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French Referral of Shipyard Sale to EU May Kill Naval Merger with Italy
BRUSSELS --- The European Commission has agreed to the request submitted by France and Germany asking it to look at Fincantieri's proposed acquisition of Chantiers de l'Atlantique in the light of the

Turkey Says Domestic Software Will Give It Full Control of Russian S-400 Missiles
ANKARA --- In order to exercise full control of missile systems Turkey purchased from abroad, the country has been working on developing stand-alone controller systems, particularly for the S-400 miss

US Blocks Sale of Israeli F-16s to Croatia
WASHINGTON --- A major arms sale between two close American allies is probably dead after the State Department objected to the transfer of sensitive technologies from Israel to Croatia, US and Europea

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French Referral of Shipyard Sale to EU May Kill Naval Merger with Italy
BRUSSELS --- The European Commission has agreed to the request submitted by France and Germany asking it to look at Fincantieri's proposed acquisition of Chantiers de l'Atlantique in the light of the ...

Turkey Says Domestic Software Will Give It Full Control of Russian S-400 Missiles
ANKARA --- In order to exercise full control of missile systems Turkey purchased from abroad, the country has been working on developing stand-alone controller systems, particularly for the S-400 miss...

US Blocks Sale of Israeli F-16s to Croatia
WASHINGTON --- A major arms sale between two close American allies is probably dead after the State Department objected to the transfer of sensitive technologies from Israel to Croatia, US and Europea...

Indonesia Orders Eight Airbus H225M and Nine Bell 412EPI Helicopters
BANDUNG, Indonesia --- Ceremonial signing of the contract for eight H225M helicopters for the Air Force and nine Bell-412EPI Helicopters for the Army today. The contract was signed by PTDI's Commer...

China Deploys Ship-Killer DF-26 Missiles to NW Plateau
China's far-reaching, anti-ship ballistic missile the DF-26 has been mobilized to Northwest China's plateau and desert areas, reported China's national broadcaster on Tuesday after a US warship trespa...

New Pentagon Chief Under Scrutiny Over Perceived Boeing Bias
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan’s private remarks during his 18 months at the Pentagon have spurred accusations that he is boosting his former employer Boeing, people who have witnessed the ...

GD Wins $714M US Army Order to Upgrade Abrams Tanks
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. --- The U.S. Army has signed a $714 million delivery order for General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade an additional 174 M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to the state-of-the-art ...

Airbus Delivered 800 Commercial Aircraft in 2018
TOULOUSE, France --- Airbus SE confirms that it achieved 800 commercial aircraft deliveries in 2018, subject to the finalisation of the auditing process. The final 2018 audited commercial aircraft ...

Boeing Delivered 806 Commercial Aircraft in 2018
SEATTLE --- Boeing delivered 69 737 airplanes in December and set a new annual record of 806 deliveries in 2018, surpassing its previous record of 763 deliveries in 2017. Even as Boeing delivered more...

Russia’s Newest OTH Radar to Enter Service This Year
The Konteiner newest over-the-horizon detection radar will take on combat alert duty in 2019. Combat crews of radio-technical units of the Russian Aerospace Forces have taken on test combat duty on...

Russia’s Ratnik 3rd-Gen Soldier System to Include Robots, UAVs
The Ratnik advanced gear of the 3rd generation is to integrated with portable robotic systems and unmanned aerial vehicles to provide ground forces with more information on the battlefield. Complexes ...

US Will Pick Up Pace in Race to Space with China: DOD
WASHINGTON --- The United States isn’t out of the game yet when it comes to space, but if it wants to remain on top, it will need to do more and do it faster, a senior Defense Department official said...

China Successfully Completed Hypersonic Engine Test
China's home-grown turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine system has completed its design and development stage and entered the aircraft-engine integration test phase, a major step toward the deve...

