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Saab Wins First Boeing Order for US Air Force’s T-X Jet Trainer
Saab has received an order from Boeing for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase for the Advanced Pilot Training Aircraft, T-X. The value of this order is approximately MUSD 117.6.

S. Korea Wants to Develop Blue Water Navy
SEOUL --- South Korea's Navy said Friday that it will push to create a task fleet capable of broader-range operations beyond its shores, in another show of its desire to build blue-water capabilities.

Indonesia to Renegotiate cost of Next-Gen IFX Fighter with S. Korea
JAKARTA --- Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Thomas Lembong stressed that renegotiations for a joint jet fighter development project with South Korea were aimed at easing the burden on the st

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Saab Wins First Boeing Order for US Air Force’s T-X Jet Trainer
Saab has received an order from Boeing for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase for the Advanced Pilot Training Aircraft, T-X. The value of this order is approximately MUSD 117.6....

S. Korea Wants to Develop Blue Water Navy
SEOUL --- South Korea's Navy said Friday that it will push to create a task fleet capable of broader-range operations beyond its shores, in another show of its desire to build blue-water capabilities....

Indonesia to Renegotiate cost of Next-Gen IFX Fighter with S. Korea
JAKARTA --- Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) head Thomas Lembong stressed that renegotiations for a joint jet fighter development project with South Korea were aimed at easing the burden on the st...

Dassault Working on Indian Rafale Contract Amid Political Turmoil
The contrast is striking between the spreading controversy around the 2016 deal that saw India purchase Dassault Rafale fighters and progress toward delivery. On the one hand, a former French presiden...

Russia Claims 380km Range for New S-400 Missile
MOSCOW --- The 40N6 long-range surface-to-air missile of the S-400 Triumf system has been accepted for service in the Russian Army, a source in the domestic defense industry told TASS on Thursday. ...

Europe Is Top Destination for US Arms Sales in FY 2018
European countries were the top customers for proposed foreign arms sales by U.S. defense companies in fiscal 2018, according to the latest update of Bloomberg Government’s Foreign Military Sales Dash...

US Navy to Christen Two Nuclear Submarines Tomorrow
The Navy will christen the attack submarine, the future USS Delaware (SSN 791), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls In...

Latest-Gen Thales Optronics for Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier
The French Navy faces a whole range of challenges to keep its ships and sailors safe at every decisive moment during their operational missions. High on the list of priorities is the ability to detect...

US Navy with 355 Ships Would Cost $631Bn Over 30 Years
The Department of Defense (DoD) submitted the Navy’s 2019 shipbuilding plan, which covers fiscal years 2019 to 2048, to the Congress in February 2018. The average annual cost of carrying out that plan...

F-35B Drops First Bombs During Trials on HMS Queen Elisabeth
The first bombs have been dropped from F-35 Lightning fighter jets conducting trials on board Britain’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The inert GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided precisi...

HMS Argyll Demos SeaCeptor Missile on Ex Bersama Lima
Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll demonstrated her firepower alongside the UK’s allies in the Asia Pacific region as part of a major exercise. The Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate has been working alongs...

What Can 24 Satellites Do for U.S. Missile Defense?
Despite some missile defense advocates' claims that 24 satellites could form the basis of a boost-phase space-based missile interceptor (SBI) system, many physicists do not agree. A better question...

China, US Agree to Enhance Cooperation Between Militaries
SINGAPORE --- Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Wei Fenghe agreed with the United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis here Thursday to control risks and deepen mutual trust...

A Second Look At USAF’s $2.3Bn Contract for New Launch Vehicles
The U.S. Air Force has awarded three companies a combined $2.3 billion in contracts to help fund the development of new launch vehicles under the Air Force’s Launch Service Agreement (LSA) program. Un...

After USAF, US Navy to Pay Bonuses to Retain Its Pilots
MILLINGTON, Tennessee --- The Navy announced the FY-19 Aviation Department Head Retention Bonus (ADHRB) and Aviation Command Retention Bonuses (ACRB) for Active Component (AC) aviators in NAVADMIN 254...

QinetiQ Selects TactiCall for Naval Research Facility
Saab’s integrated communication system, TactiCall, has been chosen by QinetiQ for use at their Shore-based Information Facility (SIF), a testing facility in Portsdown, near Portsmouth in the UK. ...

SNC’s Cyber Defense Deemed 100% Effective in Simulated Attack
SPARKS, Nev.--- Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Binary Armor SCADA network cybersecurity solution was proven 100 percent effective by an independent research organization. The security research prog...

Fleet Support Enhancements Assist Australian Navy Capability
Navy is rebuilding the Fleet Support Unit (FSU) in order to enhance the capability of technical sailors to conduct maintenance and manufacturing when they are at sea. Central to achieving this goal ha...

Lithuania Receives Containerized Military Camp Facility
In early October, the Southern Operations Centre team successfully delivered new containerized facilities for the Lithuanian Armed Forces. This package consisted of kitchen modules, showers, toilets ...

Latvia Receives US-Manufactured Military Tactical Vehicles
National Armed Forces have received the first 18 "Sportsman Big Boss" and MRZR- 2 military tactical vehicles in scope of the US government’s Foreign Military Sales programme. These vehicles are manufa...

Russia Strengthens Military Links with Mongolia, Delivers Hardware
Russia supplied military technical assets of more than 13 million dollars to Mongolia. Delivery of the assets to the Mongolian side in the framework of military-technical assistance is "certainly a la...

Kosovo Votes to Establish National Army
Kosovo's lawmakers have moved to create a national army in a vote boycotted by the parliament's Serb minority lawmakers. A similar effort last year was blocked when Serb politicians refused to change ...

Airbus to Showcase Solutions for Safer Oceans at Euronaval
PARIS --- Airbus will be showcasing a myriad of smart solutions for safer oceans at this year’s Euronaval in Paris from October 23 to 26. The portfolio presented will range from maritime awareness cen...

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