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US Navy Awards $3Bn Order for LHA 8
H0untington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is being awarded a $3,013,903,706 fixed-price-incentive modification to a previously awarded competitive contract (N00024-16-C-2427) to exercise opti

Lockheed Pushing for $37Bn F-35 Deal Pentagon Can’t Sign
Lockheed Martin Corp is in the final stages of negotiating a deal worth more than $37 billion to sell a record 440 F-35 fighter jets to a group of 11 nations including the United States, two people fa

US Navy F-18E Shoots Down Syrian Su-22 Fighter
SOUTHWEST ASIA --- At approximately 4:30 p.m. Syria time, June 18, pro-Syrian regime forces attacked the Syrian Democratic Forces-held town of Ja'Din, South of Tabqah, wounding a number of SDF fighter

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US Navy Awards $3Bn Order for LHA 8
H0untington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is being awarded a $3,013,903,706 fixed-price-incentive modification to a previously awarded competitive contract (N00024-16-C-2427) to exercise opti...

Lockheed Pushing for $37Bn F-35 Deal Pentagon Can’t Sign
Lockheed Martin Corp is in the final stages of negotiating a deal worth more than $37 billion to sell a record 440 F-35 fighter jets to a group of 11 nations including the United States, two people fa...

US Navy F-18E Shoots Down Syrian Su-22 Fighter
SOUTHWEST ASIA --- At approximately 4:30 p.m. Syria time, June 18, pro-Syrian regime forces attacked the Syrian Democratic Forces-held town of Ja'Din, South of Tabqah, wounding a number of SDF fighter...

Raytheon Wins $617M for SM-2 Missile Production
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $617,633,351 fixed-price-incentive firm, firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for procurement of fiscal 2017 Standard Missile...

India Scraps $1Bn Helicopter Deal with Sikorsky
NEW DELHI --- A few days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, the Indian defense ministry has scrapped a naval multi-role helicopter deal with US firm Sikorsky after failing to rea...

Australia Invests A$500M to Enhance Satellite Capacity
The Turnbull Government has announced a $500 million investment to improve Australia’s space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, to support ADF operations around the worl...

US Air Force Tries to Smother Three A-10 Squadrons
Since February the Air Force has been trumpeting that it has ended—or at least paused—its extended campaign against the A-10 and the close air support (CAS) mission. “As a mission, we’re fully committ...

Hypoxia Linked to Deaths of Four F-18 Pilots
WASHINGTON --- The US Navy has linked the deaths of four F/A-18 Hornet pilots to “physiological episodes” that occurred while the aircraft was airborne, according to an in-depth review of oxygen syste...

Airbus Introduces A380plus at Paris Air Show
TOULOUSE, France---- Airbus is presenting a development study for an enhanced A380, the “A380plus”. The study includes aerodynamic improvements in particular new, large winglets and other wing refinem...

Leonardo Unveils Two New Jet Trainers At Paris Air Show
-- The M-346FA is a further evolution of a family concept designed to create a common baseline able to answer to the different air forces requirements in very quick times -- The M-346FA will be equip...

New Partners May Join Sino-Russian Wide-Body Airliner
Viktor Kladov, Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy of the State Corporation Rostec announced that companies from third countries might be involved in the development of the Russ...

The Strange Mid-Sea Collision of US Destroyer Off Japan
WASHINGTON --- The response of the crew of the severely damaged USS Fitzgerald "was swift and effective, and I want to point out -- as we stand by the ship -- how proud I am of them," Navy Vice Adm. J...

Brazil Receives Airbus C-295 SAR Aircraft
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) received this Friday, June 16, a new aircraft, a SC-105 Amazonas equipped for Search And Rescue. The delivery ceremony took place at the Airbus plant in Seville, Spain, a...

Australian Army Begins Land 400 Air Transportability Trials
The Army’s iconic Land 400 Phase 2 project has come to Canberra for air transportability trials. Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, said the contenders will be tested using...

Patria Completes Amphibious Testing of AMV28A
Patria AMV28A armoured wheeled vehicle completed successfully the swimming tests organised in the end of May in Finland. With a total weight of 28 tonnes the vehicle swam without difficulties, as expe...

First Stage of Saudi Drone Factory Complete
JEDDAH --- The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has announced that the first stage of a drone factory in Riyadh is almost complete. KACST’s Supervisor General of Special Progr...

Royal Marines’ New Helicopter Goes to Sea
The new wings of the Royal Marines have been dipping their toe in the water for the first time supporting the biggest naval war games of the year. Designed to support commandos on the battlefield, ...

It’s Money Time for US Navy’s $12Bn Aircraft Carrier
CVN-78, CVN-79, CVN-80, and CVN-81 are the first four ships in the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). CVN-78 was procured in FY2008. The Navy’s p...

Germany to Move Troops from Incirlik to Jordan in July
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has told German media that Bundeswehr troops will begin pulling out from a Turkish air base in July. The move comes amid strained relations between the two...

Leonardo Unveils Its Lightest-Ever Multi Mode Radar
At this year’s Paris Air Show, Leonardo has unveiled its new Gabbiano TS Ultra-Light (UL) surveillance radar, the result of the company’s efforts to package all the technology and modes of its success...

Indian Army Issues Global RFI for New Carbines
NEW DELHI --- The Indian Army has issued a global request for information (RFI) regarding a potential procurement of some 200,000 close-quarter battle carbines in 5.56mm caliber. The order is expected...

GE Aviation at the Center of Aviation Re-Fleeting
PARIS, France --- After eight years of aggressive investing in new plants and expansions, GE Aviation heads to the Paris Air Show with several new engines entering service or under development while e...

US Air Force Stands Up New Space Directorate
WASHINGTON --- Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson has approved the reorganization of the Air Force headquarters to establish a Deputy Chief of Staff for Space Operations, who will be a three-st...

14 EDA Member States to Pool & Share SatCom Capabilities
BRUSSELS --- On June 15th the EDA Steering Board accepted, by written procedure, the Outline Description for the Governmental Satellite Communications (GOVSATCOM) Pooling and Sharing demonstration pro...

NATO and Agencies Sign GPSS Customer Agreement
The General Procurement Shared Services Customer Agreement was officially signed this week at NSPA HQ in Capellen, Luxembourg. The agreement was signed by the NSPA General Manager, Mr. Peter Dohmen, ...

Leonardo Introduces New M-40 Target Drone at Paris Air Show
ROME --- Leonardo introduces its new aerial target drone to the market at the 2017 Paris Air Show. Based on the company’s experience with its successful ‘Mirach 100/5’ target drone which has earned a ...

UAC to Present Entire Range of Civil Products at Paris Airshow
United Aircraft Corporation will for the first time demonstrate its whole range of civil products at the International Paris Air Show 2017. The famous aerospace event that will take place on the terri...

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