| Latest Feature Stories Ten Years of Russian Maneuvers: Preparing for War?
The visibility, scale and scope of Russian military exercises have been a focus of Western media and specialist literature since 2014. Russia conducted VOSTOK 2018, the latest iteration of its annual ... A Baker’s Dozen of Our Best Stories of 2018
PARIS --- As we move into 2019, we have selected a baker’s dozen of our most-read or most-quoted stories, and offer them here in reverse chronological order. Happy reading, and Happy New Year! ... Latest Press Releases Lockheed Wins $712M to ‘Refresh’ Obsolete F-35 Systems
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $712,482,210 for cost-plus-incentive fee, firm-fixed-price delivery order N0001919F2474 against a previously issue... Spain Orders 23 NH90 Helicopters in €1.4 Bn Deal
PARIS --- Spain has signed a 1.38 billion-euro contract to buy a second batch of 23 NH90 helicopters, French media reported in late December, confirming the Spanish cabinet’s Nov. 16 decision to appro... Taiwan Approves Construction of Indigenous Submarine
TAIPEI --- During a budget review session at the Legislative Yuan this week, the Committee of Foreign Affairs and National Defense discussed the indigenous defense submarine program with officials fro... Lithuania to Procure Additional NASAMS Missiles from Norway
Earlier in December Commander of the Lithuanian Air Force Colonel Dainius Guzas and Head of the Acquisition Management Department of the Defence Materiel Agency of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defe... India Confirms S-400 Deliveries to Begin in October 2020
A contract has been signed on 05 October 2018 for delivery of S-400 system from Russia. The deliveries will commence from October 2020 and will be completed by April 2023. The system will provide a... Germany, Spain May Order Eurofighters to Replace Hornets, Tornados
During the past 13th and 14th of December the ministerial meeting of the 'Eurofighter' program was held in Florence, whose presidency corresponded to Italy on this occasion. The meeting was attende... State Trials of Russia’s Armata Tank to Begin in 2019
MOSCOW --- Russia’s T-14 tank based on the Armata platform will undergo state trials in the Defense Ministry’s scientific and research institutions next year, the ministry’s press service said on Mond... IAI Inaugurates New Line for F-35 Wing Skins
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has launched a new production line for skins for the F-35 wings. The line was established following Lockheed Martin’s decision to expand the skins’ production and its... China to Produce 100 Wing Loong Drones per Year by 2025
China's State-owned arms company Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) announced on Tuesday that it is about to deliver the 100th made-for-export Wing Loong drone, as the company expects to pr... Fire at German Factory to Affect Production of Airbus Models
AUGSBURG, Germany --- A fire at a facility of an Airbus subsidiary in southern Germany will lead to production problems for the European aerospace company, which has already been dogged by delays at i... Pentagon May Have Found Fix to Pilot Hypoxia Problems
The United States Air Force and Navy appear to be closing in on a partial solution to a complicated set of problems that have for years caused pilots to experience adverse physiological symptoms midai... Russia Tests Missile Capable of Mach 27 Speed
Russian officials said they have developed a new weapons system that travels at 27 times the speed of sound, thus making it “impossible” to intercept with current missile defense technology. The sy... Raytheon Wins $434M contract for AIM-9X Missiles
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a not-to-exceed $434,389,104 for undefinitized modification P00001 to a previously awarded, fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-18-C-1068)... Bell-Boeing Wins $366M for Five V-22 Osprey Variants
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded $366,623,144 for modification P00014 to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-17-C-0015). This modificatio... Pratt & Whitney Wins $230M for F-35 Block 4 Flight Test Program
United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $230,144,942 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-firm contract. This contract prov... China May Deploy FC-31 Stealth Fighter on Carriers
China's future aircraft carriers will see stealth warplanes on their decks, likely the medium-sized fighter jet FC-31, said Chinese military experts as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is procuring ... US Navy Awards $200M Contracts for Super Hornet Upgrades
-- The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a not-to-exceed $75,000,000 for undefinitized, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target modification P00002 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contrac... Boeing Wins $400M to Support B-1 and B-52 Bombers
The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $400,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for B-1 and B-52 bomber engineering services. This contract provides for r... Raytheon Wins $286M for Phalanx and Ground-Based Phalanx
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded an $81,311,942 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to exercise an option under previously-awarded contract N00024-17-C-5405 for design agent engineering and tech... Ingalls Wins $223M for Long-Lead Materials for USS Enterprise Refit
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $228,818,298 cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-2116 fo... Brazil Confirms Leonardo As AMX Logistic Support Supplier
ROME --- The Brazilian Air Force General Command of Support (COMGAP) has confirmed Leonardo as the supplier of long-term logistic support services for the Força Aérea Brasileira’s (FAB) AMX aircraft f... CT Buys Business Line from Bertin Technologies
PARIS --- CT continues its strategic development in France by acquiring the Multi-physics Modelling and Scientific Computing business line of Bertin Technologies, a subsidiary of the French CNIM Group... | 
