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March 19, 2018  

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Spain Preparing €10Bn Armaments Plan
In the coming weeks, Spanish Minister of Defense María Dolores de Cospedal will table her new 15-year investment cycle for weapons systems before the Council of Ministers. "Considering the most nec

12-Month Effort Adds F-35 Engine Module to ALIS System
A joint team consisting of Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed Martin, Rolls-Royce and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) subject matter experts successfully completed the rollout of a major upgrade to the F-3

More Problems Found in Boeing’s KC-46 Tanker
Boeing's KC-46 tanker program, long waylaid by technical issues, is now facing more "category one" deficiencies, adding to the problems the contractor has to fix and further endangering the tanker's d

 


The Guarani, produced by Iveco in Brazil, is a six-wheel drive armored vehicle designed and produced specifically for the Brazilian army. Over 300 have now been delivered, including this one, armed with a 20mm turret, seen during a parade. (Braz MoD file
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    Spain Preparing €10Bn Armaments Plan
    In the coming weeks, Spanish Minister of Defense María Dolores de Cospedal will table her new 15-year investment cycle for weapons systems before the Council of Ministers. "Considering the most nec...

    12-Month Effort Adds F-35 Engine Module to ALIS System
    A joint team consisting of Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed Martin, Rolls-Royce and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) subject matter experts successfully completed the rollout of a major upgrade to the F-3...

    More Problems Found in Boeing’s KC-46 Tanker
    Boeing's KC-46 tanker program, long waylaid by technical issues, is now facing more "category one" deficiencies, adding to the problems the contractor has to fix and further endangering the tanker's d...

    Boeing 737 MAX 7 Completes Successful First Flight
    SEATTLE --- Boeing's new 737 MAX 7 successfully completed its first flight today. The airplane remains on schedule and now begins a comprehensive flight test program leading to certification and deliv...

    Raytheon Wins $511M to Operate Cobra Dane Radar in Alaska
    Raytheon Co., Intelligence, Information and Services, Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $511,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Cobra Dane radar. This c...

    Regulatory Divergence 'Self-Defeating' for Aerospace Sector Post-Brexit
    The best way for the aerospace sector to take advantage of global growth opportunities post-Brexit is to maintain harmonisation and not diverge from international standards, the Business, Energy and I...

    Japan’s Pursuit of New-Gen Stealth Fighter Faces Hurdles
    Japan’s Ministry of Defense is facing a dilemma in its quest to develop an indigenous stealth combat aircraft that would replace the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fleet of F-2 fighters starting...

    KBR to Assist in Design of Australia’s Future Submarine Facility
    Naval Group has formally signed a Design Services Subcontract (DSSC) with local engineering company, KBR, to assist with the concept design of the proposed Future Submarine (SEA1000) construction yard...

    NATO Trends Heading Up, Annual Report Shows
    WASHINGTON --- NATO has stepped up recrafting deterrence and defense, and the alliance's annual report for 2017 shows that the trend lines for the alliance are up, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg s...

    Eucom Chief on Counteracting Russian Disinformation
    WASHINGTON --- Russia is using all aspects of government power to overthrow the existing international rules-based infrastructure and especially trying to subvert NATO, Army Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti...

    Lockheed Details $3.5 Billion Training Contract
    ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin was awarded a seven-year, $3.53 billion contract to globally sustain more than 300,000 fielded Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS), including l...

    Special Operations Forces Exercise in Arctic Conditions
    FAIRBANKS, Alaska --- The U.S. military conducts mission-based training events year-round, but Arctic Edge 2018 is a unique opportunity that has brought more than 1,500 U.S. military personnel from 20...

    Pentagon Reports Latest Strikes Against ISIS in Syria, Iraq
    SOUTHWEST ASIA --- Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners continued to strike Islamic State of Iraq and Syria targets in designated parts of Syria and Iraq between March...

    Saab Wins FMV Order for Maintenance of Flight Safety Equipment
    Saab has signed an agreement with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) concerning the maintenance of technical system support for flight safety equipment. The total value of the agreement...

    RAF Typhoons Participate in Greek Air Defense Exercise
    RAF Coningsby based Typhoon jets are taking part in one of Europe’s biggest military air exercises to bolster NATO’s ability to respond to aggression. Six jets from the Lincolnshire based 3 (Fighte...

    Australia Develops IED Protection Shield
    A new state-of-the-art force protection capability designed to protect against the threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is now being manufactured in Australia, following an agreement between ...

    German BND Spy Agency: North Korean Rockets Can Hit Europe
    The disclosure came in a closed-door meeting Germany's foreign intelligence agency held with members of the Bundestag last week, media report. North Korea has pursued missile and nuclear programs desp...

    Iveco Delivers 300th Guarani Armored Vehicle to Brazil
    BRASILIA --- On Friday (March 16), at the IVECO industrial complex in Sete Lagoas (Minas Gerais state), a ceremony was held to mark the delivery of the 300th Guarani Veículo Blindado de Transporte de ...

    France Launches Man-Machine Interface Program
    PARIS --- Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly in Friday, March 16 presented her Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Innovation Roadmap, at a ceremony marking the launch of the Man-Machine Teaming (MMT) ...

    US Air Force Details Fruitless Hypoxia Investigations
    SAN ANTONIO, Texas --- An F-16 Fighting Falcon’s sustained 9 g-force break turn is no small matter on a normal day. Imagine yourself there. Your head weighs 180 pounds and your arms are pinned to the ...

    Pentagon Official Discusses Security Cooperation Reform
    WASHINGTON --- Army Lt. Gen. Charles W. Hooper, the director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, discussed his agency’s role in the new National Security Strategy, and its role in ongoing refo...

    US Navy Commissions Latest Nuclear Submarine, USS Colorado
    GROTON, Conn. --- Colorado is the first submarine to bear the name and third vessel to be named for the state and was brought to life by her sponsor, Annie Maybus Mabus, daughter of the 75th Secretary...

    Leonardo Team Down-Selected for UK’s ASDOT Competition
    LONDON --- The Leonardo, Top Aces and Inzpire team, named Red Aces, has been down-selected by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to compete for a contract to meet the Air Support to Defence Operational ...

    India to Set Up Defense Corridors in Two States
    Under the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s larger vision of pushing Make in India, the Ministry of Defence has taken multiple measures to promote indigenisation in the defence industry. In the 2018...

    Ukraine and Kuwait Agree on Cooperation in Military and Other Spheres
    Following the negotiations between President Petro Poroshenko and Emir of the State of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, a number of bilateral documents have been signed. An agreement on coo...

    Finnish Defence Forces to Participate in Sweden’s AURORA 17 Exercise
    All of the three services of the Finnish Defence Forces will participate in the AURORA 17 exercise organised by the Swedish Armed Forces. The exercise will be take place in areas around Stockholm, Got...


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