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September 26, 2018  

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Raytheon Wins $1.5Bn for Polish Patriot
Raytheon Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $1,528,780,740 modification (P00030) to Foreign Military Sales (Poland) contract W31P4Q-15-C-0022 for Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Ta

Ariane 5 Scores 100th Launch Success
Arianespace has successfully launched two communications satellites: Horizons 3e for Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 for Azercosmos and Intelsat. The launch t

Beijing Denies US Request for USS Wasp Port Call in Hong Kong
China denied a request from the US Navy’s USS Wasp F-35 carrier to make a port call in Hong Kong amid trade tensions between the superpowers and Beijing’s recent decision to recall an admiral from par

 


The Y-8 transport aircraft that China has delivered to Kazakhstan is derived from the Antonov An-12; China says it has already been exported to Pakistan, Myanmar and Venezuela. (Chinese Internet photo)
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    Raytheon Wins $1.5Bn for Polish Patriot
    Raytheon Co., Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded a $1,528,780,740 modification (P00030) to Foreign Military Sales (Poland) contract W31P4Q-15-C-0022 for Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Ta...

    Ariane 5 Scores 100th Launch Success
    Arianespace has successfully launched two communications satellites: Horizons 3e for Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 for Azercosmos and Intelsat. The launch t...

    Beijing Denies US Request for USS Wasp Port Call in Hong Kong
    China denied a request from the US Navy’s USS Wasp F-35 carrier to make a port call in Hong Kong amid trade tensions between the superpowers and Beijing’s recent decision to recall an admiral from par...

    China Delivers Y-8 Transport to Kazakhstan
    China has officially handed over a mid-size transport aircraft to Kazakhstan, the first time that the Chinese aircraft has been acquired by a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Produ...

    Germany Looks to Sell Costly EuroHawk Drone to Canada
    BERLIN --- Germany is looking to sell a secondhand surveillance drone that has cost the country more than 700 million euros ($823 million) to Canada — without many core components it needs to fly. ...

    China Protests US Arms Sale to Taiwan
    The Chinese military strongly opposes the United States selling $330 million worth of military hardware to Taiwan, and demands the US immediately cancel the deal, the Ministry of National Defense said...

    Nammo Wins $135M Order for Bunker Defeat Munition
    Nammo Talley Inc., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $135,060,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of the Bunker Defeat Munition, XM808 Subcaliber Trainer, and the Field Handling Trainer. B...

    TKMS Wins Role in Refit of Indian Submarine INS Shishumar
    Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems was awarded a high two-digit million euros Medium Refit and Life Certification (MRLC) contract by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) for the overhaul and modernization of the ...

    US Army Doubles Range of M777 Towed Howitzer in Test
    YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. -- The Army fired a modified M777 howitzer double its previous range, bringing the service one step closer to delivering the prototype Long Range Cannon capability. The l...

    China Questions US Sanctions on Its Military
    On September 21, the United States imposed sanctions on China’s Equipment Development Department (EDD) of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) and its responsible personnel in accordance with its...

    FY 2019 Spending Bill: Everybody Wins Except Taxpayers
    The final version of the Fiscal Year 2019 Pentagon spending bill is available for your reading pleasure. Evidently, no one on the conference committee watched Schoolhouse Rock back in the day, because...

    Philippine Coast Guard Orders First Airbus H145
    Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard has placed an order for one H145 helicopter, making it the first H145 parapublic operator in the Philippines. The new 4-tonne-class twin-engine helicopter is spe...

    CAE Wins $200M US Air Force C-130H Training Contract
    TAMPA, Fla. --- CAE today announced that CAE USA has been awarded a United States Air Force (USAF) contract to provide comprehensive C-130H aircrew training services. The eight-year contract, awar...

    US Navy Accepts 17th Virginia-Class Attack Submarine
    GROTON, Conn. --- The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS South Dakota (SSN 790), the 17th submarine of the Virginia class, Sept. 24. The ship began construction in 2013 and is scheduled ...

    Lockheed Details $289M Contract for HIMARS Rocket Launchers
    DALLAS --- The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $289 million contract to produce High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers and associated hardware. The contract calls for the prod...

    India’s Defence Acquisition Council OKs T-72 Re-Engining
    Raksha Mantri chaired the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), which met here today. In furtherance of efforts to reduce timelines in defence procurements and streamline Defence Procurement Procedure...

    Kongsberg Awarded US Army CROWS Contract
    Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) has received the first orders under the new IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity) frame contract announced 14 September 2018. The orders carries a...

    New US Army Technology Guides Soldiers in Complete Darkness
    ADELPHI, Md. --- Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory developed a new type of thermal imaging camera that allows Soldiers to see hidden objects that were previously undetectable. Dr. Kr...

    Israeli Air Force Details Role in Urban Warfare
    Four years after Operation "Protective Edge", the IAF continues to prepare for urban warfare scenarios. How do you operate when the enemy can arrive at any place, at any time? How do aircraft work alo...

    Aeroflot Takes Delivery of its 50th Superjet100
    Aeroflot received the fiftieth Russian aircraft Superjet 100 (SSJ100). This event marks the successful accomplishment of two firm contracts for the delivery of 30 and 20 SSJ100 respectively. The ai...

    Australia’s DST Teams with L-3 for Defense Technologies
    Defence technologies are set to take a big leap forward with a new strategic alliance between Defence Science and Technology (DST) and L3 Technologies. Minister for Defence, the Hon Christopher Pyn...

    An F-15E Strike Eagle Reaches 10,000 Flying Hours
    SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB, N.C. --- F-15E Strike Eagle tail 472 arrived at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. on July 1, 1990 and was assigned to the 333rd Fighter Squadron in January 2010. On Sept. 18, 2...

    Lockheed Opens Innovation Center in Orlando
    ORLANDO, Fla.--- Necessity sparks invention at the Innovation Center, now open at Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) facility in Orlando, Florida. In this 6,500-square-foot space, emplo...

    Russia to Showcase Arms in Philippines for the First Time
    For the first time, Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) organizes a single display of Russian defense enterprises in the Philippines. The Company will bring military products that a...


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