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April 18, 2018  

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Turkey Speeds Up TF-X Stealth Fighter
ISTANBUL --- Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) has rolled up its sleeves to produce Turkey's national fighter jet, the TF-X. The fifth-generation fighter jet, one of the country's largest design

US Army Scientists Uncover How to Stop Cyber Intrusions
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --- U.S. Army-funded researchers at the University of California in Los Angles have found a proverbial smoking gun signature of the long sought-after Majorana particle, an

Malaysian Navy Orders Kongsberg’s NSM Missiles
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS has entered into contract worth Euro 124M with the Royal Malaysian Navy for delivery of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to their six new Littoral Combat [Vessels]. B

 


The Royal Australian Air Force held a ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond to welcome the tenth and final Leonardo C-27J Spartan to Australia, which are in service with No 35 Squadron in the battlefield airlift role. (RAAF photo)
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    Turkey Speeds Up TF-X Stealth Fighter
    ISTANBUL --- Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) has rolled up its sleeves to produce Turkey's national fighter jet, the TF-X. The fifth-generation fighter jet, one of the country's largest design...

    US Army Scientists Uncover How to Stop Cyber Intrusions
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --- U.S. Army-funded researchers at the University of California in Los Angles have found a proverbial smoking gun signature of the long sought-after Majorana particle, an...

    Malaysian Navy Orders Kongsberg’s NSM Missiles
    Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS has entered into contract worth Euro 124M with the Royal Malaysian Navy for delivery of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to their six new Littoral Combat [Vessels]. B...

    Norway Orders Upgraded M-113 Shorads Vehicles
    The Norwegian Army will have new armored combat support platforms to carry, among other things, their new combat air defense system. Today, Forsvarsmateriell (Defense Matériel agency) signed a prototy...

    Technical Snags May Have Limited French Missile Strikes on Syria
    PARIS --- Technical snags and scheduling conflicts may have limited the number of cruise missiles fired by French forces against Syrian targets on April 14, according to French media reports. Unspe...

    Rheinmetall Pushes Lynx AFV to Czech Army
    The Czech armed forces are currently pressing ahead with a far-reaching modernization programme. Among other things, its fleet of BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, which dates from the 1980s, is to be...

    Turkey’s Big Push at DSA Shows Its Ambitions in SE Asia
    ISTANBUL --- Looking to expand export markets in Asia, 29 Turkish institutions and organizations attended the Defense Services Asia (DSA), which began yesterday in Kuala Lumpur. One of the biggest ...

    Raytheon Wins $363M to Develop Barracuda Minehunting Drone
    Raytheon Co., Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is being awarded an $83,312,265 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the design, test and deployment of the Barracuda mine neutralization system. The Barra...

    Leonardo Demos AW159 Helicopter to Malaysian Forces
    ROME --- Leonardo, with the support of the UK’s 847 Naval Air Squadron, presented its AW159 Wildcat helicopter to Malaysia’s Armed Forces at Royal Malaysian Navy Base Lumut and Leonardo Helicopters’ f...

    UK Forces Face ‘Significant’ Personnel Shortages In ‘Critical Areas’
    The Armed Forces have a significant shortage of personnel with skills in critical areas and are not expected to meet this shortfall within the next five years, says a report, published today, by the N...

    Final C-27J Spartan Delivered to Australia
    Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) today welcomed the 10th and final C-27J Spartan into service during a ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, and Mini...

    Lockheed Wins $200M for Patriot PAC-3 Work
    Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $200,000,000 modification (0001 03) cost-plus-incentive-fee contract W31P4Q-17-G-0001 for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, Phased Array T...

    Dynetics Wins Darpa Gremlins Phase III Contract
    Dynetics Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, been awarded a $32,461,184 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Phase III of the Gremlins program. This contract provides for the research, development, and demonst...

    Sikorsky Names More German Partners for CH-53K Support
    BERLIN --- Sikorsky announced its German industrialization plan for competing in the German Air Force "Schwerer Transporthubschrauber" (STH) Program with the world class heavy lift helicopter, the CH-...

    Austal to Build Two Additional Patrol Boats for Timor Leste
    As part of our strong commitment to regional maritime security, Australia will gift Timor-Leste two new patrol boats following the finalisation of the shipbuilding arrangements. The new arrangemen...

    Rheinmetall Wins Contract to Protect New Naval Port
    Rheinmetall is protecting a new naval port for an international customer. The multiphase contract is a worth a double-digit euro million figure. It includes the installation of state-of-the-art sensor...

    Ukraine Makes Bis Sales Push at Malaysia’s DSA Show
    The meeting between Director General of the SC “UkrOboronProm” Pavlo Bukin and the Malaysian Chief of Army General Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Zulkiple bin Hj Kassim took place at the International Exhibition D...

    Patria Unit to Support Estonian CV90 Armored Vehicles
    Patria’s subsidiary Milrem LCM and BAE Systems have signed a contract to support Estonia’s fleet of CV9035 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs). Milrem LCM, an Estonian provider of defense vehicle lifecy...

    French Firm to Armor Cabins of Dutch Army’s Scania Trucks
    PARIS --- Following an international tender won by the Swedish manufacturer Scania, more than 2,000 trucks will be built and delivered to the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) of the Netherlands' Mi...

    Lockheed Submits Proposal for US Air Force's GPS IIIF Satellites
    DENVER --- Lockheed Martin has submitted a competitive and fully compliant proposal for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) program, which will add enhanced capabilities to the most adva...

    F-35C Cleared to Operate JSOW Glide Bomb
    TUCSON, Ariz. --- Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy completed the final developmental test to integrate the Joint Standoff Weapon C onto the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's C variant, keeping the low-cos...

    US Army 'Confident in Current Capabilities' Chief of Staff Says
    WASHINGTON --- There is no doubt it will take a lot of work to maintain the existing military edge the U.S. has now over adversaries, said the Army's chief of staff, but right now, the service feels g...

    Cobham to Supply Orion Crew Module Elements
    Cobham announces at the 34th Space Symposium (Stand 509) it has recently been awarded contracts by Lockheed Martin Space to supply a suite of space-rated life support and propulsion components for NAS...

    Curtiss-Wright to Support U.S. Navy’s Ford-Class Carriers
    DAVIDSON, N.C. --- Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $85 million to provide main propulsion steam turbines and auxiliary equipment for ...

    Lockheed Provides Australia with Space Situational Awareness System
    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. --- With space becoming an increasingly congested and contested domain, the Commonwealth of Australia has chosen Lockheed Martin’s iSpace – intelligent Space – system to help ...

    French, Indian Aerospace Industry Bodies Sign MoU
    NEW DELHI --- The Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) and the Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales (GIFAS) signed today a memorandum of understanding on the sidel...


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