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Queen Welcomes Royal Navy's Largest Ever Ship into the Fleet
Her Majesty The Queen has commissioned the UK’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy. The Queen spoke at a ceremony in Portsmouth’s naval base this morning, attended by Her

Qatar Confirms Order for 50+50 Airbus A321neo
Qatar Airways has re-affirmed its earlier order for 50 A320neo with a firm order for 50 A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex configuration). The selection of the largest member of Airbus’ single-aisle Famil

First-Ever Pentagon Audit Launches Acquisition Reform
WASHINGTON --- The Defense Department is starting the first agency-wide financial audit in its history, Pentagon officials announced today. Defense Department Comptroller David L. Norquist and chie

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Queen Welcomes Royal Navy's Largest Ever Ship into the Fleet
Her Majesty The Queen has commissioned the UK’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy. The Queen spoke at a ceremony in Portsmouth’s naval base this morning, attended by Her ...

Qatar Confirms Order for 50+50 Airbus A321neo
Qatar Airways has re-affirmed its earlier order for 50 A320neo with a firm order for 50 A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex configuration). The selection of the largest member of Airbus’ single-aisle Famil...

First-Ever Pentagon Audit Launches Acquisition Reform
WASHINGTON --- The Defense Department is starting the first agency-wide financial audit in its history, Pentagon officials announced today. Defense Department Comptroller David L. Norquist and chie...

Eurofighter Details Benefit Offer to Belgium
The European consortium promoting Eurofighter has revealed further details of its industrial offer to Belgium as part of the ongoing bid to replace the Belgian air force’s F-16 aircraft. The Europe...

New Proposals Adopted for EU-NATO Cooperation
BRUSSELS --- The EU and NATO Councils yesterday took EU-NATO cooperation to a new level by endorsing a new set of common proposals on the implementation of the June 2016 Joint Declaration. In addit...

Qatar Relies on Thales’s Intelligent Systems
Qatar has renewed its trust in the French Rafale team (Dassault Aviation, Thales and Safran) by equipping its air force with 12 new Rafale omnirole combat aircraft fitted with cutting-edge technology....

Smaller UK F-35 Order Looks Increasingly Likely
Britain may not order 138 stealth F-35 warplanes as originally pledged, as the Defence Secretary has suggested that the final number will depend on the results of a national security review. The ...

China to Award More Military Contracts to Private Firms
The government will spare no effort to boost private companies’ participation in the research, development and production of weapons and other military equipment, according to a senior official. Lo...

Heron 1 Completes One Year of Bundeswehr Flight Ops in Mali
The Heron 1 UAV system, which is stationed at the Gao air base for the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) as part of the UN’s MINUSM...

USAF Secretary Testifies on Acquisition Reforms
WASHINGTON --- Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee Dec. 7, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Also testifying were Ellen Lord, undersecretary of de...

Boeing Forecasts Stable Growth for Aircraft Financing in 2018
SEATTLE --- Boeing anticipates diverse markets and participants will continue the upward trend in availability of efficient financing for record new aircraft deliveries in the next year. Now in its...

NAVSEA Sees Savings in Fleet Maintenance Costs
PHILADELPHIA --- The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Commonality Lead Support Activity (CLSA) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently completed a deep dive analy...

Peru Recovered Satellite Investment “in First Year”
LIMA, Peru --- PerúSAT-1 has completed its first year of operation and the Peruvian government has recently declared that in that time, the investment it has made into the satellite programme has alre...

Peru to Acquire SIGINT Equipment for Fokker 50s
LIMA --- Peru's Agency for Procurement Purchases of the Armed Forces (ACFFAA in Spanish) has restarted an effort to acquire signals intelligence (SIGINT) equipment for its Fokker 50 aircraft. The gove...

Russia Continues Searching for Missing Argentine Sub
Russian military seamen continued searching for San Juan submarine of Argentinian Navy. For the last 24 hours, Pantera Plus has been launched three times from the ship Islas Malvinas of the Argenti...

Raytheon Opens New Subsidiary in United Arab Emirates
ABU DHABI, UAE --- Raytheon Company marked its 30-year anniversary of partnership with the United Arab Emirates by announcing it has formed Raytheon Emirates, a new, wholly owned subsidiary incorporat...

Rolls-Royce Wins Final Approval for Acquisition of ITP
Rolls-Royce has obtained the approval of all the relevant authorities for the acquisition of the outstanding 53.1% shareholding in Industria de Turbo Propulsores SA (“ITP”) owned by SENER Grupo de Ing...

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