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US Navy Wins $22Bn Contract for Virginia-Class Attack Submarines
WASHINGTON --- The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a nine-ship -- eight with Virginia Payload Module (VPM) -- Block V contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 2. The contract inclu

Pentagon Chief Tells Turkey to Stop Holding Up NATO Readiness Plan
LONDON --- U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged Turkey on Monday to stop holding up support for a NATO defense plan for the Baltics and Poland, as Ankara presses the alliance to support its fight a

US May Increase Tariffs After WTO Rejects EU Claims Over Airbus
PARIS / BRUSSELS --- The World Trade Organization on Monday rejected European Union claims that it no longer provides subsidies to planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA), prompting the United States to say it cou

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US Navy Wins $22Bn Contract for Virginia-Class Attack Submarines
WASHINGTON --- The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a nine-ship -- eight with Virginia Payload Module (VPM) -- Block V contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 2. The contract inclu...

Pentagon Chief Tells Turkey to Stop Holding Up NATO Readiness Plan
LONDON --- U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged Turkey on Monday to stop holding up support for a NATO defense plan for the Baltics and Poland, as Ankara presses the alliance to support its fight a...

US May Increase Tariffs After WTO Rejects EU Claims Over Airbus
PARIS / BRUSSELS --- The World Trade Organization on Monday rejected European Union claims that it no longer provides subsidies to planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA), prompting the United States to say it cou...

Lockheed Wins $989M for Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon
Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $988,832,126 definitization modification (PZ0010) to previously-awarded contract FA8681-18-C-0021 for Air-Launched Rapid ...

MTU Aero and Safran Seal Agreement on Next-Gen Fighter Engine
PARIS / MUNICH --- The FCAS (Future Combat Air System) program takes a major step ahead: Safran Aircraft Engines and MTU Aero Engines settled the details concerning their eye-level partnership to deve...

China Suspends Hong Kong Visits by US Military Ships, Aircraft
BEIJING --- The Chinese government has decided to suspend reviewing applications to visit Hong Kong by U.S. military ships and aircraft starting Monday, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said...

China Warns DF-17 May Not Be Sole Hypersonic Missile
The DF-17, China's hypersonic missile that was first revealed at the National Day military parade on October 1, might not be the only hypersonic aircraft program China possesses, a report by the state...

Poland Commissions Slazak Corvette 18 Years On
Eighteen years after the keel-laying ceremony, the ORP Ślązak patrol corvette has finally been commissioned into the Polish Navy. Her keel-laying ceremony took place on 28th November 2001 at the Gdyni...

German MoD Calls on NATO to Extend Afghanistan Mission
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Monday that she supported an extension of German participation in the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Over 1,000 German troops are currently sta...

Latvia Orders Saab’s AT4 Weapon System
Saab has received an order from the Latvian Armed Forces for deliveries of the shoulder-launched disposable AT4 weapon system. Deliveries will take place in 2021. The order is the third placed with...

Defense Budgets Set to Dominate Yet Another NATO Summit
BRUSSELS --- Despite pleas to set aside bickering over military spending so the issue doesn't dominate a third NATO summit in a row, the United States is almost certain to demand again this week that ...

HMS Queen Elizabeth Completes F-35B Operational Trials
On an unseasonably fine December day in the eastern Atlantic, HMS Queen Elizabeth’s carrier battle group forms up one last time for the camera – just days from home. Slipping into the battle group ...

US Army to Test Rheinmetall Close-In Protection System
The U.S. Army has awarded a contract valued at USD 11 million (roughly EUR 10 million) to the team of Rheinmetall Protection Systems and Unified Business Technologies (UBT) for significant testing of ...

Report: Strategic Triage and the True Cost of War
There are good reasons why the United States should constantly reexamine the cost of its military commitments and deployments overseas, and especially of its active uses of military force. The U.S. ma...

Chinese Navy Exploring New Ways to Replenish at Sea
BEIJING --- The Taihu, a military supply ship, conducted a replenishment docking with civilian container ship Fuzhou in an offshore area in mid-November amid the Chinese People's Liberation Army's (PL...

Leonardo DRS to Deliver P5 Combat Training Systems
ARLINGTON, VA --- Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it was awarded multiple contracts from Cubic Global Defense, a business division of Cubic Corporation, to deliver its advanced air combat trai...

Saab Unveils New Training Solutions
During the training and simulation event I/ITSEC 2019 in Orlando, FL, USA, Saab reveals Beyond Live, the latest iteration of military training where traditional live is blended with traditional virtua...

Raytheon V-22, Dismounted Soldier Training Simulators
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Raytheon Company debuted a virtual reality version of its portable V-22 trainer today at I/ITSEC, the world's largest modeling, simulation and training event. Aircraft Functional...

Indian MoD Reports on Status of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is the Programme Management Agency for design & development of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) – Tejas. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is the design partner and...

Northrop Selected for Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor
MCLEAN, Va. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected as one of four Other Transaction Authority awards for the Phase IIa Prototype Payload Design and Signal-chain Processing Demonstration of...

Ex. DUGONG Tests Shallow Water Mine Countermeasures
Defence personnel from Australia, United States and New Zealand take part in a live underwater demolition exercise at Bindoon Military Training Area in Western Australia as part of Exercise DUGONG 19....

Pentagon Seeks Industry Input on 5G Technology Development
The Department of Defense issued a special notice Friday, Nov. 29, calling for industry input on 5G technology development. The notice titled "Intent to Announce - Request for Prototype Proposals (RPP...

Leonardo Presents Road Map for Innovation and Research
GENOA, Italy --- Developing the technological know-how and products in an increasingly competitive international context, enhancing research and making of it a common factor for all corporate business...

UK India Business Council Adds Defence Group
On 28th November 2019 the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) and the Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) announced the establishment of an Aerospace and Defence Industry Group. The group will be su...

Australia Supports Fuji Navy Infrastructure
Assistant Defence Minister and Minister for International Development and the Pacific, the Hon Alex Hawke MP, together with Fijian Minister for Defence, National Security and Foreign Affairs, the Hon ...

BAE Expands Facility at Elgin, Oklahoma
The BAE Systems Elgin, Oklahoma facility is a staple in BAE Systems’ combat vehicles manufacturing network, the Elgin-Lawton community and the United States Army. In fact, it’s hard to miss when dr...

GKN Aerospace Opens New Wiring Facility In India
GKN Aerospace will officially open its all-new facility for Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) in Pune, India. GKN Aerospace India will celebrate this significant milestone with an inaug...

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