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UK to Order 7th Astute-class Submarine
The Ministry of Defence has announced it will sign a contract for Astute boat seven less than 24 hours after ministers told Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock he would not have to wait long for “good

Hawaiian Airlines Plans to Buy Ten Boeing 787s
SEATTLE --- Boeing and Hawaiian Airlines announced today that the carrier has selected the market-leading 787 Dreamliner as its flagship airplane for medium to long-haul flights. As part of the select

BAE Team Wins $780M Australian Warship Support Contract
The nation’s largest naval sustainment provider, BAE Systems Australia today welcomed an extension to the Warship Asset Management Agreement between the Australian Government and Defence industry.

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UK to Order 7th Astute-class Submarine
The Ministry of Defence has announced it will sign a contract for Astute boat seven less than 24 hours after ministers told Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock he would not have to wait long for “good...

Hawaiian Airlines Plans to Buy Ten Boeing 787s
SEATTLE --- Boeing and Hawaiian Airlines announced today that the carrier has selected the market-leading 787 Dreamliner as its flagship airplane for medium to long-haul flights. As part of the select...

BAE Team Wins $780M Australian Warship Support Contract
The nation’s largest naval sustainment provider, BAE Systems Australia today welcomed an extension to the Warship Asset Management Agreement between the Australian Government and Defence industry. ...

USS Wasp Deploys with F-35 But Minus ALIS
The Navy and Marine Corps today deployed the F-35B short-takeoff-and-landing variant for the first-ever shipboard deployment. A detachment of F-35s with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-121 landed ab...

EU Ministers Adopt Implementation Roadmap for PESCO
On 6 March 2018, the Council adopted a roadmap for the implementation of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). This roadmap provides strategic direction and guidance on how to structure furthe...

Saab to Update Ship Control System for Australian Subs
Saab has signed a contract with ASC for supply of an updated Integrated Ship Control Management and Monitoring System (ISCMMS) for four Royal Australian Navy Collins class submarines. The contract val...

BAE to Upgrade Australia’s Long-Range Radar Network
BAE Systems Australia today welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne and the Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne that the Company has bee...

BAE Bids for US Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower Program
BAE Systems has submitted its proposal to the U.S. Army to build and test the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) vehicle for use by the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT). The MPF is a new combat ve...

UK MoD’s Equipment Failure Putting Soldiers at Risk
Equipment shortages in the military have hit the headlines again, with the latest from senior military figures indicating that squeezed funds have left barely enough equipment to properly equip 40,000...

French Navy Commissions “Auvergne” into Active Service
On February 14, 2018, the Chief of the Naval Staff admitted to active service Auvergne, the 4th multi-mission frigate (FREMM). Now declared fit for combat by the Navy, she joins Aquitaine, Provence an...

Royal Navy Merlin Helicopters Protect Destroyer During Sub Exercise
Sink the Duncan! That’s one of the tasks of international submarines during NATO’s biggest sub hunt of the year in the Mediterranean. Target Duncan! Merlins try to protect destroyer during NATO sub...

Army, Marine Corps Begin Testing New Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
TWENTY-NINE PALMS, Calif. -- Marines and Soldiers have started testing the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) in eastern California's Mojave Desert at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. ...

Thales Guided Rockets, Sight Score at Swedish, Hungarian Trials
In ever more urban environments, the priority of armed forces is to reduce the risk of collateral damage, and in this ambition they can rely on Thales. The Group has been recently awarded a contract f...

Lockheed Says Interceptor Test Proves PAC-3 Reliability
DALLAS --- Two Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) interceptors successfully intercepted two tactical ballistic missile targets recently in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New M...

Airbus Helicopters Bagged Over 50 Orders at Heli-Expo
LAS VEGAS --- Airbus Helicopters, the leader in the civil and parapublic helicopter market, has wrapped up Heli Expo 2018 in Las Vegas with orders for over 50 of the company’s wide range of helicopter...

Pentagon Needs Speedier Acquisition to Stay Competitive
WASHINGTON --- The Defense Department needs to speed its acquisition processes and allow decisions at a lower level if it wants to stay competitive, the undersecretary of defense for research and engi...

Commander Testifies on AFRICOM Goals, Strategy
WASHINGTON --- Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander of U.S. Africa Command, testified before the House Armed Services Committee on national security challenges and U.S. military activitie...

Working Group to Decide Antonov Development Program
Specialists of the SC UkrOboronProm (UOP) and SE Antonov will become members of the newly formed joint working group, that will – within a month – create a program for the development of the enterpris...

Lockheed Unveils Prototype for U.S. Cyber Mission Force
CRYSTAL CITY, Va. --- The Cyber Solutions division of Lockheed Martin announced its plans to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s Unified Platform contract by unveiling details about the Henosis prototype...

EU Approves Lithuania’s Cyber Rapid Response Force Initiative
European Union Defence Ministers agreed in Brussels on March 6 to initiate first defence projects in the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) framework and the list includes the project of creatin...

Polish MoD Says Ready to Join Six New PESCO Projects
On 6 March 2018 Undersecretary of State in MoD Tomasz Szatkowski took part in the EU Ministers of Defence meeting in the framework of Foreign Affairs Council. The ministers exchanged views on curre...

Israeli Air Force Reviews Air Defense Plans, Exercises
Over the course of a week, the IAF Fighter Division drilled complex sky defense scenarios in a training exercise led by the Aerial Defense Division Last week, "Baz" (F-15), "Sufa" (F-16I), "Ra'am" ...

Leonardo Wins Long-Term Contract for Australian Weather Radars
Leonardo awarded long-term framework contract for new radar systems by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology -- Leonardo will deliver and install a number of C- and S-band meteorological radar systems ...

Hensoldt & Raytheon to Jointly Develop & Market New ATC Radars
MADRID --- HENSOLDT and Raytheon, two leading companies in the air traffic radar segment, announced that the companies are teaming to jointly develop and market new air traffic control radars. Togethe...

Rolls-Royce 2017 Net Profit Up 4% As Revenues Grow 9%
Commenting on the results, Warren East, Chief Executive, said: “Rolls-Royce made good progress in 2017. Financial results were ahead of our expectations and we achieved a number of important operation...

Atlas Elektronik Unit to Unveil ARC Explorer Mk II
Marine Sonic Technology (MST), a Brand of Atlas North America (ANA), today announced the release of the ARC Explorer MK II, the next generation of MST’s extremely popular line of Towed Side Scan Sonar...

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