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Australian DoD, Naval Group At Odds Over Submarine Production
Relations between the Federal Government and the French company designing Australia's future submarines have hit a new low, with the Defence Minister declaring she will hold the group to account on it

Brazil Prosecutors Challenge Approval of Boeing-Embraer Tie-Up
BRASÍLIA --- Brazilian prosecutors have filed an appeal with antitrust agency Cade asking the regulator to reconsider its approval of a deal selling control of Embraer SA’s commercial aviation divisio

US Navy Plans to Retire First Four Littoral Combat Ships with More to Follow
The U.S. Navy has unveiled plans to retire the first four Littoral Combat Ships, the youngest of which is only six years old. The four ships all have at least 10, if not 20 years of service in them bu

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Australian DoD, Naval Group At Odds Over Submarine Production
Relations between the Federal Government and the French company designing Australia's future submarines have hit a new low, with the Defence Minister declaring she will hold the group to account on it...

Brazil Prosecutors Challenge Approval of Boeing-Embraer Tie-Up
BRASÍLIA --- Brazilian prosecutors have filed an appeal with antitrust agency Cade asking the regulator to reconsider its approval of a deal selling control of Embraer SA’s commercial aviation divisio...

US Navy Plans to Retire First Four Littoral Combat Ships with More to Follow
The U.S. Navy has unveiled plans to retire the first four Littoral Combat Ships, the youngest of which is only six years old. The four ships all have at least 10, if not 20 years of service in them bu...

Israel Won't Purchase Boeing V-22 Because of Budget Constraints
JERUSALEM --- The Israel Air Force will not be procuring Boeing’s V-22 Osprey due to budgetary issues, The Jerusalem Post has learned. While the military believes there is an operational need for b...

Pentagon Explains Nuclear Modernization, Hypersonics Development
The nuclear triad of intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines and strategic bombers, as well as the nuclear command and control system, are at the core of U.S. defense strategy, the commander o...

US Navy Seizes Illegal Iranian Weapons in Arabian Sea
ARABIAN SEA --- On Feb. 9, USS Normandy (CG 60), while conducting maritime security operations in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, boarded a dhow in accordance with international law and d...

US Army Budget Eyes $2B Boost for Modernization
WASHINGTON --- The Army proposes to add over $2 billion to its modernization efforts next fiscal year that will help continue to develop hypersonic missiles, future aircraft and combat vehicles. Th...

US Senators Point to ‘Hypersonic Gap’ with Russia, China
U.S. senators are concerned Russia and China may outpace Washington in developing hypersonic weapons. In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday with top defense officials, lawmakers ex...

FN America Wins $119M to Produce M4 Carbines
FN America LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, was awarded a $119,216,309 firm-fixed-price contract for M4/M4A1 carbine. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work locations and fundi...

DOD Warns of Increased Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction
The threat posed by the use and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is rising, a Defense Department official told a House Armed Services Committee panel. China, Russia, North Korea, Iran a...

France Joins Combined Space Operations Initiative
At the meeting of national representatives of the CSpO initiative, on February 11-12 in Ottawa, Gen. Michel Friedling, the chief of France’s Space Command, signed on behalf of the Minister of Armies, ...

Airbus Helicopters Maintains Market Leadership in 2019
MARIGNANE, France --- Airbus Helicopters logged gross orders for 369 helicopters in 2019 (310 net orders), combined with its support and services revenue, worth more than € 7 billion. The company ...

Pakistan Navy Commissions New Damen Corvette
The Pakistan Navy has commissioned a 2300-tonne corvette PNS YARMOOK (F-271) – a Damen OPV 1900 – in a ceremony held at Constanta Port, Romania on 13th February 2020. Attending the event was Vice ...

A330-800 Receives EASA Type Certification
TOULOUSE, France --- The A330-800 has received joint Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The aircraft’s certification flig...

US Army Researchers Pursue Soldier Protection Technologies
ADELPHI, Md. --- When faced with battlefield threats, American Soldiers depend more than ever on body armor to protect them. To adapt to the evolving dangers of getting shot, the Army created a flagsh...

British Army Air Corps Prepares for Defender Europe 20
Soldiers who fly and maintain the potent Apache attack helicopter are preparing for a major exercise to demonstrate the British Army’s ability to rapidly deploy in support of our allies. The Apache...

Royal Air Force F-35s Complete Exercise Red Flag
UK Lightning Force has achieved the latest in a long line of milestones with the successful conclusion of Exercise Red Flag. 617 Squadron deployed five of the state-of-the-art stealth jets to spend th...

China Won't Join Trilateral Arms Talks with US and Russia
The Chinese Foreign Ministry reiterated on Wednesday that China has no intention of joining the so-called trilateral arms control negotiations with the U.S. and Russia, and that this position is clear...

Keel Laid for Future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7)
HOUMA, La. --- A keel laying ceremony was held Feb. 12 for the future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7), the second ship of the Navy's Navajo class of Towing, Salvage, and Rescue vessels. The ceremony wa...

Amazon Wins Court Order to Suspend $10 Bn Pentagon Contract
The contract would fund a cloud computing deal known as JEDI. Earlier this week, Amazon Web Services said it was seeking to depose President Trump and Defense Secretary Esper to provide testimony in t...

Airbus Has High Ambitions for H160 Helicopter
The design of the H160 is based on a customer-focused digital ecosystem of embedded equipment and associated services, with one central theme in mind – to be ready for entry into service. The Frenc...

INDRA Wins Support Contract for Lithuania Air Defence Radars
On 13 February 2020, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) signed a Performance Based - Contractor Logistic Support (PB-CLS) contract with the Spanish company INDRA. The contract covers the c...

New Mobile Target Systems for Australian Soldiers
Geelong’s Deakin University will deliver additional robotics-driven target systems to the Australian Defence Force, supporting nearly two dozen Australian small businesses. The contract, valued at ...

Boeing, SPEEA in Tentative Agreement on 4-Year Contract Extension
SEATTLE --- The Boeing Company today reached a tentative agreement with the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) on a new four-year contract extension that would run thro...

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