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India Sours on Tejas Fighter As Unit Cost Exceeds That of Su-30
NEW DELHI --- The euphoria within the defence establishment over the induction of the first indigenous Light Combat Aircraft into the IAF appears to have subsided with the Defence Ministry forming a c

US Clears $860M Aegis Sale to Spain for Five New Frigates
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Spain of five (5) AEGIS Weapons Systems (AWS) for an estimated cost of $860.4 million. The De

Congress Considers Next Move As F-35s Delivered to Turkey
Lockheed Martin formally delivered Turkey’s first two F-35A Joint Strike Fighters on June 21. However, the milestone occurred amidst various moves within the U.S. Congress aimed at blocking further de

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India Sours on Tejas Fighter As Unit Cost Exceeds That of Su-30
NEW DELHI --- The euphoria within the defence establishment over the induction of the first indigenous Light Combat Aircraft into the IAF appears to have subsided with the Defence Ministry forming a c...

US Clears $860M Aegis Sale to Spain for Five New Frigates
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Spain of five (5) AEGIS Weapons Systems (AWS) for an estimated cost of $860.4 million. The De...

Congress Considers Next Move As F-35s Delivered to Turkey
Lockheed Martin formally delivered Turkey’s first two F-35A Joint Strike Fighters on June 21. However, the milestone occurred amidst various moves within the U.S. Congress aimed at blocking further de...

US Lawmakers Seen Adding to F-35 Orders
Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 received a vote of confidence Tuesday from a congressional defense funding panel, three months before the Pentagon’s costliest program is to start vigorous testing to demo...

Senate Funds Marines to Buy Light Attack Aircraft
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate's version of the FY19 defense authorization bill includes provisions aimed at bolstering Marine Corps aviation capabilities. The Senate passed the bill on June 18 by a vo...

Arianespace to Miss 2018 Satellite Launch Target
SINGAPORE --- Arianespace expects its satellite launches in 2018 to fall short of a record target, hobbled partly by a data glitch that sent a rocket off course earlier this year, the chief executive ...

Cherokee Nation Wins $403M for F-16 Life Extension Kits
Cherokee Nation Aerospace and Defense, Stilwell, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $403,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for F-16 Systems Program Office support at...

Mexico Building Damen Long-Range OPV
Damen Shipyards Group and the Mexican Navy, via the Directorate General of Shipbuilding, are currently working together to build the Long-Range Ocean Patrol (POLA, from its initials in Spanish), the m...

UK MoD Keeps Lobbying for Eurofighter in Belgium
During a visit to Sabena Aerospace, Guto Bebb MP, the UK's Minister for Defence Procurement, reaffirmed the economic and industrial benefits of Eurofighter Typhoon offer to Belgium. Following a tou...

GD to Upgrade US Army Strykers to A1 Configuration
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. –-- The U.S. Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $258 million contract modification to upgrade 116 Stryker flat-bottom vehicles to the Stryker A1 configuration. ...

Leonardo Wins $193M for US Army Trophy Tank Protection Suites
ROME --- Leonardo, through the US subsidiary Leonardo DRS, has been awarded a contract worth USD 193 million by U.S. Army to provide active protection systems for U.S. Army tanks. Leonardo DRS wil...

British Army Wildcat Designates Targets for Apache
British Army Wildcat helicopters have successfully used a powerful coded laser to designate a target for two Hellfire missiles launched from an Apache attack helicopter at a military range in West Wal...

Deadly Collisions Due to US Navy’s ‘Can Do Spirit’: Report
YOKOSUKA, Japan --- The USS John S. McCain sits in dry dock at the home port of the Japan-based 7th Fleet, where workers swarm in and around the warship, urgently working to get it ready to return to ...

Thales Repairs, Upgrades Sonar on Indonesian Corvette
As a partner of the Indonesian Navy for over 40 years, Thales is the appointed supplier of combat systems for the country's warships in service. Earlier this year, Thales also successfully modernised ...

NATO Unveils New Joint Air Power Strategy
NATO air forces must be able to defend against peer competitors and anticipate the growing role of cyber and space-based assets, according to a new NATO joint airpower strategy released on Tuesday (26...

US Navy Accepts Delivery of SSN 789, Future USS Indiana
WASHINGTON --- The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Indiana (SSN 789), the 16th submarine of the Virginia class, June 25. The ship began construction in 2012 and is scheduled to commission ...

Thales Touts Jammer Family for Counter-IED Protection
The allied convoy approaches the village, not knowing that insurgents have buried radio-controlled Improvised Explosive Devices at its entrance. Fortunately, an ECLIPSE jammer integrated into the lead...

Chinese Navy Conducts ‘Real Combat Training’ Around Taiwan
BEIJING --- A flotilla sent by China's Eastern Theater Command has been undertaking a real combat training in high seas since it set out on June 17. The naval formation is comprised of the destroye...

DIA Chief Says It Brings Forewarning into 21st Century
WASHINGTON --- The adage “forewarned is forearmed” has entered the digital era at the Defense Intelligence Agency, as leaders, collectors and analysts there seek to adapt to the changing security and ...

Rheinmetall Wins Export Order for Artillery Ammunition
Rheinmetall subsidiary Rheinmetall Denel Munition today announced that the company had secured another order for artillery shells and components for an international client to the value of €52 million...

Saab Receives New US Order for Carl-Gustaf Ammunition
Saab has received an ammunition order from the Department of Defense (DoD) for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system. The order value is approximately $16 million (MSEK 135). The order is plac...

Australia Exercises Interoperability at RIMPAC
More than 1600 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have arrived in the United States ahead of a month of focused military training activities with 26 nations from across the globe for Exercise Ri...

India Gifts Second HAL Do-228 Aircraft to Seychelles
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU --- The External Affairs Minister Mrs Sushma Swaraj handed over HAL Do- 228 aircraft to the President, Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Danny Faure at a ceremony in New Delhi today. Wit...

Hungary Supports Development of European Defence Capabilities
“Hungary supports all initiatives aimed at developing European defence capabilities”, Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő said on Monday in Luxembourg at a joint meeting of European Union foreign and defe...

Bell Delivers 100th Bell 505 Jet Ranger X
On Tuesday, June 26, Bell completed its 100th delivery of the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X to Hunt Companies for corporate travel. Bell revealed its first customer delivery for the Bell 505 at HAI Heli-Expo ...

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