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US Senate Defense Bill Bars Turkey from Buying F-35s
WASHINGTON --- A U.S. Senate committee passed its version of a $716 billion defense policy bill on Thursday, including a measure to prevent Turkey from purchasing Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fig

US Military in 'High State of Vigilance' in Korea After Trump Calls Off Meeting
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. military continues its "maximum pressure campaign" in regard to North Korea, and U.S. forces on the Korean Peninsula are "ready to fight tonight," the Pentagon's chief spokespe

Super Hornet Block III May Compensate F-35 Shortcomings
ARLINGTON, Va. --- They will be a little bit stealthier, pack a more powerful punch, fly with increased stamina and carry a more robust communication and targeting systems. That’s how Boeing officials

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US Senate Defense Bill Bars Turkey from Buying F-35s
WASHINGTON --- A U.S. Senate committee passed its version of a $716 billion defense policy bill on Thursday, including a measure to prevent Turkey from purchasing Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fig...

US Military in 'High State of Vigilance' in Korea After Trump Calls Off Meeting
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. military continues its "maximum pressure campaign" in regard to North Korea, and U.S. forces on the Korean Peninsula are "ready to fight tonight," the Pentagon's chief spokespe...

Super Hornet Block III May Compensate F-35 Shortcomings
ARLINGTON, Va. --- They will be a little bit stealthier, pack a more powerful punch, fly with increased stamina and carry a more robust communication and targeting systems. That’s how Boeing officials...

Canada Picks Leonardo for $1Bn Helicopter Upgrade
VICTORIA, British Columbia --- The Canadian government will begin negotiations with Leonardo for a modernization program for search and rescue helicopters, undercutting a competing effort by Sikorsky....

Lockheed Wins $558M for F-35 Lot 11
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $558,276,346 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm, firm-fixed-price co...

Boeing Wins $416M Order for 3 P-8A Poseidon
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is being awarded a $416,438,385 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-14-C-0067) for the manufacture and delivery of three Lot 9 f...

UK Parliament Opens Inquiry into £51Bn Nuclear Deterrent Plans
The Royal Navy has operated a continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent for 49 years. The UK’s current Vanguard-class submarines are due to be replaced from the early 2030s by new Dreadnought-class submarin...

Leonardo Delivers First Commando Merlin Mk. 4 to Royal Navy
Defence Minister Guto Bebb has today announced the delivery of the first of a fleet of new helicopters designed for Royal Marine aircraft carrier operations. The helicopter, known as the Commando M...

Shipbuilding Plan ‘Sucking Cash’ from Australian Defense
Building new warships and submarines will soak up to $4 billion in taxpayer funding a year, jeopardising the Defence Department's ability to acquire new equipment and its capability to the other servi...

Israeli AF Slammed for Photo of F-35 Over Beirut
Senior cabinet ministers reportedly slammed Israeli Air Force chief Amikam Norkin for releasing a picture and details of an Israeli F-35 stealth fighter high above Beirut, saying the move was “arrogan...

Raytheon Wins $396M Order for PAC-3 for Romania
Raytheon IDS, Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $395,847,480 modification (P00026) to foreign military sales (Romania) contract W31P4Q-15-C-0022 for Phased Array Tracking on Radar to Intercept Opt...

Amphibious Vehicles Are the Pentagon’s Latest Sinkhole
Forty-six years and $46 billion, and they are back where they started. One of the worst symptoms of the paralysis in Washington and at the Pentagon has been the inability to correctly match weapon ...

Lockheed Wins $20M to Upgrade F-35 Radars
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $19,860,194 for modification P00014 to cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price delivery order 5503 previously is...

20 Air Force Chiefs Fly in Israeli AF M-346 Jet Trainers
Flying in the “Lavi” (M-346) aircraft over Israel, meeting Israel’s Prime Minister and getting acquainted with the IAF’s various aircraft and weapon systems - this is just a part of yesterday's events...

Australia Updates Status of Its F-35 Program
-- The Australian Government has approved the acquisition of 72 F-35A aircraft along with associated weapons, spares, support equipment, and infrastructure. -- The United States Joint Program Offic...

Royal Navy Merlin ASW Helicopters Train with Aussie MH-60Rs
RNAS Culdrose based 820 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) is back flying in Cornwall again having tested its war fighting skills in Scotland, and once again, proved the Merlin Mk2 as the best submarine hunting...

US Navy to Commission Littoral Combat Ship Manchester
The Navy will commission its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Manchester (LCS 14), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, May 26, at the State Pier in Portsmouth...

Gripen User Group Meets in Brazil for First Time
Members of Gripen User Group paid a visit to the Aeronautics Command (COMAER), in Brasília, and discussed Gripen operations, maintenance and logistics. The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) hosted the Gripen ...

Kazakh Engineering Exhibits In Force at KADEX 2018 Show
V International Exhibition Weapons Systems and Military Equipment KADEX-2018, which will be held from May 23 to 26, 2018 in Astana. The co-organizer of this event is JSC NC Kazakhstan engineering. ...

Renault Trucks Defense Becomes Arquus
From the FT 17 to the Griffon, from the EBR to the VAB and from the VLRA to the Bastion, Arquus is rooted in a century of innovation and commitment. Today it is moving forward with a new strategy and ...

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