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US Navy Ships in Fatal Collisions Not Properly Certified
WASHINGTON --- The majority of ships operating in the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet, where two destroyers have been involved in fatal collisions since June, weren’t certified to conduct basic operations a

Doubts Persist About “Combat-Capable” F-35 Fighters
Of all the issues surrounding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, perhaps the most hotly contested is the criteria the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy are using to judge when the jets will be ready

South Korea May Call Back US Tactical Nuclear Missiles
Opposition parties and sections of South Korea's media are stepping up calls for the government to invite the United States to reintroduce tactical nuclear weapons to the country as Pyongyang is showi

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US Navy Ships in Fatal Collisions Not Properly Certified
WASHINGTON --- The majority of ships operating in the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet, where two destroyers have been involved in fatal collisions since June, weren’t certified to conduct basic operations a...

Doubts Persist About “Combat-Capable” F-35 Fighters
Of all the issues surrounding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, perhaps the most hotly contested is the criteria the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy are using to judge when the jets will be ready ...

South Korea May Call Back US Tactical Nuclear Missiles
Opposition parties and sections of South Korea's media are stepping up calls for the government to invite the United States to reintroduce tactical nuclear weapons to the country as Pyongyang is showi...

United Increases Order for Airbus A350
CHICAGO, Illinois --- United Airlines has increased the number of A350 XWB aircraft it will bring into its fleet, updating and expanding its previously existing order for 35 A350-1000 to 45 A350-900 w...

UK MoD Releases National Shipbuilding Strategy
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has unveiled an ambitious new National Shipbuilding Strategy which meets the challenge set by Sir John Parker last November and sets out plans for the first batch ...

MD Helicopters Details $1.4Bn Contract for MD-530F Cayuse Warriors
MESA, Ariz. --- MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) announced today that it has been awarded a 5-year, firm-fixed price Contract to provide an estimated quantity of 150 armed MD 530 aircraft and the required ...

Clashes Erupt Over THAAD Deployment in S. Korea
Hundreds of South Koreans have clashed with security forces in a village where the U.S. military is to start installing launchers of the U.S. anti-missile system designed to protect them against mount...

Boeing Shares In $499M Air Platform Tech Research Contract
Boeing Co., Hazelwood, Missouri, is the final company to be awarded a $499,000,000 multiple award, fair opportunity, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity shared ceiling contract for six companies f...

Airbus to Fly A340 with Revolutionary Wing Design
In one of the hangars belonging to Tarmac Aerosave in Tarbes, south-western France, Airbus is preparing the first flight of an airplane with revolutionary wings. Under development since 2010, the Brea...

Rolls-Royce Wins Incremental Order from United Airlines
Rolls-Royce is to provide additional Trent XWB engines to United Airlines following the airline’s announcement that it will update and expand the number of Airbus A350 XWB aircraft on order from 35 A3...

Ka-62 Certification Trials to Begin in 2018
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia --- Russian Helicopters Holding (part of Rostec State Corporation) intends to commence certification trials of the bleeding-edge helicopter Ka-62 early in 2018. The trials are to b...

S-Cube the Sonar of Choice for New Submarines
The older generation Eledone (technology- based) sonars such as the TSM-2233 are being phased out by newer sonars like the S-Cube and the UMS-3000. (The UMS-3000 appears to be the designation for the...

Bell Completes Assembly of First V-280 Tilt-Rotor
The Bell V-280 Valor has achieved 100% build completion and moved one step closer to its first flight this fall. The V-280 is the newest revolutionary aircraft in the tiltrotor family. The V-280 V...

“New Approach” Unveiled to Build British Warships
A new fleet of multimillion-pound warships could be built in blocks across several British shipyards and then assembled at a central hub, the Defence Secretary has announced. The plan represents an...

Report Looks at EU-US Industry Links
European Commission new initiative, with the European Defence Fund (EDF), has for objective to increase the competitiveness of the European Defence Technology Industrial Base (EDTIB) and to propose in...

US Marines Train for Amphibious Landings in Gulf of Aden
GULF OF ADEN --- In the early morning hours, two miles off the coast of Djibouti, an Amphibious Readiness Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to come ashore in what will prove to be a visually br...

Australia Looks to Personal ‘Black Boxes” for Soldiers
Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced that collaboration between Defence and industry will develop the equivalent of a Black Box for soldiers, known as the ‘Fight...

Saab’s Mobile SHORAD Rolls into DSEI for First Time
Defence and security company Saab will present for the first time ever at an exhibtion, the vehicle-based MSHORAD (Mobile Short-Range Air Defence) solution – comprising the Giraffe 1X radar, Command a...

Thales and Poland’s PGZ Sign LoI on Radar Part Production
KIELCE, Poland (MSPO) --- Thales and WZE (Wojskowe Zakłady Elektroniczne S.A, a unit of the PGZ Group - Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa) have signed a letter of intent securing production of certain componen...

VOP CZ and NIMR Exhibit 'Winterised' Ajban 440A Vehicle
KIELCE, Poland --- Czech Republic's VOP CZ and NIMR Automotive have brought their latest collaborative military vehicle project, the NATO compliant NIMR 440N, to the 24th International Defence Exhibit...

Saab Exhibits Vehicle-Integrated Camouflage at DSEI
Defence and security company Saab will be on site at DSEI 2017 with its various Barracuda Vehicle Integrated Camouflage Systems, such as the Mobile Camouflage System (MCS). As a world-leading system, ...

US Navy to Ship Damaged Destroyer to Japan
WASHINGTON --- The Navy intends to issue a task order on an existing contract, for the salvage patching and transport via heavy lift of USS John S McCain (DDG 56) from Changi Naval Base in Singapore t...

GA-ASI Expands Team Reaper Australia
CANBERRA --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), the world's leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, today announced the expansion of its Team Reaper Australi...

Ukroboronprom and PGZ Strengthen Cooperation
The State Concern "UkrOboronProm" and Polish company PGZ signed new agreements in the framework of participation in the international defense industry exhibition MSPO-2017. This document defines a new...

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