Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases New Flaw Delays F-35 Operational Testing to 2020 The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not complete its already-delayed formal operational test phase this fall because of a setback in the testing process, according to a source close to the program. ... USAF Awards Boeing $2.6Bn Order for KC-46 Tankers The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, has been awarded a $2,628,005,872 modification (P00165) to previously awarded contract FA8625-11-C-6600 for Lot 5 production KC-46 aircraft, initial spares, and su... Unexpected Cracking Found on Critical Boeing 737 Next-Gen Part Boeing engineers and safety investigators are scrambling to find out how many Boeing 737NGs have cracked 'pickle forks' after finding several in the jets. A pickle fork is the part that helps attac... WTO: Record US Tariff Award Expected Over Airbus Aid BRUSSELS/PARIS --- Transatlantic trade ties face renewed disruption this week when global arbiters are expected to grant the United States a record award allowing it to hit European imports with billi... First Networked Air-Defense Engagement by French Navy Frigates Engaged in the Gabian high intensity training off the Isle of Levant, the air-defence frigate ‘Forbin’ and the multi-mission frigate ‘Languedoc’ on September 18, 2019 completed a networked missile str... India Launches First P17A Stealth Frigate, Commissions Second Scorpene Sub Raksha Mantri [Defence Minister] Shri Rajnath Singh today said the Government is making concerted efforts to modernise the Navy and equip it with the best platforms, weapons and sensors to deal with a... Brazil Developing Long-Range Air-Launched Cruise Missile At the Sept. 24 public hearing by the Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense on “Assumptions of National Sovereignty,” it was revealed that, among other projects, the Brazilian Air Force ... Turkey Begins Building First Corvette for Pakistan KARACHI --- The construction of first of the four stealth MILGEM-Class Warships for Pakistan Navy kicked off at Turkey’s Istanbul Shipyard on Sunday. In this regard, a ceremony was held which was atte... Hungary Orders 44 Leopard Tanks, 24 PzH 2000 SP Guns Rheinmetall is taking on an important role in the modernization of the Hungarian Army. The Düsseldorf-based Group is producing the main armament and fire control technology for forty-four Leopard 2 ma... A-Darter AAM Completes Development, Wins Brazilian Certification A ceremony was held in Brasilia on Sept. 26 to mark the issuance of the Type-Certificate of the A-Darter project, which aimed at the development of a 5th generation infrared short-range air-to-air mis... Italian Air Force Deploys F-35s to Protect Icelandic Air Space With a solemn flag-raising ceremony at Keflavik military airport in Iceland, the Northern Lightning Interim Air Policing operation officially began. For the first time, a fifth-generation fighter w... Raytheon, Rheinmetall to Offer Lynx for US Army Combat Vehicle Competition DETROIT --- Raytheon Company and Rheinmetall Defence have established a joint venture to offer the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the U.S. Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, or OMFV, compe... BAE Delivers Final Typhoon to Royal Air Force The most advanced Typhoon aircraft has been delivered to the Royal Air Force. BAE Systems handed over the jet as work continues on delivering the capabilities required to ensure Typhoon remains the op... Northrop Wins $1.4 Bn for Embedded GPS/INS Modernization Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Woodland Hills, California, has been awarded, a $1,392,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation System Modernizatio... Northrop Wins $495M for JSTARS Modernization and Sustainment Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Melbourne, Florida, has been awarded a $495,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the E-8C Joint Surveillance... Australian Companies Bid to Win More F-35 Work Eleven Australian firms are in the running to win extra work supplying parts to the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft after Turkey was kicked out of the multinational project. Defence Industry Minister... Vigor Wins Modernization Contract for Two Navy Cruisers SEATTLE --- Vigor was awarded a $254,566,431.36 firm-fixed-price contract for the execution of USS Chosin (CG 65) and USS Cape ST. George (CG 71) Modernization Periods (MODPRD). The contract includ... Lockheed Wins $150M for F-35 ALIS Hardware and Support Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $150,544,969 modification (P00022) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm, ... Raytheon Wins $124M for AEGIS Fire Control Equipment Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Marlborough, Massachusetts, is awarded a $123,968,905 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-5112 fo... Lockheed Wins $281M to Develop Sentinel A4 Radar SYRACUSE, N.Y. --- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $281 million contract by the United States Army to develop the Sentinel A4 radar system. Sentinel A4 is a high-performance modification of the... First Brazilian Scorpene Sub Begin Sea Trials The submarine Riachuelo (S40), the first of four S-BR (modified Scorpène class) diesel-electric attack submarines of the Submarine Development Program (Prosub), started her sea trials today. Sea tr... Lockheed Wins $9M for F-35 Deficiency Report Resolution Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $9,000,000 modification (P00008) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (... Lockheed Wins $31M for Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept Lockheed Martin Corp., Palmdale, California, has been awarded a $31,688,412 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (P00030) to previously awarded contract (HR0011-16-C-0110) to provide continued su... EDA Board Expands Work on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles BRUSSELS --- EDA’s Steering Board has just approved the launch of a 4-year CAT B project aimed at developing a swarm of biomimetic underwater vehicles for underwater intelligence, surveillance and rec... Gremlins Updates Status of Demonstration Phase Dynetics is currently executing the demonstration phase (Phase III) of the DARPA Gremlins program. Take a look at our recent milestones to see how we're preparing to deliver an entirely new capability... DARPA Seeks Novel Urban Swarm Capabilities Cities present multiple challenges for ground units as they attempt to navigate and search tall buildings amid tight spaces with limited sight lines. DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) p... With ‘Agile Condor,’ US Reaper Drones Come Closer to ‘Killer Robots’ General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, manufacturer of the Reaper drone, has recently been awarded a US Air Force contract to demonstrate the ‘Agile Condor’ artificial intelligence system with the MQ-9... Turkey Says It Downed Unidentified Drone on Syria Border The Turkish military claims to have shot down a drone on its border with Syria. It is not known who the drone belongs to. Turkey's air force on Sunday reported shooting down an unidentified drone o... NATO Allies Train for Anti-Air Warfare in Cutlass Fury 2019 ATLANTIC OCEAN --- Allied nations participating in the Royal Canadian Navy-led exercise Cutlass Fury 2019 conducted advanced anti-air warfare as the exercise progressed in the waters off the coast of ... 4th Space Operations Squadron Gains Enhanced Polar System SCHRIEVER AFB, Colo. --- The 4th Space Operations Squadron officially gained command of the Enhanced Polar System satellite Sept. 25, at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. EPS adds two satellites ... Australian Govt Backs Small Businesses in F-35 Program The Morrison Government is backing small businesses in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program by awarding a new contract to Australian company Nupress Tools. The Cardiff-based engineering firm has b... US Army Testing Modernized UH-60V Black Hawk Digital Cockpit Combat aviators are conducting operational tests of Army modernization efforts using three UH-60V Black Hawk helicopters. The UH-60V Black Hawk will retrofit the Army's remaining UH-60L helicopter ... JFD to Supply Submarine Rescue Equipment to China JFD, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, today announces it has been awarded a multi-million pound contract for the design and build of submarine rescue equipment, including advanced Deep Search and Re... BAE Says Contributes £9.3Bn to UK Gross Domestic Product Our Company plays a key role in protecting people, national security, and keeping critical information and infrastructure secure. To quantify and qualify our contribution, we asked Oxford Economics to... Lithuanian Army Gets 110 New Unimog Trucks On September 26 the Lithuanian Armed Forces accepted 110 Unimog U5000 trucks of 5t payload manufactured by Germany’s Daimler AG as it is updating its truck fleet with vehicles of the same make as ther... |