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Federal Shutdown Forces US to Reveal Cost of F-35 Offer to Belgium
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Belgium of thirty-four (34) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing aircr

Carrier Ops a Step Closer for Royal Navy
Another milestone has been reached in the UK’s return to carrier strike operations. Personnel from five Royal Navy ships took part in the latest validation exercise, learning how to work as part of a

US Federal Government Shuts Down
WASHINGTON --- The Defense Department will continue its mission to defend the people of the United States, American allies and U.S. vital interests around the world during the government shutdown that

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Federal Shutdown Forces US to Reveal Cost of F-35 Offer to Belgium
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Belgium of thirty-four (34) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing aircr...

Carrier Ops a Step Closer for Royal Navy
Another milestone has been reached in the UK’s return to carrier strike operations. Personnel from five Royal Navy ships took part in the latest validation exercise, learning how to work as part of a ...

US Federal Government Shuts Down
WASHINGTON --- The Defense Department will continue its mission to defend the people of the United States, American allies and U.S. vital interests around the world during the government shutdown that...

Chinese Navy Claims ‘New Type of EW Aircraft’
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's South China Sea Fleet deployed a "new type of electronic warfare aircraft" in its recent combat maneuvers, a move to greatly enhance the navy's capabilities i...

Britain No Match for Russia’s Military, U.K. Army Chief Says
Britain would struggle to match Russia’s military capabilities on the battlefield, the head of the U.K. army will say in a speech on January 22. In an address to the Royal United Services Institute...

National Defense Strategy a ‘Good Fit for Our Times:’ Mattis
WASHINGTON --- The new National Defense Strategy is a good fit for the times, emphasizing the return of great power rivalry, yet still addressing other threats that abound in the world today, Defense ...

National Strategy Has Broad Goals, Bad Buzzwords, But No Clear Strategy
The unclassified summary of new National Defense Strategy (NDS) is just that: An unclassified summary. It sets goals and objectives that do build on the National Security Strategy (NSS) announced in D...

China Blasts New US Defense Strategy
China has denounced the United States government for its Cold War and zero-sum mentality as reflected in its new national defense strategy. The 2018 US National Defense Strategy (NDS) unveiled on F...

F-16 Fighting Falcon: The End of an Era?
On November 14, 2017, four decades of continuous production of the Fighting Falcon (F16) ceased at Fort Worth, Texas.1 The facilities are being relocated to South Carolina and would take approximately...

War In Space: How USAF is Preparing, and What Might Go Wrong
War in space has begun. Although the details are secret and the action so far is mostly non-kinetic, U.S. rivals such as China are investing heavily in ways of degrading or destroying space-based capa...

China Finds New Reasons for Assertive Navy Operations
The Chinese government has accused the United States of trespassing in its territorial waters after a US guided missile destroyer sailed near a disputed area in the South China Sea. Chinese Foreign...

USAF's Fourth SBIRS Missile-Warning Satellite Responding
BUCKLEY AFB, Colo. --- The U.S. Air Force's 460th Space Wing is now "talking" with the fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite after its successful launch...

French Begin Service with NATO Battalion in Lithuania
On January 22 the French contingent beginning their service with the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group will be introduced at a ceremony at the Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvi...

ST Electronics Wins S$742m Contracts In 4Q2017
SINGAPORE --- Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced today that its electronics arm, Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics), has clinched about S$742m w...

Pentagon to Sell US Marine AH-1W Cobra Helicopters
WASHINGTON --- Potential Federal Business Opportunity: AH-1W Super Cobra aircraft are being retired from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and will be offered for sale via Foreign Military Sales (...

US Army Lauds New Battery Technology
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. --- Twenty years ago, one phone call between two Army engineers led to a cost-effective lithium-ion battery solution for what was then an up-and-coming guided missile syst...

Soldier Lethality, Mobile Networks Key for US Army Readiness
WASHINGTON --- Readiness in the short term is not good enough, said Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, during an Association of the U.S. Army breakfast here, Jan. 17. "We mortgage our ...

JDAM Operators Train for Foreign Deployment
MOODY AFB, Ga.--- Maintenance Airmen participated in a combat munitions training (CMT) class, Jan. 8-11, here. The 23d Maintenance Squadron (MXS) held the CMT class to acclimate the Airmen with bui...

USAF Undersecretary Highlights Budget, Readiness
WASHINGTON --- The ability to adapt and stay ahead of potential adversaries is one of the greatest challenges the Air Force faces, Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan said during an Air F...

Ingalls Wins $125M to Fix ‘Collision’ Destroyer
Huntington Ingalls Inc. - Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is being awarded a $125,136,069 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-17-C-4444) for the ex...

New Chip Developed Under EDA Project Gets Award
BRUSSELS --- A new chip developed under the European Defence Agency’s THIMS project (Technology for High speed Mixed Signal circuits) has received the 2017 Elektra award for ‘Semiconductor Of The Year...

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