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Boeing Wins $1.55Bn Order for P-8A Poseidon Lot 11 Production
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $1,554,398,639 modification (P000170) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-14-C-0067). This modific

Airbus Struggles to Lift Crisis-Hit Jet Output: Report
PARIS / TOULOUSE, France --- Europe’s Airbus is grappling with labour and supply chain shortages and may only be able to restore aircraft production to some 10-20% of normal levels for now because of

Fuel Leaks Are Latest Problem for Boeing’s Troubled KC-46 Tanker
Boeing's seemingly perpetually troubled KC-46A Pegasus tanker has yet another major problem, its fuel system leaks excessively. This comes nearly a month after the U.S. Air Force made clear that it wo

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Boeing Wins $1.55Bn Order for P-8A Poseidon Lot 11 Production
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $1,554,398,639 modification (P000170) to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-14-C-0067). This modific...

Airbus Struggles to Lift Crisis-Hit Jet Output: Report
PARIS / TOULOUSE, France --- Europe’s Airbus is grappling with labour and supply chain shortages and may only be able to restore aircraft production to some 10-20% of normal levels for now because of ...

Fuel Leaks Are Latest Problem for Boeing’s Troubled KC-46 Tanker
Boeing's seemingly perpetually troubled KC-46A Pegasus tanker has yet another major problem, its fuel system leaks excessively. This comes nearly a month after the U.S. Air Force made clear that it wo...

Japanese Destroyer, Chinese Boat Collide
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and a Chinese fishing boat have collided in the East China Sea. Japanese Defense Ministry sources said the incident occurred in high seas, about 650...

Round-Up: COVID-19 Impact on European A&D Industry
The coronavirus, or COVID-19, is wreaking havoc on the European aerospace and defense industry and is taking a huge toll on air travel demand. Airbus recently reopened its French and Spanish productio...

US Approves $194M Sale of F-16 IFF, Link 16 to Korea
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea to upgrade its F-16 Block 32 aircraft with Mode 5 Identification Friend...

Raytheon Details $2Bn Contract for SM-3 Missile
TUCSON, Ariz. --- Raytheon Company will produce and deliver SM-3® Block IB interceptors under a $2.1 billion, multi-year U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract. It is the first multi-year contract for t...

GE Win $215M Order for F414-GE-400 Jet Engines
General Electric Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, is awarded a $215,000,016 modification (P00005) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-18-C-1061) for the procurement of 48 F414-GE-400 in...

Raytheon Wins $146M Contract for RAM Missiles
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $146,076,524 firm-fixed-price contract for Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2/2A Guided Missile Round Pack and spare replacement components. T...

Boeing Left Cash-Poor After Returning $60 Bn to Shareholders in 5 Years
In a recent report, I looked at the bailout package that Boeing requested to support the aerospace manufacturing industry, and mentioned that in a piece I had already written earlier, I found that Boe...

Lithuania Buys ECA’s K-STER Mine Disposal Vehicle
PARIS --- After being one of the first navies to be equipped with ECA GROUP's K-STER MIDS ROV back in 2009, the Lithuanian Navy renewed its trust in the capabilities of this solution to neutralise sea...

Future USS Fort Lauderdale Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Launched
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi --- The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) was successfully launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Division shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, March 28....

FLIR Announces First Order for Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System
ARLINGTON, Va. --- FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment has procured one of the company's Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance Systems (VRS) as part of an inno...

Oshkosh Comments $346M FHTV Fleet Modernization Contract
OSHKOSH, Wis. --- Oshkosh Defense, LLC announced today that it has been awarded delivery orders totaling $346.4 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command - Warren to modernize vehicles in the U.S...

Baltic Fleet Artillery Receives New MLRS Smerch
New multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) Smerch entered the service of the armament of the Baltic Fleet’s army corps deployed in the Kaliningrad Region. The new equipment was received as part of t...

CNAS Releases Space Threat Assessment 2020
Space Threat Assessment 2020 reviews the open-source information available on the counterspace capabilities that can threaten U.S. space systems and which countries are developing such systems. Th...

S-400 Deployments Enhances Defense of Russia’s Western Arctic
The deployment of S-400s to Rogachevo air base in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago is a critical part of Russia’s efforts to secure its Northwest Arctic territory and expand its defensive capabilities. B...

Martine Corps’ Newest MV-22B Osprey Squadron Reaches FOC
MCAS MIRAMAR, Calif. --- Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 362, known as the “Ugly Angels,” were declared fully operational capable on Feb. 28, 2020, signifying that the Marine Corps’ newest MV-22B Osp...

Cobham Secures DE&S Anti-Jam Satellite Signal Contract
Cobham Aerospace Connectivity announces that it has been awarded a contract by the UK MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) to research Advanced Anti-Jam techniques for the protection of navigati...

Estonia to Deploy Additional Special Forces to Mali Under French Command
Last Friday, representatives from the ministries of defence of Estonia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal and France announced, in a conference call led by French Minister of the Armed Force...

Raytheon, United Technologies Obtain Regulatory Approvals to Close Merger
WALTHAM, Mass. and FARMINGTON, Conn. --- Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation announced that they have received the necessary regulatory approvals for their all-stock merger of equals ...

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