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France, Germany Agree Future Fighter Requirements
PARIS --- France and Germany plan to announce major advances in two combat aircraft programs at the ILA air show which opens April 25 in Berlin, French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said Thursd

Eurofighter’s AESA Radar at “Very High Risk” of Missing Delivery Deadline
PARIS --- The development of the Captor-E electronically scanned radar for the Eurofighter combat aircraft is running 13 months late, and there is a “very high risk” that it will miss the initial deli

Lockheed Told to Cut F-35's $1.1 Trillion Lifetime Operating Costs
Lockheed Martin Corp. must find ways to reduce the Pentagon’s current $1.1 trillion estimate to own and operate the F-35 jet, the world’s costliest weapons program, according to the Defense Department

France, Germany Agree Future Fighter Requirements
PARIS --- France and Germany plan to announce major advances in two combat aircraft programs at the ILA air show which opens April 25 in Berlin, French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said Thursd...

Eurofighter’s AESA Radar at “Very High Risk” of Missing Delivery Deadline
PARIS --- The development of the Captor-E electronically scanned radar for the Eurofighter combat aircraft is running 13 months late, and there is a “very high risk” that it will miss the initial deli...

Lockheed Told to Cut F-35's $1.1 Trillion Lifetime Operating Costs
Lockheed Martin Corp. must find ways to reduce the Pentagon’s current $1.1 trillion estimate to own and operate the F-35 jet, the world’s costliest weapons program, according to the Defense Department...

US Clears $1.3Bn Sale of M109 SP Guns to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Saudi Arabia of 155mm M109A5/A6 Medium Self-Propelled Howitzer structures for conversion to M...

Germany to Buy Four MQ-9 Triton for $2.5 Billion
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Germany of MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for an estimated cost of $2.5 billion...

Norwegian Army Up in Arms Over Lack of Tanks, Helicopters, Staff
Last year alone, 660 service personnel disappeared from the Norwegian Army, Navy and Air Force, which previously had a combined force of 16,000. Severe understaffing, along with poor defense preparedn...

Ariane 5 Orbits Two Satellites In Dual Payload Launch
Telecommunications satellites for two major Arianespace customers – Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Avanti Communications of the UK – were orbited today on a record-breaking flight for the la...

Report: France Expects Combat Jet Announcement at Berlin Air Show
PARIS --- France hopes a "first significant step" in the development of a new European fighter jet will be announced later this month, Defense Minister Florence Parly told La Tribune newspaper on Thur...

F-35 Support Costs Mount As Global Fleet Grows
When F-35 pilot Maj. Matt Strongin broke the plastic clip that connects his mask to his helmet, he was told that due to a backlog it would take two weeks to ship a replacement clip from Texas. In t...

US Military Flights Grounded In Djibouti, Exercise Canceled After Crashes
DJIBOUTI --- U.S. air operations in Djibouti are on hold and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has cancelled the remainder of exercise Alligator Dagger in response to two separate aviation incidents i...

Thales Alenia Space Wins New Satellite Order
PARIS --- Eutelsat Communications announced today the order of a next-generation VHTS satellite system named KONNECT VHTS, to support the development of its European fixed broadband and in-flight conn...

US Clears $148M Artillery Ammo Sale to Australia
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of M795 with Insensitive Munitions Explosive (IMX) 101 Explosive Fill 155mm HE proj...

Australian Navy Faces Delay in Getting LHDs to Full Capability
The Royal Australian Navy was negotiating to overcome a delay in full operational capability for its two big amphibious ships, and that included possible cost recovery, federal MPs have been told. ...

MBDA’s CAMM Completes Qualification Trials from 3-Cell EXLs Launcher
MBDA and Lockheed Martin have jointly completed qualification of MBDA’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) from Lockheed Martin’s Extensible Launching System (ExLS) 3-Cell Stand Alone Launcher fol...

Babcock Floats-Up Fourth Irish Offshore Patrol Vessel
Babcock has marked a key milestone in the build programme for the delivery of a fourth Offshore Patrol Vessel for the Irish Naval Service as it successfully floated the 90-metre vessel currently under...

Marines Show F-35B to Central Command HQ
MACDILL AFB --– The F-35B Lightning II aircraft arrived at U.S. Central Command on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 4, 2018. The purpose of the two-day visit was to inform CENTCOM senior leadership...

UK Royal Navy Opens New Operations Hub in Gulf
Britain has cemented its enhanced and permanent presence in the Gulf with the opening of the United Kingdom Naval Support Facility at a ceremony at Mina Salman port in Bahrain today. The Naval Supp...

ISIS ‘Caliphate’ Defeat is Near, Top Pentagon Officials Say
WASHINGTON --- The defeat of the “caliphate” that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claimed in Syria is near, top Defense Department officials said at the Pentagon today. “A lot of great work's b...

US Army Tests, Evaluates New Equipment in Germany
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany --- In the fields here March 28, U.S. and British troops and Defense Department personnel watched as several new unmanned aerial tools were explained and demonstrated during a mul...

Saab Developing New Anti-Ship Missile Technology
Saab newly established development centre Saab Technology Center (STC) in Tampere, Finland, is used for development of the Swedish Armed Forces next generation RBS15 anti-ship missile system. In 20...

Lockheed Wins $117M Laser Order for Dutch Apache Upgrade
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $116,883,758 modification (0005 04) to Foreign Military Sales (Netherlands) contract W52P1J-17-D-0043 for Modernized Laser Range Finder Designato...

Marines Conduct Live-Fire HIMARS Raid
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. --- An Air Force MC-130 barrels through the dry, March air, en route to Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. Aboard, Marines verifiy target coordinates for an M142 High Mobility Artillery...

Thales UK Welcomes MOD's OCCAR Announcement for MIV
Thales UK welcomes the announcement by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) that their preferred procurement route for the British Army’s Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) programme is through the OCCAR o...

Avenger ER Drone Sets New Endurance Record
SAN DIEGO --- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has set a new endurance record with its Avenger Extended Range (ER) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). On January 24-25, the next-genera...

Australian Companies Win Future Submarine Trial
Aussie steel makers Bisalloy and BlueScope have had yet another win after a new contract was signed with Naval Group Australia to produce up to 250 tonnes of specialised steel. The steel produced w...

Ukraine to Produce New Atlet Recovery Vehicle
UKROBORONPROM State Enterprise SE "Kharkiv Morozov Machine-Building Design Bureau" launched armored recovery and repair vehicles (BREM) "Atlet" into serial production. The armored recovery and repa...

Bolivia to Begin Testing New Radars in Second Half
LA PAZ, Bolivia --- According to Bolivian Minister of Defense Javier Zavaleta, the country will begin testing new radar systems in the second half of 2018. In order to improve air traffic control a...

KAI Completes Delivery of Four T-50TH Jet Trainers
Korea Aerospace Industries LTD. (KAI) announced that the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has officially commissioned 4 of the T-50TH advanced jet trainers into the service. A ceremony was held at Tarkl...

BAE Holds Indian Supplier Summit Before DefExpo Show
Signalling its continued commitment to and focus on Make in India, BAE Systems will host its first ever India Supplier Summit on 5th April in New Delhi. The Summit is being held ahead of DefExpo, t...

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