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Future French-German Fighter Could Integrate French-UK Combat Drone
ST. CLOUD, France --- The Anglo-French combat drone being jointly developed by BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation could operate either autonomously or as a component of a Future Combat Air System (FCAS

Lockheed Wins First Production Order for Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile
ORLANDO, Fla. ---- Lockheed Martin received an $86.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy and Air Force for Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production. The contract marks the first production

Norway Chooses AW169 As New Law Enforcement Helicopter
Leonardo welcomes the decision by the Norwegian Police Directorate to choose the AW169 as their new law enforcement helicopter following a tender for their helicopter service modernization programme.

Future French-German Fighter Could Integrate French-UK Combat Drone
ST. CLOUD, France --- The Anglo-French combat drone being jointly developed by BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation could operate either autonomously or as a component of a Future Combat Air System (FCAS...

Lockheed Wins First Production Order for Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile
ORLANDO, Fla. ---- Lockheed Martin received an $86.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy and Air Force for Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production. The contract marks the first production ...

Norway Chooses AW169 As New Law Enforcement Helicopter
Leonardo welcomes the decision by the Norwegian Police Directorate to choose the AW169 as their new law enforcement helicopter following a tender for their helicopter service modernization programme. ...

Airbus Net H1 Income Drops 15% on Stable Sales; Orders Drop 5%
AMSTERDAM --- Airbus SE reported half-year 2017 financial results and maintained its guidance for the full year. “The commercial aircraft environment remains healthy while the robust order backlog ...

Russia Says Electromagnetic ‘Guns’ Are Now A Reality
MOSCOW --- Russia’s electromagnetic guns are capable of burning electronic instruments and the weapons’ testing at laboratories of the radio-electronic concern KRET marches on unabated, an adviser to ...

MD-6XX Concept Helicopter In Proof-of-Concept Phase
MESA, Ariz --- MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) announces its participation in the 2017 Airborne Law Enforcement Association (ALEA) Expo, July 26 – 28, 2017 at the Reno Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Neva...

Report Examines China’s Response to THAAD Deployment
In July 2016, the United States and South Korea announced the alliance decision to deploy a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) antimissile battery in South Korea to defend against the in...

Russian MoD Board Meets in Moscow
Russian Defence Ministry Board session took place in Moscow under the leadership of General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. Leadership of the Armed Forces, representatives of the state power bodies and ...

Overview of the $667 Billion Defense Budget Request for FY2018
The Trump administration’s first President’s Budget (PB) requests a total of $667.6 billion in discretionary national defense funding for FY 2018, including $639.1 billion for the Department of Defens...

EA-18G Growlers Join F-35As, F-35Bs at Red Flag
NELLIS AFB, Nev. --- Navy EA-18G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 Garudas at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, join Air Force and Marine assets from around the world ...

Turkey Hoping for Easing of Russian Sanctions with Missile Deal
ISTANBUL --- Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara has agreed to purchase Russia’s S-400 missile systems, despite NATO concerns. The controversial purchase comes as Ankara tries to co...

Hungarian Government Committed to Reinforcing the Army
“It is the Government’s decided goal to reinforce the Hungarian Defence Force, which guarantees Hungary’s security”, the Minister of Defence István Simicskó said at an event to mark the major refurbis...

US Donates 2 Cessna Caravans to Help Patrol Philippine Waters
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will use the two US donated Cessna 208B “Caravan” aircraft, which are fitted with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), to patrol the country’...

US Army Looks to 3-D Printing Parts, Tools in the Field
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. --- Engineers here are developing 3-D expeditionary kits that could be used when needed to make specialty tools, spare parts, and other components to fill the time gaps between...

Canada Buys New Machine Guns from Colt Canada
The Government of Canada is committed to providing the women and men of the Canadian Armed Forces with the equipment and training they need to do their jobs. To support this commitment, the Government...

Brazilian AF C-295 Visits Royal Canadian Air Force Wings Across Canada
Member of Parliament for the Bay of Quinte, Neil R. Ellis welcomed a Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira) C-295 aircraft and crew to 8 Wing Trenton, Ontario today on behalf of the Minister of ...

UK Destroyer Visits Ukraine After Multi-National Exercise
HMS Duncan visited the Ukrainian port of Odessa this week in the first visit by a Royal Navy ship in eight years – the latest in a series of port visits and exercises conducted by the state of the art...

Pentagon Lifts Veil on Tanker Operations at Al Udeid, Qatar
AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar --- The 340th and 22nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Units work together around the clock here to inspect, repair, service, launch and recover the fleet of KC-135 Stratot...

Australian Army Picks DRS for Next-Gen Combat Computing Upgrades
ARLINGTON, VA --- Leonardo DRS announced today that it will provide the Australian Army with its next-generation platform Battle Management System (BMS) hardware, called the Mounted Family of Computer...

NYC Selects AW119k for Environmental Patrols
ROME --- Leonardo announced today that the AW119Kx helicopter has been selected by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police for operations in support of water supply protection....

Lockheed Delivers First Arkansas-Made HIMARS Vehicle
DALLAS --- Lockheed Martin has delivered the first High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher in which both the chassis and launcher components were manufactured at its facility in Camden...

Estonia Sees Defence Increasingly Dependent Upon Cyber Defence
According to Minister of Defence Jüri Luik, the dependence of military defence on information technology is growing, which is why a greater contribution to cyber defence is also required within the se...

Royal Navy Sea Kings Back In the Air for SAR Training
The skies of Cornwall will soon welcome back a couple of old friends – two helicopters which were once used for Royal Navy Search and Rescue. The Ministry of Defence is returning two Sea King Mk5 a...

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