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Unit Cost of F-35s Delivered This Year Still Exceeds $206M
PARIS --- The average unit cost of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters in the ninth Low-Rate Initial Production Lot 9 (LRIP 9) is $206.3 million, according to our analysis of all 46 contracts that have been

North Korea Claims Breakthrough in Missile Technology
SEOUL --- North Korea’s latest missile launch is its third apparent breakthrough in missile technology in less than three weeks. Pyongyang claimed Tuesday that the short-range ballistic missile fir

China Plans Underwater Network of Submarine Detectors
China plans to build a massive underwater observation system that will cover the disputed East and South China seas. The 2 billion yuan (US$290 million) seabed observation systems will provide real

Unit Cost of F-35s Delivered This Year Still Exceeds $206M
PARIS --- The average unit cost of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters in the ninth Low-Rate Initial Production Lot 9 (LRIP 9) is $206.3 million, according to our analysis of all 46 contracts that have been...

North Korea Claims Breakthrough in Missile Technology
SEOUL --- North Korea’s latest missile launch is its third apparent breakthrough in missile technology in less than three weeks. Pyongyang claimed Tuesday that the short-range ballistic missile fir...

China Plans Underwater Network of Submarine Detectors
China plans to build a massive underwater observation system that will cover the disputed East and South China seas. The 2 billion yuan (US$290 million) seabed observation systems will provide real...

India Drops SR-SAM Competition, Buys More Akash SAMs
The Defence Ministry has decided to cancel the Army’s global contest for Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SR-SAM) systems and instead procure two additional regiments of the indigenously developed ...

Canada’s Multibillion-Dollar Warship Project Hits Another Delay
OTTAWA --- Hopes that the multibillion-dollar effort to replace the navy’s warship fleet would move along quickly have taken a hit amid word the massive shipbuilding project has suffered another delay...

“Team Cormorant” Reforms for MLU of Canada’s Cormorant Helicopters
OTTAWA --- Leonardo Helicopters and IMP Aerospace & Defence (IMP) are pleased to announce that “Team Cormorant” has been re-established to support the modernization of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (...

N. Korea Claims Successful Ballistic Missile Test
SEOUL --- North Korea said Tuesday its latest ballistic missile launch was successful as it was aimed at testing a new precision-guidance system. The North's leader Kim Jong-un observed the test-fi...

Boeing Offers 737 for J-STARS Successor; Will Compete Against Bizjets
Boeing is pitching to the Pentagon a 737-based replacement for the 17-aircraft fleet of JSTARS jets, used for surveillance of ground forces in a combat zone and to target enemy positions. The rivals a...

Turkey's ASELSAN Sells Targeting Pods to Pakistan
ISTANBUL --- ASELSAN announced that the company has signed a contract with an overseas customer for $24.9 million. A second order for the ASELPOD Electro Optical Targeting System, which gives preci...

Saab Exhibits New Lightweight Torpedo at UDT
Defence and security company Saab will showcase its New Lightweight Torpedo at this year’s Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) exhibition in Bremen, Germany on 30 May- 1 June. This will be the first tim...

Keel Laid for Canada’s Second Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel
The traditional keel-laying ceremony for the second of the Royal Canadian Navy’s six future Harry DeWolf Class Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels, HMCS Margaret Brooke, took place at Halifax Shipyard ...

Israeli AF Offers Rare Peek Into Combat SAR Unit
A year and a half after they began their journey in SAR (Search-and-Rescue) Unit 669, last week, the latest class of special operators completed their training and received the coveted winged black ca...

Questions Remain Over India’s Industrial Licensing for Defence Industry
The notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 19, 20171 delegating the power to issue licences for the manufacture and sale etc. of arms and ammunition to the Secretary, Departm...

3,500 US Troops to Deploy to S. Korea for Force Rotation
A U.S. Army brigade with some 3,500 troops will deploy to South Korea this summer as part of a regular rotation of forces, the Department of the Army has announced. The 2nd Armored Brigade Combat T...

Russia MoD Touts New Equipment, Capabilities
In the framework of modernisation, submarines and warships of the Russian Navy will be armed with ‘Kalibr’ cruise missiles. Universal technical performance of this missile system makes it possible ...

BAE Provides Global Opportunities for Australian Businesses
BAE Systems Australia welcomes today’s announcement of the renewal of our Global Supply Chain Agreement by Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne. The agreement allows us to continue to pr...

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