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Lockheed Wins $2.4 Bn for F-35 Spare Parts Packages for All Operators
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $2,426,326,544 for modification P00002 to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quan

NASSCO Wins $1.6 Bn for Two Expeditionary Sea Base Ships and Option on A Third
General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is award)ed a $1,077,009,532 fixed-price-incentive modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-2235 for the pro

US Aims to Block Chinese Takeover of Ukraine's Main Aero Engine Firm
Ukrainian state military industrial corporation Ukroboronprom and Chinese firms Skyrizon Aircraft and Xinwei Technology Group reached an agreement to jointly control Motor Sich, Interfax-Ukraine repor

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Lockheed Wins $2.4 Bn for F-35 Spare Parts Packages for All Operators
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $2,426,326,544 for modification P00002 to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quan...

NASSCO Wins $1.6 Bn for Two Expeditionary Sea Base Ships and Option on A Third
General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is award)ed a $1,077,009,532 fixed-price-incentive modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-2235 for the pro...

US Aims to Block Chinese Takeover of Ukraine's Main Aero Engine Firm
Ukrainian state military industrial corporation Ukroboronprom and Chinese firms Skyrizon Aircraft and Xinwei Technology Group reached an agreement to jointly control Motor Sich, Interfax-Ukraine repor...

HAL May Cut Tejas Price By 40% to Win New Orders
BENGALURU --- Staring at a depleting order book, defence PUS Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) — negotiating price for the 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas aircraft order — is likely to agree to...

Russia Tests Advanced ICBMs by Firing Them from Submarines
Two Russian submarines took part in an ICBM test on Saturday morning, firing a missile each at targets in Kamchatka, in Russia's far east, and Archangelsk, in the country's north, the Russian military...

Putin Orders 'Comprehensive Measures' in Response to US Missile Test
MOSCOW -- The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's military to prepare "comprehensive measures" in response to a U.S. missile test that has raised fears of a new arms race after ...

South Korea Offers to Finance New Philippine Corvettes
MANILA --- South Korea has offered to finance the country's Corvette Acquisition Project (CAP) that will acquire two ships as part of the efforts to modernize the Philippine Navy (PN), the Department ...

Raytheon Wins $534M for Thermal Imaging Tank Sights
Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, was awarded a $534,000,000 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for Horizontal Technology Integration Second Generation Forward Looking Infrared (2...

First Russian Kasatanov-Class Frigate Completes Initial Sea Trials
MOSCOW --- The Project 22350 first serial-produced frigate Admiral Kasatonov armed with Kalibr cruise missiles has entered the final stage of shipbuilders’ trials, the Severnaya Shipyard reported on F...

Philippines Favor Australian-Financed OPVs In G2G Deal
MANILA --- The Philippine Navy (PN)'s offshore patrol vessel (OPV) project will be acquired via the so-called government-to-government procurement approach. "Yes, because we are availing of Austral...

HMS Defender Diverted to Patrol Strait of Hormuz
Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender will join the Royal Navy’s efforts to support the safe passage of shipping in the Middle East. The Government confirmed earlier this month that the Royal Navy has bee...

Portugal Picks Elbit EW Suite for New KC-390 Transporters
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems announces that it was selected by the Portuguese Ministry of Defense (MoD) to supply a complete Electronic Warfare (EW) suite for the Portuguese Air Forces' (PtAF) new ...

USAF Pilot’s Story Reveals Multiple F-35 Failings in Single Sortie
HILL AFB, Utah --- The day started like any other Thursday fly day. We briefed, put on our flight gear and stepped to the jets. Startup, taxi, takeoff and departure to the airspace all went as planned...

New Milestone for UK Military Flying Training System
On 23 August 2019, a total of 22 tri-Service aircrew graduated from the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) at RAF Shawbury. The parade celebrated both the graduation of the first 13 pilots to com...

Ontario Shipyard Accuses Ottawa of Favoring Competitor
OTTAWA --- An Ontario shipyard is accusing the federal government of trying to unfairly award Quebec's Chantier Davie shipyard potentially billions of dollars in work without a competition. The all...

Royal Air Force Sees Demo of New Protector UAV Capabilities
SAN DIEGO --- On August 16th, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) gave a flight demonstration to Royal Air Force (RAF) senior leadership and RAF Reaper operators, as well as guests fro...

Trump Calls S. Korea-US Joint Military Drills 'Total Waste of Money'
U.S. President Donald Trump has called the recently concluded South Korea-U.S. combined military exercise "unnecessary" and a "total waste of money" despite heightened tensions caused by Pyongyang's r...

North Korea Unveils New 'Super-Large' Multiple Rocket Launcher
North Korea has successfully developed a new "super-large" multiple rocket launcher, according to the country's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Sunday. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un obs...

Oshkosh and Flyer to Develop Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV)
OSHKOSH, Wis. --- Oshkosh Defense, LLC announced today that the U.S. Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense along with teammate, Flyer Defense LLC, a Task Assignment award under an existing Project Agreemen...

Nations Developing Modular UGS Apply for EDIDP Funding
Today, Kusti Salm, Director General of the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments, signed an agreement with representatives from Belgium, Spain, Latvia, France, Germany and Finland for the developmen...

USNS Puerto Rico Completes Integrated Sea Trials
MOBILE, Ala. --- USNS Puerto Rico (EPF 11), successfully completed the first integrated sea trials for an Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ship Aug. 22. The ship returned to the Austal USA shipyard ...

Piaggio Wins Support Contract for ENAV’s P.180 Fleet
VILLANOVA D’ALBENGA, Italy –-– Piaggio Aerospace has been awarded a contract for the maintenance of the P.180s owned by ENAV, the company that manages civil air traffic in Italy. The agreement, with a...

Dubai Air Show Touts Region’s $100 Bn Defense Spending
Middle Eastern defence spending will reach USD$100 billion in 2019, led predominantly by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to Jane's by IHS Markit forecast. Out of the top ten defence spending natio...

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