pakistan is leaving no stone unturned in its attempt to somehow palm off the technically inferior fighter aircraft JF-17 to the hapless Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), the ANI News Service reported. Ef...

Germany to Expand Bundeswehr to Almost 200,000 Troops
Germany's Defense Ministry has announced it will increase the number of professional soldiers by around 10 percent. It comes amid increasing pressure for Germany to reach its NATO-mandated defense spe...

SAIC Unveils First Amphibious Combat Vehicle for US Marines
CHARLESTON, S.C. --- Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) today unveiled its first Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 prototype to the U.S. Marine Corps during a ceremony held at the compa...

German Heron UAVs Now Fully Operational in Mali
In just six months’ time, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) deployed the Heron reconnaissance drone aircraft to Mali in support of the...

Mattis Asks Pentagon to Seek Organizational Savings
WASHINGTON --- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has distributed guidance to the Defense Department today concerning organizational and structural reforms and establishing cross-functional teams to address...

Boeing Challenged By New Administration, Cooling Commercial Sales
With the glory days of the recent record-setting boom a memory, both Boeing and Airbus are adapting their operations as they prepare for flatter growth while ramping up production of new models. Bo...

CRS Reports on Current Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Issues
Little detail is currently available about the Trump Administration's agenda for missile defense and whether current policy or program direction might change. The Administration has thus far said only...

US Navy’s Shipbuilding Plan Requires 30% More Funds: CBO
The Department of Defense (DoD) submitted the Navy’s 2017 shipbuilding plan, which covers fiscal years 2017 to 2046, to the Congress in July 2016. The average annual cost of carrying out that plan ove...

Lockheed Talks F-16 Sales, Upgrades with Mid-East Forces
The US defence company Lockheed Martin is in talks with Arabian Gulf countries to sell F-16 multi-role fighter jets as well as upgrades to existing fleets. "We are talking to some in the region [ab...

Pindad to Upgrade Indonesian Army Badak 6x6 Vehicles
NAVAN, Ireland --- At IDEX today, PT Pindad and Timoney announced that they have signed a contract to upgrade the Badak 6x6 with a customised Timoney modular driveline, transfer case and steering syst...

Lockheed Wins $150M for Production of AH-1Z Target Sight
ORLANDO, Fla. --- The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, has awarded Lockheed Martin $150 million in follow-on production contracts to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with the Target S...

Growing UAV Use by US Military Boosts Satcoms Demand
LONDON --- The U.S. military's rising use of advanced weapons such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/drones has given a huge boost to the market for satellite communication (SATCOMM). These aircrafts...

Ultra, Spartron Wins New US Navy Sonobuoy Contract
COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. & SCHAUMBURG, Ill. --- Ultra Electronics Holdings plc (ULE) and Sparton Corporation (SPA) announce the award of subcontracts valued at $64.6 million to their ERAPSCO joint venture,...

Boeing Wins C-17 Training Contract from UAE
ARLINGTON, Va. --- Reflecting continuing momentum in its international training business, Boeing has received a two-year, $18.7 million contract from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to provide C-17 Glo...

First KC-135 Simulator to Operate on USAF Training Network
TAMPA, Florida --- CAE today announced that CAE USA, prime contractor for the United States Air Force (USAF) KC-135 Aircrew Training System (ATS) program, has received an Authorization to Operate (ATO...

Atlas Elektronik UK Wins Submarine Hunting Contract
Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) has announced another major export contract award for its ARCIMS Mission System. This latest contract will deliver two ARCIMS vehicles both operating an ASW surveillance mis...

US Navy Lays Keel for New DDG 121 Destroyer
PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- The keel of future guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121) was ceremoniously laid Feb. 21 at Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard. Although official co...

Airbus Wins PBL Contract for Japanese H225 Helicopters
TOKYO --- Airbus Helicopters in Japan has secured a contract extension with Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA), to provide performance-based logistics (PBL) for its H225 (prev...

Leonardo to Upgrade Italian Navy NH90s with Mode 5 IFF
Leonardo has been awarded a contract worth €11M by the NATO agency NAHEMA, on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Defence (Direzione degli Armamenti Aeronautici e per l’Aeronavigabilità – DAAA), to prov...

RusHelo to Expand Support Services in Africa, Near East
MOSCOW --- Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, is implementing a number of after-sales service projects in the African and Near Eastern countries. Based on 2016 numbers, 43.5% of al...

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