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Lockheed Wins $1.3Bn Contract for Next Generation of GPS IIIF Satellites
Lockheed Martin Corp., Littleton, Colorado, has been awarded a $1,362,089,314 contract for GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 11 and 12. This contract provides for the non-recurring engineering, space vehicle te

Bundestag OKs Funding for Six C-130J Hercules
BERLIN --- Germany’s armed forces will spend almost 970 million euros ($1.14 billion) buying six C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, which in contrast to the A400M from Airbus can land on smaller, more

US Sends B-52 Bombers Over South China Sea
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- On Sept. 23, a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft departed Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and participated in a routine training mission in the vicinity of th

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Lockheed Wins $1.3Bn Contract for Next Generation of GPS IIIF Satellites
Lockheed Martin Corp., Littleton, Colorado, has been awarded a $1,362,089,314 contract for GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 11 and 12. This contract provides for the non-recurring engineering, space vehicle te...

Bundestag OKs Funding for Six C-130J Hercules
BERLIN --- Germany’s armed forces will spend almost 970 million euros ($1.14 billion) buying six C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, which in contrast to the A400M from Airbus can land on smaller, more...

US Sends B-52 Bombers Over South China Sea
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- On Sept. 23, a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft departed Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and participated in a routine training mission in the vicinity of th...

Three Additional F-35s Land in Norway, Bring Total to Nine
Three years have passed since Norway received its first F-35 fighter plane during a rollout ceremony in Texas on September 22, 2015. On Friday, September 21, 2018, three new F-35 fighter aircraft land...

Airbus Demos Manned-Unmanned Teaming for Future Air Combat
The ability to control unmanned systems from a manned aircraft is an important “force multiplier” in Airbus’ vision for future air power that is smart, modular and connected. This know-how has been co...

New Test Flight Advances India’s Astra BVR Missile
Astra, the indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM), was successfully test fired by the Indian Air Force from Su-30 aircraft, today from Air Force Station, Kalaikunda. ...

CIS Countries Launch Air-Defense Exercise with 100 Aircraft
MOSCOW --- Seven member-states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have started air defense drills involving up to 100 planes, including strategic bombers, on Thursday, the Russian Defense...

Raytheon Details $1.5 Bn Contract for Polish Patriot
TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Company a more than $1.5 billion contract for production of Poland's Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense System including spare parts, su...

A Closer Look at Boeing-Leonardo’s MH139 Contract Win
The U.S. Air Force is finally getting a new helicopter to replace its aging UH-1N Huey fleet. The venerable Huey will be replaced by the MH-139, a militarized version of the AW139, being built by a t...

Helvetic Airways Firms Up Order for 12 E190-E2 Jets
ZURICH, Swiss --– Embraer and Helvetic Airways have signed a contract for a firm order of 12 E190-E2 jets. This agreement was announced as a Letter of Intent (LoI) at the recent Farnborough Air Show, ...

UH-X, Japan’s Latest Bell 412 Upgrade, on Schedule
Avoiding development risk was one reason that Japan chose the long-established Bell 412EPI in 2015 as the basis for an army utility helicopter. Three years later, the defense ministry is getting what ...

Bell Unveils Mock-up of V-247 Vigilant Tilt-Rotor Combat Drone
As the U.S. Marine Corps looks to move ahead with its multi-role, vertical landing and takeoff-capable drone program, known as MUX, Bell has unveiled a new, full-scale mock-up of its V-247 Vigilant un...

Russia Claims Hypersonic Air-to-Air Missile with 300 Km Range
A hypersonic anti-aircraft missile with a range of over 300km will be part of the arsenal of the Su-57, Russia’s most-advanced multipurpose fighter jet. The weapon is meant to take out high-value targ...

Bahrain and Taiwan Order Sniper Targeting Pods
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) recently received two Foreign Military Sale (FMS) delivery orders for Bahrain and Taiwan. The Royal Bahraini Air Force contin...

Russia Completes Su-30SM Conversion of Fighter Regiment
Currently, flight and technical personnel has arrived at the Irkut air factory to check engines, main systems and to prepare aircraft for flight. The newest fighter jets will join th fleet of a squadr...

Northrop's B-2 Bomber EW Upgrade May Run Late
The U.S. Air Force is working to keep its aging B-2 bombers adept at evading the improving air defenses of rivals from China and Russia to Iran and North Korea, but the most significant upgrade yet ma...

Airbus A330-900 Receives EASA Type Certification
The A330-900 has received its Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. The Type Certificate was signed by EASA’s C...

BAE Unveils Candidate for Challenger 2 Tank Upgrade
Britain's manpower has been showcased at the Defence Vehicles Dynamics event in Millbrook - amongst them a prototype for updating the British Army's main battle tank. Challenger 2 was designed and ...

US Army Completes Tests of New Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle
FORT HOOD, Texas --- 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers here completed a two-month program field testing the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Sept. 24. 4th Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment "Dark ...

Australia Orders New Mission Aircrew Training System
The Department of Defence has entered into a contract with Hawker Pacific as prime contractor for the delivery of a substantially upgraded version of the Air Combat Officer Training System. Ministe...

China's Nears Completion of New Wind Tunnel
The nation's newest wind tunnel will shape China's future fighter jets and boost their efficiency, according to its maker and Chinese military experts. Approved for construction by the State Admini...

DoD Needs More Data to Assess Women’s Effectiveness in Combat Arms
WASHINGTON --- With so few women in combat arms right now, the services and Defense Department officials really can’t judge how successful the effort has been, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis told c...

Boeing Wins $199M for Chinook Helicopter Support
The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $198,927,812 firm-fixed-price contract for performance-based logistics support of the Chinook H-47 forward and aft rotor blades and associated ...

Australia’s DST Signs Another Technology Agreement
Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP today announced a new research agreement between Defence Science and Technology (DST) and Adelaide-based Daronmont Technologies to explore next genera...

Royal Navy Retires Sea King Helicopters After 50 Years
After almost 50 years of active operations, the last military Sea King helicopters flying in the United Kingdom, left RNAS Culdrose for retirement today. Aircrew from 849 Naval Air Squadron will th...

Electronics House Hensoldt Finalizes Separation from Airbus
MUNICH --- The defence electronics solutions provider Hensoldt has finalized the separation process from former parent company Airbus Group SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR). Following the buy-back of t...

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