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PARIS --- Defense-Aerospace.com today resumed publication, almost nine months after it suspended publication when a Covid-induced drop in advertising revenue forced it into receivership. Our new se... Why Australia Wanted Out of French Submarine Deal
SYDNEY --- “A stab in the back” is how French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described Australia’s move to tear up a submarine deal worth more than €50 billion to instead acquire nuclear-powered ... Are US and China Tiptoeing Towards An Indo-Pacific Cold War?
After Washington said it will share highly sensitive defense technology with Australia in the name of securing a "free and open" Indo-Pacific, all eyes are on the region and China's response. BERLI... Australia’s Surprise Decision and the World Submarine Market
Australia’s cancellation of its contract with France’s Naval Group to buy 12 Shortfin Barracuda class submarines (a conventionally powered variant of the nuclear-powered Barracuda) in favor of America... Latest Press Releases India Awards $2.5Bn Contract for Airbus C295 Transport Aircraft
Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract with M/s Airbus Defence and Space, Spain for acquisition of 56 C-295MW transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force, on September 24, 2021. The MoD has a... Argentina Earmarks $664M for New Fighter Buy
The Ministry of Defense informs that, by means of a Public Credit Operations Authorization note, it has requested the inclusion for the 2022 Budget of the authorization to manage credit for up to USD ... France to Boost Defense Spending for Fifth Consecutive Year
The budget of the Ministry of the Armed Forces continues to grow, in accordance with the objectives of the 2019-2025 Military Programming Law (LPM). For the fourth consecutive year, this new finan... Lockheed Offers Airbus MRTT Tanker to US Air Force
MARIETTA, Ga. --- Lockheed Martin introduces the LMXT as America's next strategic tanker ― built in America by Americans for Americans. Offered in response to the U.S. Air Force's KC-Y Program, the LM... Rolls-Royce Awarded $2.6Bn to Re-engine B-52H Bomber Fleet
WASHINGTON --- The Department of the Air Force has awarded a $2,604,329,361 contract to Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana, for B-52H Stratofortress military derivative commercial engines.... Pentagon Awards F-35 Contracts Worth $1.5Bn
--- Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $1,099,631,252 modification (P00008) to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm target) advance acq... US Navy Carrier Group Returns to South China Sea
SOUTH CHINA SEA --- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is operating in the South China Sea for the second time during its 2021 deployment, Sept. 24. The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircra... Babcock Cuts First Steel for Type 31 Frigate Program
LONDON --- Steel was today cut for HMS Venturer, the first vessel of the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates that will be at the centre of its surface fleet. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace officially cut... South Korea’s Hanwha Bids for UK Artillery Program
LONDON --- Hanwha Defense has formed a unique international partnership with leading defence manufacturers in the UK to develop a local variant of the world’s most popular self-propelled howitzer, K9 ... China to Unveil New HALE Drone at Zhuhai Airshow
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force will for the first time display the WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance drone at the Airshow China 2021, to be held in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdon... Lockheed Wins $51M for Malaysia Radar Contract
Lockheed Martin, Liverpool, New York, has been awarded a $25,111,798 firm-fixed-price contract for the Malaysia Ground Based Radar System. This contract provides a standalone radar system, ancilla... Rolls-Royce Sells Spanish Unit ITP Aero for €1.7Bn
Rolls-Royce announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell 100% of ITP Aero to Bain Capital Private Equity, which is leading a consortium of investors, for approximately €1.7 billio... UK Issues Long-Awaited National Space Strategy
LONDON --- New plans to strengthen the UK as a world class space nation by firing up its multibillion-pound space industry have been set out in a National Space Strategy launched today. From connec... Rostec Launches Production of New Defense System
The Central Scientific - Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH) of Rostec State Corporation has launched the mass production of unified precision weaponry defense systems... CRS Updates Report on Us Air Force’s B-21 Strike Bomber
On October 27, 2015, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced its intention to award a contract to build the new Long-Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) to the Northrop Grumman Corporation. Subsequently, th... Italian Navy Begins Sea Trials of Third PPA Frigate
On the first day of autumn, the third ship of the PPA Programme, named “Raimondo Montecuccoli”, sailed for the first time in the blue waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea. PPA3 is the first PPA in LIGHT PL... Babcock Sells New Frigate Design License to Indonesia
Babcock the aerospace, defence and security company has secured the first export contract for its Arrowhead 140 (AH140) frigate through a design licence agreement with PT PAL Indonesia (Persero), a st... US Air Force Retires Batch of 17 B-1B Bombers
BARKSDALE AFB, La. --- Air Force Global Strike Command concluded its divestiture of 17 B-1B Lancers Sept. 23, as the last bomber departed Edwards Air Force Base, California, to fly to the boneyard at ... Portugal Trains First Crew for KC-390 Airlifter
A crew, consisting of two Air Force pilots and two Loadmasters, has been receiving training on the KC-390 Millennium aircraft since September 14, in Wing 2, in Anápolis, Brazil. This will be the fi... Bamboo Signs $2Bn Order for GEnx Engines
NEW YORK CITY, NY --- Bamboo Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement with GE Aviation to purchase GEnx engines for its Boeing 787-9 aircraft order of 10 firm and 20 options valued... Estonia Boosts 2022 Defense Budget by 130M€
According to Minister of Defence of Estonia, Kalle Laanet, defence expenditures in the 2022 state budget agreed upon in the government is set to increase to EUR 748 million, which is 2.31% of the fore... CRS Reports on B-52 Re-Engining Program
On May 19, 2020, the U.S. Air Force released a request for proposals to replace the TF33 engines powering the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet with 608 new engines, in a contract running up to 17 yea... Ministers Agree European Intervention Initiative
Joint statement, European Intervention Initiative, Meeting of the ministers of Defence in Stockholm, Sweden, 24. September 2021. Since the launch of the European Intervention Initiative in 2018, it... Nordics Agree to Enhance Operational Cooperation
A serious security crisis in the Nordic region would affect us all, and we need to be prepared and equipped to act together in peace, crisis and conflict. Coordination of national operational planning... SeaGuardian Makes First Approved Point-to-Point UAV Flight in UK
LOSSIEMOUTH, Scotland --- The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for the first time approved a point-to-point domestic flight of an unmanned aircraft that utilized the UK’s airways structure when Gen... Boeing to Build Loyal Wingman Drone in Australia
TOOWOOMBA, Queensland --- Boeing, in partnership with the Queensland Government, has selected Toowoomba as the preferred site for the company’s first aircraft assembly facility of its kind outside of ... Leonardo Delivers Final TTH Variant to Italy
In line with the contractual schedule and Customer expectations, on August 26th NH Industries completed the final delivery of an NH90 MITT (Maritime – Italian Navy Tactical Transport) helicopter to th... Australia Takes Small Step Towards Space Capability
A controlled separation of Australia’s M2 cube satellite in space was a recent success for Australia’s space capability – with the satellite capturing a photo of the momentous event. The M2 satelli... Aerojet Says New Site Ready to Produce Large Solid Rocket Motors
CAMDEN, Ark. --- Aerojet Rocketdyne recently conducted a solid rocket motor test firing that demonstrated the successful transition of large solid rocket motor mix, cast and test operations from Sacra... | 