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Spain Cancels €2.1 Billion Piranha 5 Contract, Plans to Reopen Competition
PARIS --- Spain’s acting Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, announced on Thursday that the Government will re-compete the €2.1 billion contract to produce 348 Vehiculo de Combate sobra Ruedas (VCR

Leonardo Sues Boeing Over Suspended Payments
Earlier this week, Boeing fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg, pledging to repair relationships with customers and regulators. It might not be at the top of the list, but Boeing’s next leader will also need t

Despite Government Promises, German Arms Exports Hit Record High
German arms exports rose 65% from January to mid-December 2019 compared to 2018, and hit a record of €7.95 billion ($8.8 billion), according to Economy Ministry figures. Politicians from the social

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Spain Cancels €2.1 Billion Piranha 5 Contract, Plans to Reopen Competition
PARIS --- Spain’s acting Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, announced on Thursday that the Government will re-compete the €2.1 billion contract to produce 348 Vehiculo de Combate sobra Ruedas (VCR...

Leonardo Sues Boeing Over Suspended Payments
Earlier this week, Boeing fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg, pledging to repair relationships with customers and regulators. It might not be at the top of the list, but Boeing’s next leader will also need t...

Despite Government Promises, German Arms Exports Hit Record High
German arms exports rose 65% from January to mid-December 2019 compared to 2018, and hit a record of €7.95 billion ($8.8 billion), according to Economy Ministry figures. Politicians from the social...

Japan to Deploy Warship and Planes to Middle East
Japan's government confirmed it would send a destroyer and two patrol planes to the Middle East to protect ships in volatile seas off the coast of Iran. The deployment is mostly for information-gather...

Piaggio Wins €196M Order from Italian MoD for Nine EVO Aircraft
VILLANOVA D'ALBENGA, Italy --- Just five days after the signing of an agreement on the Chinook helicopter’s engines worth € 50 million, Piaggio Aerospace has announced it signed a new contract, whose ...

US Withdraws $5 Bn Demand for Defense Cost-Sharing
The United States has withdrawn its $5 billion (about 6 trillion won) demand for defense cost-sharing with South Korea, according to media reports citing diplomatic sources. The reports said the two a...

Israel Orders Seven AW119Kx Helicopters from Pentagon
AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $38,432,233 firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sales (Israel) contract for seven new AW119Kx aircraft, pilot and maintainer ...

Sukhoi to Deliver Su-57 Fighters to Russian AF in 2020
MOSCOW --- Russia's aerospace forces will receive large-scale deliveries of Su-57 fighter jets starting from 2020, Russia's Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov said Thursday. "In 2020, we ...

Boeing to Deliver AH-64E Apaches Helicopters to Three Allied Countries
MESA, Ariz. --- Boeing and the U.S. Army have finalized orders from three nations to provide their armed forces with the new, more capable AH-64E Apache model. The contracts are for the remanufacture ...

FNSS Delivers Anti-Tank Armored Vehicles to Turkish Army
ISTANBUL --- Turkish defense industries body delivered two domestic weapon carrier vehicles to the Turkish Armed Forces that will assist armored vehicles, especially tanks, on the field. Two weapon...

Russia Floats Out New Novosibirsk Attack Submarine
SEVERODVINSK, Russia --- The Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk in the northern Arkhangelsk Region has floated out the Project 885M Yasen-M first serial-produced nuclear-powered submarine Novosibirsk. ...

Embraer’s KC-390 Completes Brazilian Air Force Airdrop Tests
SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil --- The KC-390 Millennium new generation multi-mission medium airlifter has successfully concluded the testing campaign for gravity airdrop and extraction drop of heavy loa...

Mexican Navy Completes Trials of Damen Frigate
Working in close cooperation, Damen Shipyards Group, the Mexican Navy, subcontractors and suppliers have completed successful sea trials of the Mexican Navy’s POLA-class ARM Reformador. The programme ...

Lockheed Wins Order for Long-Range Radar 3 for Iraq
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Missions Systems, Littleton, Colorado, has been awarded a $39,645,726 definitive contract for a Long-Range Radar 3. This contract provides for the necessary equipment, ...

USAF Awards $95M Construction Contracts for Turkish Bases
-- Aytekin Serol Insaat Taahhut Muhendislik Anonim Sirketi, Adana, Turkey (FA5685-20-D-0003); -- Emta Insaat Taahhut Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, Ankara, Turkey (FA5685-20-D-0004); -- Bor Insaat Turi...

Boeing Wins $400M for B-1B and B-52 Engineering Services
The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $400,000,000 modification (P00008) to previously awarded contract FA8107-19-D-0001 for B-1 and B-52 bomber engineering services. This m...

Russia Begins State Trials of Upgraded Mi-26T2V Helicopter
MOSCOW --- Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) and representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense started joint state tests of Mi-26T2V heavy-lift military trans...

Second NATO Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Arrives in Sicily
The second NATO AGS remotely piloted aircraft landed in Sigonella, Italy on Thursday, 19 December 2019 at 14:39 local time. “This second ferry flight across the Atlantic is another major achievemen...

Spain Approves €79M Maintenance Agreement for NH90 Helicopters
The Council of Ministers has approved the conclusion of a Framework Agreement whose purpose is the maintenance of NH90 GSPA helicopters, including aircraft, their spare parts, technical assistance, mo...

Pentagon Conducts First ‘Real World’ Test of Advanced BM System
EGLIN AFB, Fla. --- In the first field test of a novel approach to warfighting, communicating and decision-making, the Air Force, Navy and Army used new methods and technology Dec. 16-18 for collectin...

China Drafts Law to Control Arms Sales
China is reviewing a draft law that will see arms sale properly controlled, a measure that comes at a time when Beijing is beginning to master world-leading military technologies which should not fall...

Boeing Says New WGS-11 Satellite to Offer Greater Coverage, Efficiency
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --- Boeing has developed a new variant of its 702 satellite for the U.S. Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) constellation, one that offers both greater bandwidth efficiency an...

Rostec Delivered Over 20 Attack Helicopters to Russia in 2019
The Russian Helicopters holding of the Rostec State Corporation transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation more than 20 attack helicopters, having fully executed the state defens...

First Italian Air Force Pilots Fly on Aermacchi T345 Next-Gen Trainer
In Venegono Superiore (VA), the Experimental Flight Center carried out the first flight tests of the aircraft which will represent the future of the Air Force's training and acrobatic equipment. In...

Leonardo’s M-40 Target Drone Test Latest Mistral Missiles
ROME --- Leonardo has concluded a series of flights with its M-40 target drone as part of a trials campaign in Italy. This saw the drones simulating modern airborne threats, allowing for the realistic...

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