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Belgium Fighter Tender In Doubt After Upgrade Option Is Revealed
PARIS --- The future of Belgium’s competition to select a new fighter aircraft is uncertain today, after the government was accused yesterday of hiding from Parliament that a cheaper upgrade option wa

U.S. Says Russia Increases Deployment of More 'Banned' Cruise Missile
WASHINGTON --- The commander of U.S. nuclear forces says that Russia has increased its deployment of cruise missiles that Washington asserts are in violation of a key Cold War arms-control treaty, a s

Saab Wants to Compete for Korean ASW Aircraft Buy
SEOUL --- Saab, a Swedish defense firm, argued Wednesday that its Swordfish maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) is an optimum model for use by South Korea's Navy, which is seeking to bolster its ability to

Belgium Fighter Tender In Doubt After Upgrade Option Is Revealed
PARIS --- The future of Belgium’s competition to select a new fighter aircraft is uncertain today, after the government was accused yesterday of hiding from Parliament that a cheaper upgrade option wa...

U.S. Says Russia Increases Deployment of More 'Banned' Cruise Missile
WASHINGTON --- The commander of U.S. nuclear forces says that Russia has increased its deployment of cruise missiles that Washington asserts are in violation of a key Cold War arms-control treaty, a s...

Saab Wants to Compete for Korean ASW Aircraft Buy
SEOUL --- Saab, a Swedish defense firm, argued Wednesday that its Swordfish maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) is an optimum model for use by South Korea's Navy, which is seeking to bolster its ability to...

J-20's Advanced Versions to Help China Seize Air Superiority
After China's latest J-20 stealth fighter was commissioned, the country will continue to explore new fighter jets that meet national needs and create more surprises, the fighter's chief designer said ...

Trump Touts Saudi Arms Deals in Meeting with Crown Prince
WHITE HOUSE --- Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday amid heightened tensions between Riyadh and Tehran. “Iran has not been ...

Lockheed Modernizes US Ballistic Missile Defense System
DENVER --- The system of systems that enables the disparate elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) to function as a complete global defense network has been revolutionized. The mod...

SkyUp Airlines Finalizes Order for Five Boeing 737 MAX
KIEV, Ukraine --- Boeing and SkyUp Airlines announced they have finalized a firm order for five 737 MAX airplanes valued at $624 million at list prices. The order includes two 737 MAX 8 and three 737 ...

Rheinmetall Integrates Anti-tank Missile into Marder IFV
Rheinmetall has integrated the state-of-the-art MELLS antitank guided missile into the Marder 1A5 infantry fighting vehicle. Following successful conclusion of the study phase, the Bundeswehr subseque...

Royal Navy Trials SSN Sonar on Frigate
Thales has been liaising with the Navy in recent trials to assess if investments made in submarine sonar systems could deliver additional benefits for frontline sailors in surface ships such as the Ty...

Lockheed Wins Another Contract for F-35 Distributed Training
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded $8,546,988 for modification 05 to previously issued order 0045, placed against basic ordering agreement (N00...

CAE Wins Contract to Provide S-70B Trainers to Brazilian Navy
TAMPA, Fla. --- CAE USA has been awarded a contract by the United States Navy under a U.S. foreign military sale (FMS) program to provide the Brazilian Navy with a comprehensive S-70B Seahawk helicopt...

Arctic Conditions Provide Valuable Lessons in Alaska Exercise
ELMENDORF, Alaska --- Alaskan Command, a subordinate unified command under U.S. Northern Command, has proven that summer soldiers or sunshine patriots do not exist in the U.S. military. More than 1...

EUCOM Chief Discusses 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...

Footage Shows Chinese Unmanned Tanks in Testing Stage
Recent footage shown on Chinese media reveals that China's unmanned tanks are now in their testing stage. Footage recently broadcast on China Central Television (CCTV) shows a Type 59 tank being dr...

Officials Note Progress in Afghanistan, Difficulty for Taliban
MAZAR E-SHARIF, Afghanistan --- Noting “breathtaking” progress the Afghan government and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have made, a senior officer in the Resolute Support mission said there is never g...

Thales Goalkeeper Scores in Sea Acceptance Trials
The first Goalkeeper Close-In Weapon System of the Royal Netherlands Navy equipped with the Upkeep modifications contracted in 2012, was subjected to the Sea Acceptance Trials (SAT) and passed all tes...

US Navy Orders More LM2500 Gas Turbines for New Destroyers
EVENDALE, OHIO --- GE’s Marine Solutions announced that its LM2500 marine gas turbines have been selected to power the United States Navy’s new DDG 126 and 127 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. These ne...

Airbus and Boeing Report February 2018 Orders and Deliveries
Boeing and Airbus delivered 49 and 38 commercial jets in February 2018, respectively, compared to 51 and 49 deliveries during the same month last year. Given that Airbus and Boeing expect major delive...

French Navy Picks Safran for Future Intermediate Frigates
BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France --- The PASEO XLR (eXtra Long Range) sighting system built by Safran Electronics & Defense has been chosen by Naval Group for France's new medium frigates (FTI). Five of t...

Russia MoD Awards Over 3 Trillion Rubles of Contracts
The Ministry of Defence has contracted for more than 3 trillion rubles with the defence industry enterprises. A major part of this sum goes to paying salaries and taxes. Over the past two years, th...

Raytheon in Final Phase of GPS OCX Software Build
AURORA, Colo. --- Raytheon Company's GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, is in its final software development phase. This phase focuses on increasing automation and build...

Microwaves, Lasers Defeat Multiple Drones During Exercise
FORT SILL, Okla. --- Forty-five unmanned aerial vehicles and drones fell out of the sky during a U.S. Army exercise after Raytheon's advanced high-power microwave and laser dune buggy engaged and dest...

Iceland Joins NATO Enhanced Forward Presence Battalion in Rukla
Iceland joined the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group in Rukla, Lithuania, as of the second half of March. “Iceland is a longstanding and trustworthy Lithuania’s partner, the fir...

GD, CSRA Increase Merger Offer Price
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -– General Dynamics and CSRA today announced that they have entered into an amendment to their definitive merger agreement under which General Dynamics will acquire all outstanding s...

Germany Proposes Ulm as NATO Logistics Hub Against Russia
Germany has put forward the city of Ulm as a potential candidate for a logistics base to counter potential Russian aggression on NATO's eastern flank. An alternative would be the US city of Norfolk, V...

US Navy Secretariat Restructures to Improve Business Operations
WASHINGTON --- The Under Secretary of the Navy, Thomas Modly, released a memorandum March 16 announcing a significant restructuring of how the Secretary of the Navy staff is organized in order to acce...

US Navy Offers $100,000 Bonus to Retain Pilots
WASHINGTON --- The Navy announced March 20 the Active Component (AC) fiscal year 2018 Aviation Department Head Retention Bonus (ADHRB) and Aviation Command Retention Bonus (ACRB) and the expansion of ...

Boeing to Establish New Technology Research Center in Korea
SEOUL --- Boeing announced today the company’s intention to establish a new research center in the Republic of Korea; the company is currently in discussion with the Korean government regarding the ce...

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