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Lockheed, Raytheon Win $900M to Develop Nuclear Stand-Off Missile
KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. --- The Air Force is on track to replace the aging AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missile with modernized weapon capabilities designed for its nuclear bomber fleet, to include the B-21

Poland to Allocate Extra $55 Bn to Defense by 2032
WARSAW --- Poland will allocate an additional 200 billion zlotys ($55 billion) on defense over the next 15 years to modernize its army amid signs of growing aggression from Russia, a deputy defense mi

Competition Heats Up Between Gripen and FA-50 for Botswana Order
GABORONE, Botswana --- Botswana is under pressure from a pick of fighter jet manufacturing countries that are scrambling to get their hands on the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) P 2 billion budget alloc

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Lockheed, Raytheon Win $900M to Develop Nuclear Stand-Off Missile
KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. --- The Air Force is on track to replace the aging AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missile with modernized weapon capabilities designed for its nuclear bomber fleet, to include the B-21...

Poland to Allocate Extra $55 Bn to Defense by 2032
WARSAW --- Poland will allocate an additional 200 billion zlotys ($55 billion) on defense over the next 15 years to modernize its army amid signs of growing aggression from Russia, a deputy defense mi...

Competition Heats Up Between Gripen and FA-50 for Botswana Order
GABORONE, Botswana --- Botswana is under pressure from a pick of fighter jet manufacturing countries that are scrambling to get their hands on the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) P 2 billion budget alloc...

Boeing Wins $222M Chinook Order for Saudi Arabia
The Boeing Co.-Philadelphia, Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a $222,549,505 firm-fixed-price modification (P00069) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0002 for eight each CH-47F new build helicopt...

Qatar Requests Demo of Russian S-500, Pantsir-S Air-Defense Systems
In course of the Army 2017 International Military Technical Forum, demonstration of capabilities of air defence systems will be organized specially for the delegation of Qatar, stated the Minister of ...

Malaysia Launches First of Five Littoral Combat Ships
LUMUT, Malaysia --- The government would not compromise on Malaysia’s security, despite the economic slowdown said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. He said this can be seen from th...

Russia Launches Production of Mi-38T Heavy Helicopter
"Kazan Helicopters" of the "Russian Helicopters" holding (part of Rostec State Corporation) has started to assemble the first prototype of the Mi-38T within the framework of the implementation of obli...

Russian MoD Orders Three More Mi-8AMTSh Armed Helicopters
The Russian Helicopters Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has signed the contract for the supply of helicopters to state special purpose aviation. Three Mi-8AMTSh military transport h...

Indago Quadrotor Drone to Carry KNOX Counter-UAS System
COPENHAGEN --- Lockheed Martin’s Indago quadrotor will be paired with the MyDefence Communication KNOX counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) system under a new development agreement between the compa...

Search Area Expanding for USS John S. McCain Sailors
CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore --- The search for missing Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) continues in the South China Sea and within the ship itself. On ...

L-3 Unit Wins $173M to Support US Navy T-45 Trainers
L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi, is being awarded $172,984,042 for modification P00017 to exercise an option to a previously awarded firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery...

CHC Signs Maintenance Contract for Airbus H175
CHC Helicopter signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for an HCare Smart full-by-the-hour (FBH) contract. It will support a smooth entry into service for CHC’s first medium-twin H175. CHC Helico...

US Army Seeks Video Gamers' Input to Help Shape Future Force
LANGLEY, Va. --- The Army is currently seeking soldiers to provide feedback through online gameplay in order to contribute to the development of the future force. Operation Overmatch is a gaming en...

Australia Unveils A$535M Naval Shipyard Project
The Government has today unveiled the design and turned the first sod for the new surface shipbuilding yard in Osborne, South Australia. This is the latest in a series of significant infrastructure an...

Phase II Contract Signed for Dream Chaser Spacecraft
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. --– Huntsville/Madison County is another step closer to landing a space vehicle at the Huntsville International Airport. The Airport has signed a contract to apply for licensing throu...

How to Make A Chinese Carrier-Based Fighter Pilot
China launched its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, in 2012. The same year, the J-15 fighter jets successfully landed on and took off from the ship, marking an important step in the Chinese navy'...

US Army Helicopter Unit Trains in Latvia
LIEPAJA, Latvia -- Flying low and fast over the countryside, U.S. Army Soldiers of the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Divis...

BAE Selects Harris EW Transmitter for Special Ops C-130s
MELBOURNE, Fla. --- BAE Systems has selected Harris Corporation’s advanced electronic warfare transmitter technology to help protect the U.S. Air Force Special Operations AC/MC-130J aircraft from elec...

What Has Donald Trump Done for the US Military?
Since his inauguration in January, Donald Trump has been far from quiet about military matters. Now, after a string of controversial announcements, the Commander in Chief has declared that he will ...

China Lectures US Navy on Seamanship After Collisions
It was appalling to learn on Tuesday that remains of US sailors were found on a US Navy destroyer that collided off Singapore the day before. It was even more troubling to realize that the pre-dawn co...

Security Clearance Backlog Harming US Military Preparedness: AIA
The Numbers America’s national security relies on appropriately cleared personnel, yet it is now estimated that more than 700,000 federal civilians, military personnel, and industry employees canno...

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