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IAI Wins $777M Indian Order for Barak 8 Long-Range Air-Defense System
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today it has been awarded an additional, $777-million mega- contract for supply of LRSAM Air & Missile Defense systems (the marine version of the AMD system

US Army Develop Hypersonic Weapon
WASHINGTON --- Similar to precision weapons being developed by the Air Force and Navy, the Army is developing its own unique hypersonic weapon. Col. John Rafferty, director of the Long-Range Precis

Putin: Russia Will Target Nations Hosting U.S. Missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that, if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Moscow will have to target the countries hosting them. The October 24 statement f

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IAI Wins $777M Indian Order for Barak 8 Long-Range Air-Defense System
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today it has been awarded an additional, $777-million mega- contract for supply of LRSAM Air & Missile Defense systems (the marine version of the AMD system...

US Army Develop Hypersonic Weapon
WASHINGTON --- Similar to precision weapons being developed by the Air Force and Navy, the Army is developing its own unique hypersonic weapon. Col. John Rafferty, director of the Long-Range Precis...

Putin: Russia Will Target Nations Hosting U.S. Missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that, if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Moscow will have to target the countries hosting them. The October 24 statement f...

Trump Opens the Door to Defense Spending Cuts
President Donald Trump has called on department secretaries to deliver 5 percent cuts for their upcoming FY20 budget requests, opening the door for a potential decline in defense spending. At the sam...

Boeing Takes $691M Charge for T-X, MQ-25 Contract Wins
CHICAGO --- The Boeing Company reported third-quarter revenue of $25.1 billion driven by higher defense volume and services growth. GAAP earnings per share increased to $4.07 and core earnings per sha...

F-35 ‘Threat Library’ of Mission Data Files Now Operational
The Pentagon's F-35 is conducting attacks, surveillance operations and combat missions with an updated on-board “threat library” of Mission Data Files engineered to identify enemy threats in key regio...

Maritime Heron UAV Completes 200 Flight Hours in Civilian Airspace
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in partnership with Airbus DS Airborne Solutions, a subsidiary of Airbus DS successfully completed 200 flight hours with the maritime Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft ...

US Sees Transportation, Logistics As Key Military Advantages
WASHINGTON --- America’s military advantage lies in its ability to project power and sustain forces. No other country in the world could deploy and sustain an operation in Afghanistan, as the Unite...

China Adds Graphene Armor to Z-10 Attack Helicopters: Report
An unknown number of China’s Z-10 air-to-ground attack helicopters have been upgraded with ultra-thin graphene semimetal to serve as an extra layer of protection from adversaries, according to Asia Ti...

Philippines to Receive New Missile Frigate in 2020
MANILA --- The Philippine Navy said the construction of the country's first missile-armed frigate is steadily progressing. "(The construction of) our (first) frigate is moving forward. It will arri...

China’s Growing Ability to Drive Away U.S. Forces
If there is a theme to China’s military developments, it is pushing the adversary back. A vast and growing assembly of sensors and weapons is the modern expression of what the former Soviet Union call...

Honeywell Wins $1 Bn Pentagon Order for Auxiliary Power Units
Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, has been awarded an estimated $1,036,726,575 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for support of the following platforms: Ground Start Carts, C-130 Au...

Sikorsky Wins $717M for CH-53 Spares Support
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $717,410,825 firm-fixed-priced, performance-based logistics requirements contract for logistics and repair support for 98 components in su...

ULA Wins $152M for Spy Satellite Launch
United Launch Services, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $152,429,417 firm-fixed-price contract for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Delta IV heavy launch services. This contract provides...

ECA Wins Order for French Navy’s Barracuda SSNs
At the occasion of EURONAVAL, Naval Group and ECA Group signed the letter of intent for a contract worth more than € 12 million for the supply of equipment (electric propulsion and variable speed driv...

Final RAAF Hawk Aircraft Ready for Upgrade
BAE Systems Australia has inducted the final aircraft into its Williamtown maintenance facility ahead of its upgrade that will make Royal Australian Air Force’s Hawk Mk127 fleet among the most advance...

Emerging Technologies for Soldier Equipment
In World War II, being an infantryman was the third deadliest job in the American military, behind bombardiers and submariners. In the years since, technology has enabled the creation of stealth bombe...

NATO Set to Start 'Biggest Military Exercise Since the Cold War'
BRUSSELS --- NATO is launching its largest military exercise since the collapse of the Soviet Union, mustering tens of thousands of troops in what the head of the Western alliance called a "strong dis...

Royal Navy Lead Ship Gathering for Biggest NATO War Game of 2018
Striking out across 1,000 miles of unforgiving ocean are the major warships assigned to the largest NATO war game of the year: Trident Juncture 18. HMS Westminster makes her way out of Reykjavik in...

ASEAN Military Officials View Simulated Training of Chinese Navy
Military officials from ASEAN member countries were impressed after viewing a simulated training exercise on China's Qijiguang naval training ship in Zhanjiang, South China's Guangdong Province on Tue...

Pence, Shanahan Detail Progress Made in Space Force
WASHINGTON --- Space is a crucial domain that the United States must continue to exploit and lead in, said Vice President Mike Pence at the fourth meeting of the National Space Council at Fort Lesley ...

US Navy Releases Business Operations Plan to Further Reforms
WASHINGTON --- The Department of the Navy (DON) released its business operations plan Oct. 24, establishing the framework for the department’s continuing business reform agenda. “The Department of ...

INF Demise Could Threaten Other Missile Treaty
WASHINGTON --- At the time, the treaty was landmark, deemed a new cornerstone of strategic stability. The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) agreement for the first time eliminated an ent...

European NATO Allies Muted on Nuclear Treaty's Demise
NATO declines to push for a diplomatic solution over dissolution, blaming Russian violations for the US move. Could a new summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin offer a last chance to save the...

Koreas' Vice Defense Ministers Meet on Margins of China Military Forum
SEOUL --- The Koreas' vice defense ministers held brief talks over their countries' recent military agreement on the sidelines of a security forum in Beijing on Thursday, Seoul's defense ministry said...

Terma Raytheon Radar for Type 26 Frigate Wins Certification
EURONAVAL --- The joint Raytheon Anschütz/Terma naval radar solution selected for the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 Global Combat Ships recently obtained the important IMO certificate. The Terma and Ray...

Safran Launches New Family of Naval Inertial Nav Systems
EURONAVAL 2018 --- Drawing on feedback from its many products used in deployments around the world, Safran Electronics & Defense is introducing a complete range of inertial navigation systems for both...

Thales Wins Network Security Contracts for EU Missions
BRUSSELS --- EDA and Thales Six GTS France SAS have signed a contract within the Agency’s EU Satcom Market project for the provision of secure network and communication services to the Military Planni...

French Navy’s Surface Fleet Now Equipped with 2 Secure Intranet
PARIS --- More than sixty vessels in the French Navy are now equipped with the ‘Réseau Intranet de la Force Aéronavale étape 2’ (RIFAN 2) system, ranging from aircraft carriers and front-line frigates...

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