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Denmark Asks Parliament for $2.6 Bn to Buy 27 Lockheed F-35 Fighters
Denmark's 27 Lockheed Martin F-35 combat aircraft, plus engines, simulators, spare parts, support equipment and more, will cost 16,374.4 million Danish krona ($2.60 billion), according to the document

Another Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer Breaks Down, Aborts Mission
One of Britain’s most advanced warships has aborted a mission to the Gulf and is heading home after breaking down, The Times can reveal. HMS Diamond, a £1 billion Type 45 destroyer, had problems wi

Egypt, Qatar Seen Adding New Rafale Orders
PARIS --- Egypt and Qatar could convert their options on additional Rafale fighters by the end of the year, and add 24 additional aircraft to Dassault Aviation’s order book, according to the LaTribune

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Denmark Asks Parliament for $2.6 Bn to Buy 27 Lockheed F-35 Fighters
Denmark's 27 Lockheed Martin F-35 combat aircraft, plus engines, simulators, spare parts, support equipment and more, will cost 16,374.4 million Danish krona ($2.60 billion), according to the document...

Another Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer Breaks Down, Aborts Mission
One of Britain’s most advanced warships has aborted a mission to the Gulf and is heading home after breaking down, The Times can reveal. HMS Diamond, a £1 billion Type 45 destroyer, had problems wi...

Egypt, Qatar Seen Adding New Rafale Orders
PARIS --- Egypt and Qatar could convert their options on additional Rafale fighters by the end of the year, and add 24 additional aircraft to Dassault Aviation’s order book, according to the LaTribune...

Air-Launched Brahmos Boosts India Strike Capabilities
NEW DELHI --- Very soon, India will have the formidable precision strike capability to take out terror camps, underground nuclear bunkers, aircraft carriers on the high seas and other military targets...

Search for Missing Sailors Expands in Philippine Sea
PHILIPPINE SEA --- Search and rescue operations continue for three Sailors following a C-2A Greyhound aircraft crash southeast of Okinawa at 2:45 p.m. yesterday. Next of kin notifications to inform...

Russia to Stand Up New Su-30SM Squadron in Western MD
MOSCOW --- A combat squadron of Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets will be formed in Russia’s Western Military District in 2018, the District’s press office reported on Thursday. The aviation unit will ge...

GE to Explore Turboprop Opportunities with Russia’s UEC
GE Aviation and United Engine Corporation today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore turboprop engine business opportunities, as well as identify areas of synergy for growing a turboprop po...

China Talks Up New Military Radars
BEIJING --- The China Central Television (CCTV) recently broadcast a story introducing the new radars developed by the No.14 Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETGC...

US Marines Field Upgraded LAV Anti-Tank Weapon System
In September, Marine Corps Systems Command’s LAV-AT Modernization program team achieved initial operational capability by completing its first fielding of four upgraded Anti-Tank Weapon Systems to 1st...

Airbus Sees LatAm Airliner Fleet More Than Doubling by 2036
From 2017-2036 Latin America and the Caribbean will need 2,677 new passenger and freighter aircraft to meet rising demand, according to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF). Valued at US$352...

Why Are Submarines So Difficult to Find?
Ships, planes and underwater robots have been searching for the lost Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan for over a week. But modern stealth technology may be making the search even more difficult. ...

Eurofighter Again Touts Typhoon’s Operational Capabilities
Eurofighter Typhoon has proved its swing role capabilities during Operation SHADER, Royal Air Force Air Vice Marshal Gerry Mayhew, Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group, told a media briefing at the Dubai...

BAE Wins $76M Contract As US Stocks Up on Countermeasures
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire, is being awarded $75,905,989 for firm-fixed-price delivery order N0010418FMM03 under a previously awarded basic ...

Award Points to Sale of Littoral Combat Ships to Saudi Arabia
Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Maryland, is being awarded a $22,748,516 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2300) to exercise an option for class services...

Future Frigate: BAE Would Transfer Type 26 Design to Australia
BAE Systems and the UK Government have committed to transfer cutting-edge technologies and design innovation that will ensure Australian industry can build one of the world’s most formidable and flexi...

US Radars in Japan Monitor North Korean Launches
HONOLULU --- With the threat of ballistic missile launches by North Korea, the Army maintains Army-Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance systems, or AN/TPY-2, in Japan to keep a watchful eye on the sk...

Does General Electric Deserve Its Collapsing Share Price?
For the past month, Wall Street analysts have been having a feeding frenzy over General Electric, driving the price lower and lower until it reaches the point where they can jump back in. It’s like a...

Airbus to Provide French Forces with Active Digital Maps
ÉLANCOURT, France --– Direction générale de l’armement (DGA), the French Defence Procurement Agency, has entrusted the firm tranche of the 10-year SYSENV contract to Airbus Defence and Space and its f...

International Cooperation Could Transform US Acquisition
On December 1, the Department of Defense (DoD) will finalize its plan for reorganizing the undersecretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics (AT&L) within Office of the Secretary of Defense (O...

Naval Group Delivers New Simulators for French Navy
Naval Group has delivered a brand new visual defence simulator (Simdav) to the French Navy in Brest, after that delivered to Toulon at the end of 2016. Both deliveries form part of the 5-year modernis...

Minister Opens Australian GBAD Contractor Fair
The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today opened an Adelaide industry showcase to help local suppliers win work on the Short-Range Ground Based Air Defence System. It’s ...

Boeing P-8A Poseidon Wins UK Military Certification
The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review announced the procurement of 9 maritime patrol aircraft to re-introduce a capability that had been dormant since the withdrawal of the Royal Air Force’s ...

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