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Three Firms Awarded $2.2Bn Contract to Develop EELV Launcher
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. Air Force announced today the award of three Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Service Agreements to (in alphabetical order) Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman I

USAF Leaders Claim Readiness Is Improving But GAO Finds Opposite
WASHINGTON --- Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein thanked Congress for providing the resources necessary to restore the service’s read

Japan to Buy 9 More E-2D Hawkeye Early Warning Aircraft
TOKYO --- Japan has decided to buy up to nine additional U.S.-made early warning aircraft, which are used to detect approaching foreign planes, sources have revealed. The new E-2D aircraft, built b

Belgium Chose F-35 In 2013, Tender is a Sham: Report
PARIS --- The Belgian government promised NATO as far back as 2013 that it would buy the Lockheed F-35 to replace its ageing F-16 fighters, and subsequently organized a tender to give the misleading a...

Three Firms Awarded $2.2Bn Contract to Develop EELV Launcher
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. Air Force announced today the award of three Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Service Agreements to (in alphabetical order) Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman I...

USAF Leaders Claim Readiness Is Improving But GAO Finds Opposite
WASHINGTON --- Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein thanked Congress for providing the resources necessary to restore the service’s read...

Japan to Buy 9 More E-2D Hawkeye Early Warning Aircraft
TOKYO --- Japan has decided to buy up to nine additional U.S.-made early warning aircraft, which are used to detect approaching foreign planes, sources have revealed. The new E-2D aircraft, built b...

US Renews Offer to Sell F-16s to Philippines
MANILA --- The US government reiterated its offer to supply the Philippines with the Lockheed Martin F-16. The offer took place during Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana's...

BAE Australia Bids for LHD Sustainment and Support
BAE Systems today announced that it has submitted its bid to the Australian Government to provide ongoing sustainment and support for the Canberra class Landing Helicopter Dock ships (LHD), LHD Landin...

China Adds Graphene Armor to Z-10 Attack Helicopter
The Chinese Z-10 attack helicopter is now equipped with extra armor involving graphene, a material that is strong and light, a Chinese military expert said on Wednesday after the State broadcaster fea...

British Army Recruiting Agency Fails to Provide Recruits
The outsourcing company Capita has managed to bring in fewer than one in 10 of the recruits needed by the Army. The Ministry of Defence (MoD)'s revealed the figures which relate to the first quarte...

BAE's Armored Vehicle Capacity Questioned In Pentagon Study
A Pennsylvania factory run by BAE Systems may not have the capacity needed to meet the U.S. military's surging need for armored ground vehicles, according to the Trump administration's new report on t...

DSCA Reports FY2018 Foreign Arms Sales Jumped 33%
AUSA CONFERENCE --- The United States sold $55.6 billion worth of weapons to allies in fiscal 2018, a massive 33 percent increase over 2017 as the Trump administration has given the Pentagon and State...

GE Wins $250M to Demonstrate New Turbine Technologies
General Electric Aviation, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $250,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract (FA8650-19-D-2057) for Advanced Turbine Technologies ...

GD Delivers First Ground Mobility Vehicles to US Army
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --– General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has successfully completed delivery of the first Army-Ground Mobility Vehicles (A-GMV 1.1) to the US Army. This marks the F...

Northrop Wins $792M Launch Services Agreement
DULLES, Va. --– Northrop Grumman Corporation received a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) worth approximately $792 million of government investment from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Cent...

Dassault Issues Clarification on India Rafale Contract
SAINT-CLOUD, France --- Within the framework of the September 2016 Inter-Government Agreement between France and India, Dassault Aviation has sold 36 Rafale aircraft to India. In compliance with the I...

Lockheed Wins Extra $164M for THAADS Support
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, is being awarded a $164,000,000 contract modification (P00034) to previously awarded, sole-source, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-f...

Thales Details Role in Next-Gen Tiger Attack Helicopter
The Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR), acting on behalf of the French, German and Spanish Armament agencies DGA, BAAINBw and DGAM, has awarded a de-risking study to a European conso...

UK Troops Deploy on Largest NATO Exercise in a Decade
NATO’s flagship exercise in 2018, Exercise Trident Juncture, is underway Hundreds of UK troops have arrived in the Netherlands today as part of an epic 2,500km road move to Norway for Exercise Trid...

Tanks, Aircraft Battle Huge Fire at Ukrainian Arms Depot
Kyiv says it has sent in specialized tanks and aircraft to fight a massive fire as explosions continued at an arms depot in northern Ukraine on October 10. More than 12,000 people were evacuated af...

Raytheon Touts Performance of SPY-6 Missile Defense Radar
TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- Raytheon Company's AN/SPY-6(V) radar continues to demonstrate its integrated air and missile defense capability through exceptional performance against multiple targets. The r...

Australia Looks to Equip Next-Gen Soldier
Concepts which once belonged to the realms of science fiction are becoming a reality for Australian soldiers, thanks to pioneering work being undertaken by DST scientists. Tim Bussell and his Integ...

Saab Expands Laser-Based Training for Polish Land Forces
Saab has received an order from the General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military University of Land Forces (AWL), located in Wroclaw, Poland, to expand its fully-instrumented, GAMER laser-based training capabi...

Raytheon Unveils New Reflex Rifle Sight for Land Forces
WASHINGTON --- Raytheon Company has developed the ELCAN Specter close quarters sight that allows ground troops to more quickly identify targets and make better decisions. The new reflex rifle sight fe...

Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th THAAD Interceptor
WASHINGTON --- Lockheed Martin delivered the 300th interceptor for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the only system in the world designed to intercept threats both inside and ou...

Boeing Buys Stake in Accion Systems to Propel Satellite Capabilities
CHICAGO --- Boeing today announced its investment in Accion Systems Inc., a Boston, Mass.,-based startup pioneering scalable electric propulsion technology to transform satellite capabilities in and b...

India MoD Launches Website for Aero India 2019 Show
India is hosting the 12th edition of “Aero India 2019” at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, (Karnataka) from 20 to 24 February, 2019 This five-day event will combine a major trade exhibition...

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