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WTO Appeals Body Rules Against Airbus in Boeing Subsidies Row
The global trade body has found the EU is still ignoring requests to stop its illegal subsidies for Airbus, handing a victory to its US rival Boeing and paving the way for potentially billions in puni

France Defends Rafale Offer to Belgium
France's offer to associate Belgium with the development of the future version of the Rafale is "out of proportion" with what the competitors of the French fighter plane propose for the vast public pr

Germany's Bundestag Begins Debate Over 2018 Budget
Social Democrat (SPD) Finance Minister Olaf Scholz presented his first budget proposal Tuesday, kicking off four days of debate on the topic in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag. Germany's budget is

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WTO Appeals Body Rules Against Airbus in Boeing Subsidies Row
The global trade body has found the EU is still ignoring requests to stop its illegal subsidies for Airbus, handing a victory to its US rival Boeing and paving the way for potentially billions in puni...

France Defends Rafale Offer to Belgium
France's offer to associate Belgium with the development of the future version of the Rafale is "out of proportion" with what the competitors of the French fighter plane propose for the vast public pr...

Germany's Bundestag Begins Debate Over 2018 Budget
Social Democrat (SPD) Finance Minister Olaf Scholz presented his first budget proposal Tuesday, kicking off four days of debate on the topic in Germany's parliament, the Bundestag. Germany's budget is...

Russian Space, Defense Industry Doubled Spending Violations in 2018
Spending violations uncovered by a state auditor have reportedly doubled in Russia in the past year, with the defense and space industries accounting for the majority of misspent funds. The Russian...

First F-35s to Arrive in Britain in Early June: Minister
Britain’s next generation of fighter jets will start arriving at their new home early next month, the Defence Secretary has announced. Gavin Williamson confirmed the imminent arrival of the F-35 Li...

Russia to Deploy Modernized Missiles, Bombers This Year
President Vladimir Putin touted a range of new weapons that are ready for deployment at a meeting with defense officials in Sochi on May 15, saying they will significantly increase Russia's military c...

US Ambassador Urges UK to Spend More on Defence
The US ambassador to the UK has urged Britain to increase defence spending and push ahead with the F-35 programme. Woody Johnson’s comments come amid suggestions of a black hole of at least £20 bil...

Airbus, Boeing Both Claim Win in WTO Appellate Ruling
AMSTERDAM --- The WTO Appellate Body has published today the first of two rulings expected this year on subsidies in the large commercial aircraft dispute between the US and the EU. The first ruling i...

US Navy Orders Enhanced Laser-Guided Training Bombs
ARCHBALD, Pa. --- Lockheed Martin received a $23.1 million contract award from the U.S. Navy for follow-on production of Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTRs) to support the service's Paveway...

Lockheed Wins Additional $24M for F-35 Software
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $24,076,058 for modification P00655 to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract (N00019...

CAE Wins US Navy Contract for Instructor Services
TAMPA, FL. --- CAE today announced that CAE USA has won a contract to provide the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) with Contract Instruction Services (CIS) that will support the delivery of ground...

PLA Navy Tests Z-9 Naval Helicopters in S. China Sea
A People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy flotilla recently conducted live-fire drills for ship-borne helicopters in the South China Sea to test attacking targets at sea, with a military expert saying tha...

USS Milius Brings Enhanced Missile Defense to Japan
AT SEA --- The guided missile destroyer USS Milius entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations May 14 to join the forward-deployed U.S. naval forces in Japan. Milius joins Destroyer Squadron 15 t...

Latvia Launches Stage 2 of 4x4 Tactical Vehicle Procurement
Defence Ministry (MoD) has launched the second stage of negotiated procedure for procurement of light and medium 4x4 tactical vehicles. In Stage 2, bidders selected during the first phase submitted th...

China to Improve Market Entry for Military Products
China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) has reached a consensus with the defense sector to further improve the market entry mechanism for milita...

Launch Operator of A330neo Completes Maiden Flight
The first A330neo for launch operator TAP Air Portugal - MSN1819 - completed its 4:32 hours maiden flight. The aircraft now joins the fleet of two A330-900 test aircraft already performing flight t...

Canada Nears Deployment of Israeli Radar System
OTTAWA --- The Canadian Army plans to deploy its first new Medium Range Radar system this summer, the Ottawa Citizen reports. Canada awarded a contract in 2015 for ten radar systems, which are develop...

AEUK Delivers Autonomous Minesweeping Capability to Royal Navy
Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) which is based in Winfrith, Dorset has completed a £13M contract to deliver the very latest in unmanned world leading minesweeping technology to Defence Equipment & Support ...

NATO "Tigers" Train at Krzesiny Air Base
“In the year of the hundredth anniversary of regaining independence by Poland, we are hosting in Poland, here near Poznan, squadrons of allied countries, we host pilots who represent tiger units,” sa...

NATO Comms Exercise Begins in Lithuania Next Week
On May 21 the annual NATO’s communications units exercise Steadfast Cobalt will begin, taking place in Kaunas (Lithuania) for the second year in a row. The exercise will involve roughly 1,000 NATO sol...

Black Sea Fleet Missile Crews Practise Repelling Sea Attacks
Crews of Bastion and Bal coastal missile systems of the Black Sea Fleet are practising to deliver missile strikes when deploying the systems after marching in Crimea. The missile system crews are h...

Record Number of Applicants for Australian Defence Industry Jobs
Saab Australia has reported a record number of applicants during a recent recruitment drive. This further highlights the effectiveness of the Turnbull Government’s policy to attract people to the g...

Tupolev Takes Over Aircraft Ryazan Aircraft Repair Plant
MOSCOW --- “Tupolev” PJSC, part of the United Aircraft Corporation, gained the rights of a sole executive body concerning joint stock company “360 Aircraft repair plant”. The transition of “360 ARP” J...

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EU, US Both Claim Victory In WTO Ruling
BRUSSELS --- The EU welcomes the report by the Appellate Body in the dispute brought by the US on support to Airbus. The report rejects the vast majority of the US allegations that the EU had not comp...