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UK MoD Suspends ‘Budget Frigate’ Bid
Government plans to buy a “budget frigate” within five years have been thrown into chaos after a competition to build the warship was suspended amid a funding crisis. Sources warned last night that

Qatar Misses Typhoon Down Payment As Joint Squadron Stands Up
Qatar's efforts to raise debt financing to buy advanced fighter jets from Britain has forced a delay in the deal until later this year, casting a shadow over a visit to London by the emir. The Qata

Italy Orders Initial Batch of Centauro II Tank Destroyers
BOLZANO, Italy –-- In the presence of the Italian Army Chief of Staff and of the Land Armaments Director, a contract for the first tranche of ten Centauro II Vehicles, named “New Blindo Centauro” by t

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UK MoD Suspends ‘Budget Frigate’ Bid
Government plans to buy a “budget frigate” within five years have been thrown into chaos after a competition to build the warship was suspended amid a funding crisis. Sources warned last night that...

Qatar Misses Typhoon Down Payment As Joint Squadron Stands Up
Qatar's efforts to raise debt financing to buy advanced fighter jets from Britain has forced a delay in the deal until later this year, casting a shadow over a visit to London by the emir. The Qata...

Italy Orders Initial Batch of Centauro II Tank Destroyers
BOLZANO, Italy –-- In the presence of the Italian Army Chief of Staff and of the Land Armaments Director, a contract for the first tranche of ten Centauro II Vehicles, named “New Blindo Centauro” by t...

Philippines Order Two AW159 Lynx Wildcat Helicopters
MANILA --- The Philippine Navy (PN) will receive its first two anti-submarine helicopters, AgustaWestland AW159 "Wildcat", in March next year. "Siguro sa March ang delivery (The delivery is probabl...

Israel Shoots Down Syrian Fighter Jet 'in Israeli Airspace'
Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet on Tuesday after it said the warplane crossed into the occupied Golan Heights, as Russian-backed Syrian forces regain control of territory from rebels along the v...

Royal Air Force Looks to Sweden for Typhoon Self-Protection Kit
Saab has received an order from BAE Systems for development of a new pyrotechnic smart self-protection system for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to defeat radar- and IR-guided threats. The order...

Leidos Wins $620M for F-16 Avionics Shop Integration
Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia, has been awarded a $620,000,000 firm-fixed-price requirements contract, with a cost reimbursement line for travel, for the avionics intermediate shop product support int...

Pentagon Awards $307M Order for Export Javelin Missiles
Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin JV, Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $307,535,950 modification (P00107) to Foreign Military Sales (Australia, Estonia, Lithuania, Turkey Taiwan and Ukraine) contract W31...

Australia Orders More MAN Trucks for A$1.4 Billion
The Australian Defence Force’s land capabilities will be further enhanced with the purchase of 1044 additional new-generation medium and heavy trucks, 872 modules and 812 trailers, worth $1.4 billion....

Alsalam Wins $60M to Upgrade 10 Saudi F-15S
Alsalam Aerospace Industries, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $59,691,840 undefinitized firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursable-no-fee, and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract line items o...

Fiscal Year 2019 NDAA: How the Defense Bill Confronts Russia
"Russia also continues to modernize and invest across the full range of military capability, including new aircraft, submarines, armor, counter-space, and air defense systems, while also modernizing c...

Pakistan Tests Aselsan Targeting Pod on JF-17 Fighter
Citing Aselsan's 2017 annual yearbook, Quwa Defence News & Analysis Group reported that the JF-17, a joint fighter jet project of Pakistan and China, has successfully been integrated with the ASELPOD,...

Coalition Strikes Kill High-Value ISIS Members
SOUTHWEST ASIA --- Coalition strikes have killed six Islamic State of Iraq and Syria leaders and planners since April 24, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials announced today...

Pratt Wins $24M for F135 Lot 9 Engines
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $24,629,842 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-fe...

Insitu Wins Order for 27 Scan Eagle UAVs for Afghanistan
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is awarded $10,826,778 for modification P00004 to a previously issued firm-fixed-price delivery order (N6833518F0050) placed against basic ordering agreement N68335-16...

S. Korean Pilot Makes First Flight on S. Korean F-35A
LUKE AFB, Ariz. --- The first Republic of Korea Air Force F-35A pilot soared into history for his country when he took to the skies July 20 at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. After a year of preparat...

GAO Wants Improvements to JIDO Integration in DTRA
The Department of Defense (DOD) established the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization in 2006 to lead and coordinate the department's counter-improvised explosive device (IED) efforts....

UK Deployment in Mali Reaches the Next Stage
British helicopters have arrived in West Africa as the UK’s support, to a key French counter-terrorism operation, in Mali reaches its next phase. Three Royal Air Force Chinook helicopters from RAF ...

US Air Force Holds Gunslinger Flag and Red Flag Combat Exercises
MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, Idaho --- Every quarter, the 366th Fighter Wing holds “Gunfighter Flag”, an exercise where the fighter squadrons participate in air-to-air and air-to-ground training to maintain F-1...

Would a Rental Program for Radios Work for Military?
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Motorola Solutions has a very compelling program for radios for public safety agencies and utility companies: you rent them. Motorola says the radios can be rented for as little as o...

SERA Selected for Australian Military Pilot Training
HERNDON, VA. --- Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi) will provide its Simulated Environment for Realistic ATC (SERA) product for the AIR 5428 Pilot Training System developed by Lockheed Martin,...

U.S. Military Donates Construction Tools to Suriname Army
PARAMARIBO --- The United States Army Civil Military Support Element (CMSE) of the Military Liaison Office at the U.S. Embassy in Suriname endeavors to develop projects with the Surinamese Ministry of...

Leonardo Wins ISO Certification for ‘Anti Bribery’ Management
ROME --- Leonardo Spa is the first company among the top ten gobal players in the Aerospace, Defense and Security sector to obtain ISO 37001:2016 "Anti bribery management systems" certification, the f...

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