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F-22s Intercepted Russian Warplanes in Syria
WASHINGTON --- Two U.S. warplanes intercepted two Russian jets over a part of Syria they were not supposed to be operating in, the Pentagon said Thursday. At one point during Wednesday's incident,

Delta Orders 100 Airbus A321neo with 100 on Option
Delta Air Lines and Airbus have agreed to terms for a 100 firm and 100 option order for state-of-the-art Airbus 321neo (new engine option) aircraft with deliveries beginning in 2020. The new jets, whi

Airbus Shake-up: COO Brégier to Leave in February, CEO Enders in 2019
AMSTERDAM --- The Board of Directors of Airbus SE has decided on a series of Executive changes that ensure an orderly succession in the Executive leadership of Airbus. Tom Enders (59) has advised t

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F-22s Intercepted Russian Warplanes in Syria
WASHINGTON --- Two U.S. warplanes intercepted two Russian jets over a part of Syria they were not supposed to be operating in, the Pentagon said Thursday. At one point during Wednesday's incident, ...

Delta Orders 100 Airbus A321neo with 100 on Option
Delta Air Lines and Airbus have agreed to terms for a 100 firm and 100 option order for state-of-the-art Airbus 321neo (new engine option) aircraft with deliveries beginning in 2020. The new jets, whi...

Airbus Shake-up: COO Brégier to Leave in February, CEO Enders in 2019
AMSTERDAM --- The Board of Directors of Airbus SE has decided on a series of Executive changes that ensure an orderly succession in the Executive leadership of Airbus. Tom Enders (59) has advised t...

Pratt & Whitney Wins $6.7 Bn to Support F-22 Engines
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, Connecticut, has been awarded a ceiling $6,700,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F119 engine sustainment. Wor...

NATO Tells Russia to Comply with INF Treaty
For 30 years, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty has been crucial to Euro-Atlantic security. By removing an entire class of U.S. and Russian weapons – ground-launched intermediate-rang...

Boeing to Modernize Six Dutch CH-47F Chinooks
PHILADELPHIA --- Boeing and the Netherlands Ministry of Defence today signed an agreement that will upgrade six Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) Chinook helicopters to the latest F-model configurat...

US Increases Weapons Assistance to Lebanon
On December 13, 2017, U.S. Ambassador Elizabeth Richard and the Commander of United States Central Command General Joseph Votel met with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Minister of Defense Yaacoub el-Sarr...

Northrop Wins $124M for Electronic Warfare Sensors
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. --– Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $124.7 million award for production of AN/APR-39D(V)2 digital radar warning receiver and electronic warfare management systems. ...

Indonesia Factor May Postpone KF-X Project
Indonesia has failed to pay its annual share of expenses for a joint project with South Korea to develop high-tech fighter jets, an opposition lawmaker claimed Wednesday. The claim prompted concern...

ArianeGroup Signs ESA Contract for Future Prometheus Engine
-- Prometheus is a European demonstrator for a very low cost engine running on liquid oxygen and methane, versions of which could be powering European launchers as of 2030 -- ArianeGroup is committin...

USS Lincoln Completes First F-35 Carrier Qualification
ATLANTIC OCEAN --- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) successfully completed Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) Carrier Qualifications for the F-35C Lightning II program, car...

GE, Tata Group to Make LEAP Engine Parts in India
MUMBAI, India & CINCINNATI, USA --– GE and Tata group, India’s leading global enterprise, announced today the signing of an agreement on November 29, 2017, to manufacture CFM International LEAP engine...

Long March 7 Will Fill the Midsize Launch Vehicle Role in China
NEWTOWN, Conn. - The Long March 7 fills the midsize launcher role in China's new launch vehicle lineup. The launch vehicle family, which also includes the Long March 5 and Long March 6, is designed to...

ArianeGroup Wins French Space Surveillance Contract
A first space surveillance contract, signed in the autumn of this year with General Breton, head of the Joint Space Command, covers transmission of optical observation data. These data will be obtaine...

Autonomous Flight Technology to Provide Rapid Resupply for Marines
QUANTICO, Va. --- Cutting edge technology sponsored by the Office of Naval Research may one day enable the Marine Corps to resupply combat-deployed troops via unmanned aerial vehicles, officials annou...

US Navy Releases Strategic Readiness Review
WASHINGTON --- In September, the Secretary of the Navy, Richard V. Spencer, ordered a fleet-wide Strategic Readiness Review (SRR) in light of the recent surface fleet incidents which resulted in signi...

BAE Wins Royal Navy Ship Support Contract
BAE Systems has been contracted by the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) team to ensure the combat management systems, tactical networks and shared infrastructures aboard 38 Ro...

Xi Tells PLA to Restructure, Boost Combat Capabilities,
President Xi Jinping has urged the People's Liberation Army to restructure and enhance its combat capability. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairm...

US Air Force Trains for Hot-Pit Refueling
MOODY AFB, Ga. --- The 23d Logistics Readiness Squadron’s Petroleum, Oil, Lubricant section kept aircraft flying around the clock by conducting the more efficient hot-pit styled refuels, Dec. 4 -7, du...

UK and Japan Strengthen Defence Ties
The Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary met their Japanese counterparts at Greenwich Naval College, a building that symbolises the historic maritime links between the two countries, to strengthen ...

Yemen's Houthis Are Using Missiles 'Made in Iran,' US Says
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has accused Iran of violating international law by supplying missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen. Tehran has rubbished the claims as "unfounded" and "fabricated." ...

US Navy to Commission Littoral Combat Ship Little Rock
WASHINGTON --- The Navy will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Little Rock (LCS 9), during an 11 a.m. EST ceremony Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Canalside wa...

US Navy Adopts 3D Virtual Dry Dock for Ford-Class Carriers
PHILADELPHIA --- Engineers from the Advanced Data, Prototyping Technologies, and Virtual Environments (ADAPT.VE) Lab at Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently completed a...

Airbus Helicopters Launches Project Eagle
Marignane, Airbus Helicopters has gone a step further in the experimentation of its Project Eagle, with the in-flight validation of the innovative on-board image processing system. Performed on an ...

Australian Companies in Bid for Canadian Ships
Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today congratulated two Australian companies for their inclusion in a bid, led by Navantia, for the Canadian Surface Combatant program. M...

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