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Boeing Leonardo Win $2.4Bn US Air Force UH-1N Replacement Contract
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Today the Air Force awarded the first portion of a $2.38 billion firm-fixed-price contract to The Boeing Company for a UH-1N Replacement helicopter. 'Strong competition drove d

Swiss Issue RFQ for Next-Gen Air Defense Missile
BERN --- Armasuisse has issued the first request for tenders for a new long-range air defense system (DSA) to government agencies in the three manufacturing countries. Armasuisse expects the offers by

Russia to Supply Syria with S-300 Air-Defense Systems in 2 Weeks
MOSCOW --- Within two weeks, the Syrian army will get from Russia S-300 air-defense missiles to strengthen its combat capabilities following the downing of a Russian Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft in Syria,

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Boeing Leonardo Win $2.4Bn US Air Force UH-1N Replacement Contract
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Today the Air Force awarded the first portion of a $2.38 billion firm-fixed-price contract to The Boeing Company for a UH-1N Replacement helicopter. 'Strong competition drove d...

Swiss Issue RFQ for Next-Gen Air Defense Missile
BERN --- Armasuisse has issued the first request for tenders for a new long-range air defense system (DSA) to government agencies in the three manufacturing countries. Armasuisse expects the offers by...

Russia to Supply Syria with S-300 Air-Defense Systems in 2 Weeks
MOSCOW --- Within two weeks, the Syrian army will get from Russia S-300 air-defense missiles to strengthen its combat capabilities following the downing of a Russian Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft in Syria, ...

US Agrees $330M Aircraft Spares Package for Taiwan
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sales Order (FMSO) II to provide funds for blanket order requisitions to the Taipei Economic and Cult...

Lockheed Wins $289M Order for HIMARS Rocket Launches
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $289,176,455 modification (P00025) to contract W31P4Q-16-C-0036 for the procurement of 24 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launche...

Poland Asks to Buy AARGM Anti-Radar Missiles
The Polish Ministry of Defence has planned a procurement of the AARGM anti-radiation missiles. The Ministry recently told Defence24.pl that a Letter of Request for Price and Availability, has been sen...

Russia Claims Israel Involvement in Il-20 Downing
MOSCOW --- Russia’s defense ministry has presented data from the S-400 radar deployed at the airbase at Syria’s Hmeymim as evidence proving the Israeli air forces’ responsibility for the incident with...

China Tests Anti-Stealth Quantum Radar Demonstrator
A major State-owned defense contractor has designed and built a cutting-edge quantum radar, which military observers say will eventually be able to detect stealth aircraft from great distances. The...

Russia Starts Development of New Generation Frigates
MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. Research and development for a new generation frigate of project 22350M has begun in Russia, the CEO of Severnaya Verf (Northern Shipyard), Igor Ponomaryov, has told TASS...

Indonesian Navy Measures Ship Magnetic Signatures by Drone
For the first time, a drone has been used to check the magnetic signature of a vessel in order to assess its vulnerability against underwater mines and other unfriendly detectors. STERNA is the first ...

British AI Sensors Tested in Multinational Urban Experiment
British autonomous technology able to scour urban environments for enemy advances has been tested alongside an arsenal of futuristic military technology by Canadian soldiers on the streets of Montreal...

Looking Back At Spain’s U-Turn on Saudi Arms Sales
Earlier in September, a curious development took place in Spanish-Saudi bilateral relations. On September 4, Spain announced that it had terminated the sale of 400 precision-guided munitions to Saudi ...

US Carrier in Fleet Synthetic Training Before Deployment
NORFOLK, Va. --- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) continued its pre-deployment work-up cycle with the Fleet Synthetic Training - Group Commander (FST-GC) exercise conduct...

Industry Pushes Back At Pentagon Plans to Reduce Progress Payments
Being in the arms business is seldom a passport to popularity. The New York Times complained during the early days of the Civil War that the War Department's system for buying military supplies was 'a...

US Army’s CIRCM Program Achieves Milestone C
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation teamed with the U.S. Army to develop the Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system, and after undergoing a rigorous testing process to ensure...

Philippines Tout Frigate’s Performance at Ex Kukudu
MANILA --- The successful participation of the frigate BRP Ramon Alcaraz (FF-16) to the just-concluded 'Kakadu' naval exercises in Darwin, Australia shows the Philippine Navy (PN) can compete with shi...

Contractor Selected for A$660M Australian-Singapore Training Base
Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett, today announced Laing O’Rourke as the Managing Contractor for the Australian-Singapore Military Training Initiative (ASMTI) Facilities Pr...

Thales Joins Research into UAV Air Traffic Management
The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR), a coalition of New York and Massachusetts aerospace and academic institutions has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with Tha...

ASC Welcomes Luerssen to Osborne OPV Shipyard
ASC has welcomed permanent representatives from Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) prime contractor Luerssen to the Osborne Shipyard ahead of the start of fabrication of the first OPV. Winning designer-p...

Airbus Helicopters Focuses on the Wind Turbine Support Market
HAMBURG --- Airbus Helicopters views the support for wind farms as a business segment that is undergoing global growth and expects demand for up to a thousand helicopters over the coming two decades, ...

Raytheon to Expand Cybersecurity Customer Base in the Middle East
DULLES, Va. --- Raytheon Company has been awarded a multi-year contract with a new government customer in the Middle East North Africa Region. Raytheon's Intelligence, Information and Services busine...

Russia to Offer Unique Defense Solutions to Caspian Countries
Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) is in charge of organizing Russia’s joint display at the Azerbaijan International Defence Exhibition (ADEX) 2018, which will be held on September...

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