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Boeing Wins $805M to Develop MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker Aircraft
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a ceiling price $805,318,853 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract to provide the design, development, fabrication, test, verification, certificati

After Japan, Lockheed Pitches F-22/F-35 Hybrid to US
Lockheed Martin is quietly pitching the U.S. Air Force a new variant of the F-22 Raptor, equipped with the F-35’s more modern mission avionics and some structural changes, Defense One has learned.

Rand Highlights Shortfalls in US Air Force Combat Fleet
The U.S. military has mostly operated at a high operational tempo since the end of the Cold War, and there appears to be no significant reduction in demand on the horizon. However, the U.S. milita

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Boeing Wins $805M to Develop MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker Aircraft
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a ceiling price $805,318,853 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract to provide the design, development, fabrication, test, verification, certificati...

After Japan, Lockheed Pitches F-22/F-35 Hybrid to US
Lockheed Martin is quietly pitching the U.S. Air Force a new variant of the F-22 Raptor, equipped with the F-35’s more modern mission avionics and some structural changes, Defense One has learned. ...

Rand Highlights Shortfalls in US Air Force Combat Fleet
The U.S. military has mostly operated at a high operational tempo since the end of the Cold War, and there appears to be no significant reduction in demand on the horizon. However, the U.S. milita...

Indian Air Force Su-30s to Get BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missiles in 2019
Indian Air Force (IAF) will test fire an advanced version of the supersonic BrahMos Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) before the end of 2018. IAF has already started the process of mounting BrahMos o...

Indonesia to Buy More C-130s Instead of A400Ms
JAKARTA --- Indonesia has confirmed a plan to buy Hercules C-130 planes and other transport planes from the United States to support the development of its defense architecture. "In future, Indones...

US Blasts Russian 'Harassment' of Shipping In Sea of Azov
WASHINGTON --- The United States has condemned what it calls Russia's "harassment" of international shipping in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, saying it is a further example of Moscow's attempt...

India Unfairly Eliminated Airbus from $2.2Bn Maritime Patrol Tender
NEW DELHI --- Well before the Comptroller & Auditor General discovered irregularities in a $2.2-billion deal in 2009 to procure P-8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft, the UPA government in trying to c...

US Army Secretary to Inspect Troubled BAE York Production Plant
U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper will visit BAE Systems Plc’s major military vehicle plant next month to review deficient welding operations and discuss progress toward correcting management issues that...

RAF Chinooks Begin Air Support Operations in Mali
In application of military cooperation agreements between the United Kingdom and France, the three British CH-47 helicopters deployed to Gao are now officially cleared to perform operational missions ...

Lockheed Wins $250M for F-35 Lot 11 Special Tooling
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $250,438,817 modification to a previously awarded, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-16-C-0...

P&W Wins $118M for F-35 STOVL Engines for Marine Corps
United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded not-to-exceed $118,219,503 for modification P00007 to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-f...

Allied Air Policing Changes in Baltic, Romania
ÄMARI, Estonia –-- Today, 30 August, a fighter detachment of the German Air Force took over the augmenting role for Baltic Air Policing at Ämari Air Base, Estonia. During a ceremony, the responsibilit...

Dstl to Analyze Operations of HMS Queen Elizabeth
As HMS Queen Elizabeth makes her way across the Atlantic deploying for her longest sea trial to date, a pair of scientists from the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are on-board as pa...

US Navy Prepares for F-35C Carrier Operations
ATLANTIC OCEAN --- With the largest fleet in the world, the U.S. Navy is known for projecting power on the high seas and demonstrating air superiority via its aircraft carriers. With the addition of t...

British Minister Touts Wales’ Role in UK Defense Industry
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has seen first-hand the crucial role Welsh firms play in the defence sector after a tour of military suppliers in the country. Defence invests £945 million in Welsh i...

F-35 to Appear in Belgium for First Time at September Air Show
A Lockheed Martin F35 [stealth] bomber is due to make a first appearance in Belgium at an air [show] organised by the Belgian Air Force on 8-9 September at its base in Kleine-Bogel, Limburg, Belga new...

Australian Minister Touts Land Forces 2018 Show in Adelaide
International industry exposition LAND FORCES 2018 kicks off next week, running from 4−6 September at the Adelaide Convention Centre showcasing equipment, technology and services for the armies of Aus...

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