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Court Freezes Canadian Frigate Project, Will Investigate Complaint
The federal government's plan to award a group of companies led by Lockheed Martin Canada the contract to design and support the construction of the navy's new frigates was dealt another setback late

S. Korea to Buy Six Boeing P-8 MPAs, Two More Elta Radars for $1.4Bn
South Korea is acquiring two Israeli Green Pine Block C early warning radar systems capable of detecting ballistic missiles in the ascent stage. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA

Russia’s New Light Military Transport Begins Flight Tests
MOSCOW --- The first Ilyushin Il-112V military transport plane has been delivered for flight tests, the press office of the United Aircraft Corporation’s Transport Aviation Division reported on Tuesda

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Court Freezes Canadian Frigate Project, Will Investigate Complaint
The federal government's plan to award a group of companies led by Lockheed Martin Canada the contract to design and support the construction of the navy's new frigates was dealt another setback late ...

S. Korea to Buy Six Boeing P-8 MPAs, Two More Elta Radars for $1.4Bn
South Korea is acquiring two Israeli Green Pine Block C early warning radar systems capable of detecting ballistic missiles in the ascent stage. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA...

Russia’s New Light Military Transport Begins Flight Tests
MOSCOW --- The first Ilyushin Il-112V military transport plane has been delivered for flight tests, the press office of the United Aircraft Corporation’s Transport Aviation Division reported on Tuesda...

KAI to Roll Out Light Attack Helicopter Prototype Next Month
SEOUL --- Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), a South Korean defense firm, plans to roll out the prototype of a light armed helicopter (LAH) for the country's Army in December, its officials said Sunday...

Oshkosh Wins $1.7Bn US Army Truck Order
Oshkosh Defense LLC, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was awarded a $1,698,639,588 modification (P00163) to contract W56HZV-15-C-0095 to exercise available options for 6,107 vehicles and 22,166 kits. Work will...

US Approves $1Bn Sale of AH-64E Apache Helicopters to Egypt
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt of ten (10) AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters for an estimated cost of $1.0 billion. Th...

US Clears $215M Sale of NASAMS Air Defense System to Qatar
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Qatar of defense articles and services in support of a Direct Commercial Sale of the National...

Russia Deploys Nebo-UM Radar in Western Military District
The Russian Armed Forces have observed a noticeable increase in NATO reconnaissance activity on its borders in recent months, scrambling aircraft repeatedly last week to prevent foreign spy planes fro...

Price of US Tank Ammo Deal for Egypt Doubles in 6 Weeks
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Egypt of forty-six thousand (46,000) M831A1 and M865 rounds and ten thousand (10,000) APFSDS-...

Harris Wins $217M for Satcoms Management Network
Harris Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded a $217,670,998 hybrid (cost, cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for monitoring, configuring, and maintaining of the wideband satel...

US Air Force Finally Adds IRS&T to F-15C Fighters
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin secured two contracts from the F-15 prime contractor, Boeing, for the integration and production of Legion Pod. These include a 28-month Engineering and Manufacturing...

Fincantieri Lays Keel for First Qatari Corvette
TRIESTE, Italy --- The keel laying ceremony of the first Doha-class corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at...

RAF’s Ex. Point Blank Kicks Off with F-15, F-35 and Rafale
Two of the RAF's F-35B Lightning stealth fighter jets will take part in an exercise over the North Sea later on Tuesday. They will fly alongside aircraft from the US and French Air Forces, in what ...

US Air Force Touts E-11 Comms Relay Aircraft in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan --- There is an aircraft that is so unique, you can only find it in one place – not even the pilots who fly the aircraft can touch it until they are deployed to this spe...

USS John S. McCain Leaves Dry Dock, Continues Repairs in Yokosuka
YOKOSUKA, Japan --- USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) achieved a major milestone this week as it successfully launched from dry dock and moored pierside at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Nov. 27. ...

GA-ASI Tests Certifiable Ground Control Station for SkyGuardian RPA
SAN DIEGO --- A “Certifiable” (STANAG 4671-compliant) Ground Control Station (C-GCS) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was used for the first time on October 4 to fly a Remotely...

Australia Expects Economic Boom from Naval Shipbuilding
The strong boost to Australia’s economy from the Coalition’s sovereign Naval Shipbuilding Plan has been further confirmed through an Oxford Economics report on the Hunter class future frigate program....

Lockheed Says It’s Cut $3M from the Cost of F-35 Simulators
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin reduced the cost of an F-35 Full Mission Simulator (FMS) by $3 million per copy since program inception, reflected in Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) lot 11. Compr...

German AF Exchange Pilots Train in Israel on F-16Ds
This is the third year in a row that crew exchanges have been held between the 101st (First Fighter) and the 105th (Scorpion) Squadrons operating Barak (F-16C/D) aircraft, and the German Air Force's F...

RAAF Maintainers Begin Training at New F-35 Air Base
Air Force maintainers have started F-35A training at the Integrated Training Centre (ITC) in No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU) at RAAF Base Williamtown. Williamtown is busily preparing for t...

NATO’s Flagship Cyber Exercise Begins in Estonia
started on Tuesday (27 November 2018) in Tartu, Estonia. The exercise tests and trains cyber defenders from across the Alliance in their ability to defend NATO and national networks. Now in its eleven...

Leonardo DRS Delivers 100th Gas Turbine for Naval Ships
ARLINGTON, VA --- Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it successfully delivered its 100th LM2500 Gas Turbine Package to GE in August, which will be installed on a U.S. Navy guided missile destroye...

Spanish Army Brigade Demos Thales Battle Management System
On November 7th , a delegation of Thales, with top representatives from 15 European American, Asian and Australian countries, visited Brigrada Guadarrama XII of the Army at the military base located i...

General Atomics Opens New Delhi Office, Names Indian Director
SAN DIEGO/NEW DELHI --- General Atomics today announced the opening of a new office in New Delhi, and that Mr. Pratesh Gandhi will serve as Director of India Strategic Development with responsibilitie...

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