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Indian AF Needs 200 New Fighters But Government Has Cut Funding
NEW DELHI --- The Indian Air Force (IAF), which plans to acquire 200 fighter aircraft amid its depleting strength, saw a drop in capital funds allocation in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union

New RFQs Filed in Finland’s HX Fighter Competition
Five fighter manufacturers have sent their responses to the revised request for quotation that was asked by the Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command. In October 2019, the Defence Forces sent a

Boeing Outsourced 737 Max Software to $9-an-Hour Engineers
It remains the mystery at the heart of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max crisis: how a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes. Longtime Bo

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New RFQs Filed in Finland’s HX Fighter Competition
Five fighter manufacturers have sent their responses to the revised request for quotation that was asked by the Finnish Defence Forces' Logistics Command. In October 2019, the Defence Forces sent a...

Indian AF Needs 200 New Fighters But Government Has Cut Funding
NEW DELHI --- The Indian Air Force (IAF), which plans to acquire 200 fighter aircraft amid its depleting strength, saw a drop in capital funds allocation in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union...

Boeing Outsourced 737 Max Software to $9-an-Hour Engineers
It remains the mystery at the heart of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max crisis: how a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes. Longtime Bo...

USAF Considering Hiring Contractors to Fill Tanker Shortfall
The U.S. Air Force says that it is not sold on Boeing's proposal for how to fix the troublesome Remote Vision System, or RVS, which boom operators on the service's new KC-46A Pegasus tankers use to sa...

Acting US Navy Secretary Details Hypersonic Roadmap
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly issues his weekly Vector message to the Department of the Navy workforce on Fridays. This is his latest message: Just over 62 years ago, out of the da...

Airbus to Pay €3.6Bn to Settle Bribery Allegations
AMSTERDAM --- Airbus has reached final agreements with the French Parquet National Financier (PNF), the U.K. Serious Fraud Office (SFO), and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) resolving the authorit...

US Reverses Policy, Will Allow Anti-Personnel Landmines
Statement attributable to Vic Mercado, Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities. Effective today, the Administration is rescinding the President...

Details of Polish F-35 Deal Unveiled
According to the Letter of Offer and Acceptance signed on January 31 in Deblin, Polish F-35A deliveries would begin in 2024, with the first six of the 32 aircraft on order to follow by 2025. Poland...

Maiden Flight of Russia's Modernized Tu-160M Bomber
MOSCOW --- Russia's newest modernised missile-carrying bomber Tu-160M has conducted its first flight test, Russian aerospace and defence company Tupolev said on Sunday. "On 2 February 2020, the fir...

Lockheed Wins $2.3Bn to Support MH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters
Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, New York, is awarded $2,338,000,000 for a firm-fixed-price, performance-based logistics requirements contract for the repair, upgrade or replacement, required availabilit...

Lockheed Wins $474M for Trident D5 Life Extension Work
Lockheed Martin Space, Titusville, Florida, is awarded a $473,832,955 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-20-C-0101) for TRIDENT II (D5) Life Extension 2 Strategic Systems...

Lockheed Wins $186M to Support Australian Navy Helicopters
Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, New York, is awarded a $185,874,486 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides ...

DGA Details Mortar Carrier Variant of Griffon AFV
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has ordered, as part of the Scorpion land armament program, a new version of the Griffon armored vehicle called MEPAC (on-board mortar for front-line suppor...

Two Russian Tu-160 Bombers Fly 16 Hours Over Arctic
MOSCOW --- Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers have performed a 16-hour flight above the neutral waters of the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, the Russian Defense Ministry said. ...

Poland Joins European F-35 User Group
RAMSTEIN, Germany --- Gen. Jeff Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, presented a letter to Maj. Gen. Jacek Pszczoła, inspector of the Polish Air Force, welcoming Polan...

The Spectacular & Public Collapse of Navy Force Planning
Planning for a 21st century Navy of unmanned vessels, distributed operations, and great power competition has collapsed. Trapped by a 355-ship force goal, a reduced budget, and a fixed counting method...

China: Type 055 Destroyer ‘Larger, More Powerful Than Expected’
It has emerged that China's most advanced destroyer, the 10,000-ton-class Type 055, is larger than previously reported as the Chinese Navy recently revealed it has an actual displacement of more than ...

Royal Marines Raid with Norwegian Stealth Ship in Arctic
Royal Marines raided the Arctic coastline and secured a vital landing point for supply lines working alongside a Norwegian stealth missile ship. The exercise in the fjords of northern Norway saw ma...

Keel-Laying of the "Emden," Germany’s Latest K130 Corvette
The "Emden" is the seventh ship in the Braunschweig class of the German Navy. The Navy put the first five of this type of warship into service between 2008 and 2013. The Bundeswehr deploys them intern...

Israeli Air Force Touts Attack Helicopter Squadrons
The IAF's attack helicopter squadrons operate constantly and take part in aerial support to ground forces and conducting attack sorties. The squadrons are using unique advantages that are crucial in t...

China Develops New Gyroplane for Border Operations
The latest gyroplane commissioned by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has increased plateau capabilities for a wider variety of missions and is expected to be deployed along China's southwestern bor...

DOD to Require Cybersecurity Certification in Some Contract Bids
By the end of September, the Defense Department will require at least some companies bidding on defense contracts to certify that they meet at least a basic level of cybersecurity standards when respo...

Australian Frigate Sails for Deployment to South East Asia
The Royal Australian Navy Anzac-Class frigate HMAS Parramatta today departed Fleet Base East in Sydney for a four-month deployment to South East Asia. Parramatta will participate in several major m...

DRDO Outlines Major Exhibit at DefExpo 2020
A wide range of strategic and tactical weapon systems, defence equipment and technologies developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be on display at the DefExpo 2020 to be...

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Chiefs of Staff Call for FCAS Contract Award
PARIS --- The Chiefs of Staff of the French (General Philippe Lavigne), German (General Ingo Gerhartz) and Spanish (General Javier Salto) Air Forces have jointly signed an open letter stressing the im...