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Germany Expects to Suffer ‘Trumper Tantrum,’ But EU Fires Back
"Dear America, appreciate your allies, after all you don't have that many," Tusk said on the eve of the summit. Twenty-nine NATO countries are set to hold tense discussions over two days in Brussels.

JetBlue First to Order Airbus A220-300, Signs for 60 Aircraft
TOULOUSE / NEW-YORK --- JetBlue today became the first customer for the newly-rebranded Airbus A220 aircraft, signing a Memorandum of Understanding for 60 firm orders for the larger A220-300 model. I

Three Share $4.1 Bn Missile Defense Contract
Raytheon Co., Woburn, Massachusetts (HQ0147-18-D-0008); Lockheed Martin Corp., Moorestown, New Jersey (HQ0147-18-D-0011); and Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. acting through Missile Defense and Protecti

USAF’s Secret A-10 / F-35 Close Air Support Fly-off Is A Farce
WASHINGTON --- The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is finally going up against the battle-proven A-10 close air support attack plane for the long-promised close air support fly-off. The unpublicized tests b...

Germany Expects to Suffer ‘Trumper Tantrum,’ But EU Fires Back
"Dear America, appreciate your allies, after all you don't have that many," Tusk said on the eve of the summit. Twenty-nine NATO countries are set to hold tense discussions over two days in Brussels. ...

JetBlue First to Order Airbus A220-300, Signs for 60 Aircraft
TOULOUSE / NEW-YORK --- JetBlue today became the first customer for the newly-rebranded Airbus A220 aircraft, signing a Memorandum of Understanding for 60 firm orders for the larger A220-300 model. I...

Three Share $4.1 Bn Missile Defense Contract
Raytheon Co., Woburn, Massachusetts (HQ0147-18-D-0008); Lockheed Martin Corp., Moorestown, New Jersey (HQ0147-18-D-0011); and Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. acting through Missile Defense and Protecti...

OPCW Finds No Chemical Weapons Used in Douma, Syria in April
THE HAGUE, Netherlands --- The Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) issued an interim report on the FFM’s investigation to date regarding the a...

US Clears AMRAAM Sales to Denmark and UK
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Denmark of twenty-eight (28) AIM-120 C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) f...

NATO Releases Latest Defense Expenditures As Summit Opens
NATO collects defence expenditure data from Allies on a regular basis and presents aggregates and subsets of this information. Each Ally’s Ministry of Defence reports current and estimated future defe...

Leonardo, Poland’s PGZ Sign LOI for New AW249 Combat Helicopter
ROME --- Leonardo and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. (PGZ) signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) that will see the two companies collaborate on the AW249, the only new combat helicopter currently being desig...

Japanese Industry Shuns Defense As Abe Buys American
While there’s little prospect that Japanese consumers will ever buy enough American cars to please Donald Trump, the Abe government’s record spending on defense is shaping up as a bright spot in bilat...

Airbus Introduces the A220-100 and A220-300
Airbus has revealed the A220 at a ceremony held at its Henri-Ziegler Delivery Centre, near Toulouse. Witnessed by Airbus employees and members of the global news media, the A220-300 landed directly fr...

Senator Takes Pentagon to Task Over $10,000 Toilet Seat
WASHINGTON --- Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa recently sent a letter to Department of Defense Principal Deputy Inspector General Glenn A. Fine seeking answers on why the department is wasting $10,000 of ...

Norway Upped Defense Budget by 24% Since 2013, PM Says
Allied unity and the issue of burden-sharing will be among the central topics when heads of state and government convene for the NATO summit in Brussels on 11-12 July. “My key message at the summit...

Egypt Leverages New Arms Suppliers to Escape U.S. Pressure
Earlier this month, La Tribune reported that France and Egypt are moving forward on negotiations for another sale of Dassault Rafale fighter jets to the Egyptian Air Force.[i] Cairo and Paris are said...

SkyGuardian Takes Off for First Trans-Atlantic FlightSkyGuardian Takes Off for First Trans-Atlantic Flight
GRAND FORKS --- Today at 12:48 p.m. CDT a Medium-altitude, Long-endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) took off from Grand For...

Pentagon R&D Funding Declines Over Two Decades
The Defense Department has “dedicated an ever-smaller share” of dollars for research and development contracts over almost two decades, according to the Congressional Research Service. R&D contract...

Analysis of the Reporting of UK Drone Strikes by MoD
Drone Wars is today publishing ‘Falling Short: An analysis of the reporting of UK drone strikes by the MoD.’ Since the beginning of air attacks against ISIS in Iraq and Syria (Operations Shader), the ...

New Report Proposes Manned-Unmanned Aircraft Teaming
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce the latest installment in its Mitchell Institute Policy Papers series, “Manned-Unmanned Aircraft Teaming: Taking ...

EIB, ESA Team to Boost Investments in European Space Sector
Today Ambroise Fayolle, Vice President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), welcomed Jan Wörner, Director General of ESA, to sign a Joint Statement on behalf of the two organisations. The Joint S...

Britain to Almost Double Troops in Afghanistan After US Request
LONDON --- The British government is planning to almost double the number of its troops in Afghanistan after a request from U.S. President Donald Trump for reinforcements to help tackle the fragile se...

Thales Touts Bushmaster MRAP Vehicle
It is late 2011, 7:34 am. Two armoured vehicles begin a routine patrol north of the devastated country. Only one will return. At 8:02 am, the lead vehicle is struck by an improvised explosive device ...

Aircraft Carrier Truman Completes French Air Defense Week
ATLANTIC OCEAN --- USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) completed a weeklong joint exercise known as French Air Defense week on July 6. This exercise featured aircraft from Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) conduc...

Kratos Delivers 1st Production BQM-177A Target to US Navy
SAN DIEGO -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced the delivery of the first production BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) Drone System for the U.S. Navy. These production delive...

Rostec, Italy’s Atitech to Build Aircraft Maintenance Centre in Moscow
The Rostec State Corporation and the Technodinamika holding company have signed an agreement with an Italian company Atitech for design and construction of the Maintenance and Repair Centre (MRC) for ...

Could Sensor from U-2 Spy Plane Fix US Navy ISR Gaps in Asia?
Even before China began building military bases in the South China Sea and taking over commercial ports in Asia, the U.S. Navy was facing a nearly impossible task in trying to police the Indo-Pacific ...

Australian, UK Ministers Meet, Tout Frigate Contract
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson met with Australian Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne today, following the country’s decision to buy a British warship design as part of a potentially recor...

Terma Touts Cost-Effective, Proven EW Capabilities
AARHUS, Denmark –-- At this year’s Farnborough International Airshow 2018, Terma displays the Aircraft Audio Management System along with the ALQ-213 EW Management System, pylon-based Missile Warning ...

French Industry to Make Strong Showing at Farnborough
PARIS --- GIFAS, the French Aerospace Industries Association, will lead a strong delegation of close to 60 French companies to the Farnborough International Airshow from 16 to 22 July 2018. They will ...

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Joint Declaration on EU-NATO Cooperation
Two years ago in Warsaw, we came together to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation aiming to promote peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. Our respective efforts are mutually reinforcing, have impro...