Poland Offered A Share in Italy’s Future Attack Helicopter
Buy existing armaments on the spot or invest in development programs that require patience, but may result in increased technological and industrial capabilities? This is a dilemma for many countri...

MBDA Demos Anti-Surface Capabilities of the Mistral Missile
At the end of 2018, MBDA successfully demonstrated the use of the Mistral missile against fast boats such as FIACs (Fast Inshore Attack Craft). A number of foreign delegations attended the demonstrati...

Pentagon Inspector-General Explains DoD Audit Results
To comply with the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014, the DoD OIG ensured that the DoD’s financial statements underwent a full audit in FY 2018. The DoD OIG, and five independent public accou...

BAE to Modernize USS Shoup Under $87M Contract
BAE Systems has received a $78.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the maintenance and modernization of USS Shoup (DDG 86), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer (DDG). The value of...

PLA Trains ‘Super Soldiers’ with Futuristic Weapons
Equipped with futuristic individual combat weapons like grenade-launching assault rifles, corner shot pistols and knife guns, the PLA special forces are aiming to build "super" soldiers capable of "1 ...

CRS Issues New Report on Cluster Munitions
Cluster munitions are air-dropped or ground-launched weapons that release a number of smaller submunitions intended to kill enemy personnel or destroy vehicles. Cluster munitions were developed in Wor...

Leonardo DRS Wins $80M US Army Contract for Trophy APS
ARLINGTON, VA --- Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded an undefinitized contract action initially worth $79.6 million to provide the U.S. Army and Marine Corps with additional T...

Norway Orders Heckler & Koch HK416 Assault Rifles
Heckler & Koch has been entrusted by the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency with the supply of HK416 Assault Rifle Sets for their Norwegian Armed Forces. The supply order will run over 36 months, be...

Ghana Unveils Domestically-Produced APC
The African country of Ghana has produced an armored personnel carrier (APC). At the end of last month, at the 38th annual Technology Exhibition of the Kantanka Group in Accra, the Kantanka Technol...

Brazil's Defense Minister Doubts Establishment of U.S Military Bases
SAO PAULO --- In an interview with financial newspaper Valor Econômico Brazil's sitting Minister of Defense General Fernando Azevedo e Silva cast skepticism on the proposal put forward by recently ina...

Sweden Sets Goals for Its Chairmanship of Nordic Defence Cooperation
In 2019 Sweden holds the chairmanship of the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO). During the year, the Nordic ministers of Defence will conduct two ministerials and several meetings will be held on ...

Lithuania Stands Up Communications and IT Battalion
On January 8, a new unit of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Communications and Information Systems Battalion was inaugurated in Vilnius. The new Battalion has been formed on the basis of the Communicatio...

Portable Antitank Radar Enters Service with Russian Troops
The SNAR-10 M1 self-propelled radar, capable of detecting tanks at a distance of up to 40 km, arrived at the Central Military District under a state defence order. The new station strengthens the c...

S. Korean Army Launches New Ground Command
The Army has launched a central operations command, with a view to enhancing combat and command efficiency of the ground forces, the Army said Wednesday. The Ground Operations Command (GOC), which ...

US Air Force to Hold ‘Space Flag’ Operational Exercise in April
PETERSON AFB, Colo. --- Air Force Space Command concluded its fourth iteration of the Department of Defense’s premier space exercise last month in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Space Flag 19-1 took p...

Hughes Wins US Navy Order for BGAN Satellite Terminals
GERMANTOWN, Md. --- Hughes Network Systems, a company working in broadband satellite networks and services, announced that the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic ordered over 2...

USAF to Study Impact of Runway Friction on Tire Wear
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- An innovative effort at the Landing Gear Test Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, aims to improve the way the Air Force evaluates the impact of runway fri...

Australia Extends Defence Force Recruiting Contract
Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester today announced the signing of a two year extension to the Recruiting Services contract with ManpowerGroup. The Australian Defence Force’s (ADF’s) rel...

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