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US Arms Exports Rise 13% in FY2018 to $192 Billion on Looser Controls
WASHINGTON, DC --- Over the last fiscal year, authorized arms exports rose by a total of 13 percent to $192.3 billion, adding thousands of jobs to the U.S. economy and sustaining many thousands more.

France Qualifies Rafale’s F3-R Standard with AESA Radar and Meteor Missile
PARIS --- the Directorate General of Armament (DGA) approved the Rafale's new F3-R standard, in accordance with the objectives set out in the contract awarded in early 2014 to Dassault Aviation, Thale

France Orders MICA New-Gen Air-to-Air Missiles
PARIS --- Following the decision of Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) on November 6 awarded MBDA a contract for the acquisition of 567 MICA NG missiles a

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US Arms Exports Rise 13% in FY2018 to $192 Billion on Looser Controls
WASHINGTON, DC --- Over the last fiscal year, authorized arms exports rose by a total of 13 percent to $192.3 billion, adding thousands of jobs to the U.S. economy and sustaining many thousands more. ...

France Qualifies Rafale’s F3-R Standard with AESA Radar and Meteor Missile
PARIS --- the Directorate General of Armament (DGA) approved the Rafale's new F3-R standard, in accordance with the objectives set out in the contract awarded in early 2014 to Dassault Aviation, Thale...

Darpa Launches Urgent RFP to Counter Hypersonic Vehicles
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative proposals in the following technical area: counter-hypersonics. Proposed research should investigate innovative approache...

Russian Navy Has No Replacement for Sunken Drydock
The Russian Navy does not have a domestic replacement with equivalent capacity for the giant floating drydock PD-50, which sank out from beneath the service's only aircraft carrier last month. Accordi...

Chinese Engine for J-20 Fighter Is No Show At Zhuhai
The crowds were there. The jets were screaming through the sky. The next-gen tech? Not quite so much. A purpose-built engine for China’s new generation stealth fighter jet has not gone on display a...

US Air Force Relocates F-22s from Damaged Tyndall AFB
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- The Air Force announced the temporary relocation of personnel and F-22s from the 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to Joint Base (JB) Pearl Harbor-Hickam...

France Orders MICA New-Gen Air-to-Air Missiles
PARIS --- Following the decision of Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) on November 6 awarded MBDA a contract for the acquisition of 567 MICA NG missiles a...

Three Canadian Frigates Suffer Propulsion Problems
OTTAWA --- Over the past two weeks there have been a series of technical issues that have affected deployed Royal Canadian Navy ships. Specifically, there have been two fires in gas turbine enclosures...

Occar Issues RFP to Airbus for Euro MALE Drone
Shortly before the end of the definition study, launched in September 2016, the Programme Participating States of the European MALE RPAS programme, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, have taken a major...

China Unveils Carrier-Capable Drone at Zhuhai Air Show
A new drone with folding wings and the potential to be deployed on China's third aircraft carrier debuted at Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province this week. Previously onl...

Navantia’s €1.8Bn Contract for Saudi Corvettes Has Come into Force
MADRID --- The president of the Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (State Industrial Participations Company, SEPI), Vicente Fernández Guerrero, today said, during testimony before the Co...

House of Commons Reviews UK Defense Spending
This paper summarises UK defence expenditure (historic, current, and planned), international comparisons of defence expenditure of NATO Allies, and the financial cost of UK military operations. It ...

USAF Tests ICBM in Launch from Vandenberg AFB
The US Air Force successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base as part of the agency's latest operation...

Ball Aerospace Wins $255M for New Weather Satellite
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado, has been awarded a $255,418,494 firm-fixed-price contract modification (P00008) to previously awarded contract FA8810-18-C-0002 for the Weather ...

US Air Force Awards $241M Contract for MQ-9 Training
Crew Training International Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, has been awarded a $241,410,854 firm-fixed-price contract for the MQ-9 Contract Aircrew Training and Courseware Development training program. ...

Colt, FN Each Win $88M for M4 Carbine Production
-- Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC, West Hartford, Connecticut, was awarded an $88,607,109 modification (P00008) to contract W15QKN-15-D-0102 for M4 and M4A1 carbines. Work will be performed in Wes...

Raytheon Wins Extra Funds to Develop SM-3 Block IIA Missile
Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $74,847,815 sole-source, cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00049) to contract HQ0276-15-C-0003. This modification award is for th...

Russia to Upgrade Combat Helos After Syria Lessons
ZHUHAI, China --- The holding company Helicopters of Russia (an affiliate of Rostec) keeps improving and perfecting its combat helicopters that were tested in real action in Syria, the company’s chief...

Swiss Hornets Fly to Scotland for Night Flight Training
BERN --- From November 12 to December 7, 2018, Swiss Air Force personnel will train at night with up to ten F / A-18 fighter jets from Royal Air Force Lossiemouth, located in the north of Scotland. Th...

Japan Donation to Help Maintain Philippines’ UH-1H Helicopters
MANILA --- Japan's official development assistance (ODA) consisting of PHP5-billion worth of UH-IH spare parts and maintenance equipment will ensure more mission-ready "Huey" helicopters for the Phili...

US Navy to Christen Expeditionary Fast Transport, Commission LCS 11
The Navy will christen its newest Expeditionary Fast Transport, the future USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11), during a 10 a.m. CST ceremony Saturday, November 10, at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alaba...

India Loosens Service Purse Strings for Ammunition Purchases
The Ministry of Defence has delegated greater financial decision-making powers to Vice Chiefs of the three Services in order to expedite the decision-making process involved in the revenue procurement...

New Milestone for Australian Frigate Upgrade Program
HMAS Arunta’s new mast has been installed in a major milestone as part of the ship’s Mid Life Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) being undertaken at BAE Systems Australia’s Henderson facility. Th...

US Navy Dedicates New SLBM Facility
DAHLGREN, Va. --- Navy leaders and local officials cut the ribbon for a new facility considered vital to the nation’s Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Program, here, Nov 1. Three guest s...

BAE Enhances Air Traffic Situational Awareness for Military Pilots
BAE Systems has created a low-cost system that uses existing satellite navigation and commercial aircraft data to improve airspace safety. Using the Web Enabled Data Links (WEnDL) system military airc...

RusHelo to Open Service Centers in China
ZHUHAI, China --- The Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) and the Chinese company United Aviation Technology negotiated about establishing a maintenance and repair c...

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