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GD Wins $5.1bn Contract to Develop Columbia-class Missile Submarine
WASHINGTON --- The Navy awarded a $5.1 billion contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat for Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) of the Columbia Class submarine Sept. 21. The IPPD co

No Proof of Bribery In Eurofighter Deal, Austrian MPs Report
VIENNA --- A parliamentary inquiry into Austria’s $2 billion Eurofighter deal found no indications of bribery or that Airbus and its partners illegally influenced Austrian politicians, according to th

Turkish Airlines to Order 40 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners
NEW YORK --- During Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to New York to join the United Nations General Assembly, Boeing and Turkish Airlines announced a commitment to order 40 787-9 Dreamli

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GD Wins $5.1bn Contract to Develop Columbia-class Missile Submarine
WASHINGTON --- The Navy awarded a $5.1 billion contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat for Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) of the Columbia Class submarine Sept. 21. The IPPD co...

No Proof of Bribery In Eurofighter Deal, Austrian MPs Report
VIENNA --- A parliamentary inquiry into Austria’s $2 billion Eurofighter deal found no indications of bribery or that Airbus and its partners illegally influenced Austrian politicians, according to th...

Turkish Airlines to Order 40 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners
NEW YORK --- During Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to New York to join the United Nations General Assembly, Boeing and Turkish Airlines announced a commitment to order 40 787-9 Dreamli...

Canada Delays Deadline for Bids to Build C$60B Fleet of New Frigates
Companies vying to design and help build the navy's new frigates will have until Nov. 17 to submit their bids, CBC News has learned. The new deadline, established by the Public Services and Procure...

Defense Bill Language Could Let F-35 Off the Hook
This year’s $700 billion defense authorization bills contain a number of provisions that are likely to increase the risk of cost overruns for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program and undermine the ab...

Naval Group Delivers First Gowind Corvette to Egyptian Navy
Naval Group is proud to have delivered on Friday 22 September 2017 its first Gowind® 2500 corvette to the Egyptian Navy. The ceremony took place in Lorient in the presence of Admiral Ahmed Khaled, com...

In 2 Years, Russian AF Flew 30,000 Combat Sorties in Syria
MOSCOW --- Russia’s Aerospace Forces (VKS) have conducted over 30,000 combat sorties and launched over 92,000 airstrikes in Syria from September 30, 2015, according to the official infographic issued ...

Northrop Wins $125M Order for Radar Warning Receivers
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is being awarded a $124,737,813 fixed-price-incentive-firm contract to provide engineering, management and logistics support to fabricate, as...

Rolls-Royce Wins $155M Order for 56 V-22 Osprey Engines
Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, is being awarded a $115,083,696 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of production and spare AE1107C engines in support of the V-22 Osprey. This...

Bell-Boeing Win Initial Order for Additional Japan V-22 Ospreys
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $40,000,000 for modification P00002 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-17-C-0015) for the pro...

Leonardo Announces Management Shake-up, Focus on Customers
ROME --- The Board of Directors of Leonardo, convened today under the chairmanship of Gianni De Gennaro, was informed by the Chief Executive Officer, Alessandro Profumo, about the creation of two new ...

PAC-3 MSE Test Successful from Remote Launcher
DALLAS --- A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully intercepted a tactical ballistic missile target on Saturday in the first-ever MSE test from a remote launc...

TAI Delivers 24th T129 Attack Helicopter to Turkey
The 24th T129 ATAK helicopter, whose production and testing were completed at the Turkish Aerospace Industries facilities, has been handed over to the Land Forces. The Undersecretariat for Defense ...

Damen Claims Leading Position in Global OPV Market
Damen Shipyards Group has compiled a comprehensive summary of its worldwide shipbuilding activities regarding Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). The information shows that, with five vessels delivered in...

US Navy Accepts Delivery of the Future USS Colorado
WASHINGTON --- The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Colorado (SSN 788), the 15th submarine of the Virginia-class, Sept. 21. The submarine’s sponsor is Annie Mabus, daughter of the 75th Se...

L3 Wins EO/IR Contracts Worth Over $300 Million
NEW YORK --- L3 Technologies announced today that its WESCAM business has won multiple MX-Series electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) product and in-service support contracts year-to-date from military an...

Singapore and China Reaffirm Commitment to Deepen Defence Ties
Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen held a bilateral meeting with Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense General (GEN) Chang Wanquan at the Chinese Ministry of National Defense Bayi b...

Why US is Certain to Find Bombardier Guilty of Trade Abuses
Boeing's jetliners, such as this 787 Dreamliner (with All Nippon Airways livery), are all built in the U.S. and rely on a domestic supply chain of over 10,000 small and medium-size companies. Anytime ...

NATO Wraps Up Naval Exercise Dynamic Monarch in Eastern Med
On Friday (22 September 2017), nine NATO Allies wrapped up a submarine search and rescue exercise, Dynamic Monarch 2017, off the coast of Marmaris in southwestern Turkey. Canada, France, Italy, Nor...

BAE Offers Digital Shipyard for Australian Frigate Bid
BAE Systems Australia will transform Australia’s shipbuilding industry through the development of a digital ship yard in Adelaide, if selected to build nine Future Frigates for Australia. The Compa...

New Boats for Gibraltar Defence Police
Three new high-speed interceptor vessels have been delivered to the marine section of the Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP). The interceptors have been named after three Gibraltar Services Police offi...

The Impact of Finnish Defence Forces’ International Exercises
Participation in international exercises has had an extensive impact on the development of capabilities and readiness of troops in view of all tasks in the Defence Forces. A study that was conducte...

Power of Integration Tested at 2017 Dahlgren Technology Exercise
DAHLGREN, Va. --- The power of a Navy strike group's interoperability with unmanned vehicles, surface and air assets, guns, missiles, and combat systems was proven at the 2017 USS Dahlgren demonstrati...

The Doklam Plateau and Indian Air Superiority
The standoff between China and India on the Doklam plateau hasn’t quite exploded onto the international headlines, but the situation nevertheless has great implications. These are the largest nations...

Chile Considers Upgrading Frigate Sonars
SANTIAGO --- The Chilean Navy has begun examining a program to upgrade the sonars on its Almirante Cochrane frigates. The three frigates, formerly Type 23 frigates in the U.K. Royal Navy, are curre...

Pentagon Discloses Meeting with Russian Military Over Syria
U.S. and Russian generals have held a first-ever face-to-face meeting this week in an effort to avoid accidental clashes as both sides fight to retake Islamic State (IS) territory in Syria, the Pentag...

Capita Loses MoD Estates Contract Over Profits Fall
Outsourcing company, Capita, has reportedly been stripped of a key contract running MoD military estates early as its first-half pre-tax profits fall by 26%. Capita won the 10-year contract to run ...

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