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Finland Chooses Evolved SeaSparrow for New Corvettes
Minister of Defence Jussi Niinistö authorised, on 21 February 2019, the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command to procure a surface-to-air missile system (ITO20) for the Pohjanmaa-class corvettes of

BAE Wins $575M Contract for AMPV Low-Rate Production
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems two contract modifications worth up to $575 million for the low-rate initial production of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). These awards mark the begi

French Navy Admits Frigate FS Bretagne to Active Service
Fifth in a class of eight ships, the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Bretagne has just been admitted to active service by the Chief of the Naval Staff (CEMM), Admiral Christophe Prazuck, the French Navy

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Finland Chooses Evolved SeaSparrow for New Corvettes
Minister of Defence Jussi Niinistö authorised, on 21 February 2019, the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command to procure a surface-to-air missile system (ITO20) for the Pohjanmaa-class corvettes of...

BAE Wins $575M Contract for AMPV Low-Rate Production
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems two contract modifications worth up to $575 million for the low-rate initial production of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). These awards mark the begi...

French Navy Admits Frigate FS Bretagne to Active Service
Fifth in a class of eight ships, the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Bretagne has just been admitted to active service by the Chief of the Naval Staff (CEMM), Admiral Christophe Prazuck, the French Navy...

USAF Awards $259M Contract for Weapon Planning Software
Tapestry Solutions Inc., a Boeing Co., San Diego, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $259,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Weapon Planning Software (WPS). Th...

ACV Design Meets All Ship-to-Shore Requirements: USMC
SAN DIEGO, Calif. --- The Marine Corps has put the Amphibious Combat Vehicle through its paces in the eight months since the service selected BAE Systems to build the new wheeled vehicles, using the o...

China Developing Weapon Based on Microwave Radar Tech
China is developing a non-lethal weapon system based on microwave radar technology, which the chief engineer of the project said improves the country's counter-terrorist and land and maritime border d...

Honeywell Wins $150M or ATTAM Advanced Turbine
Honeywell Aerospace, Phoenix, Arizona, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $150,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission (ATTAM)-C...

US Army Orders Artillery Precision-Guidance Kits Worth $173M
Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Plymouth, Minnesota, was awarded a $173,679,405 modification (P00059) to contract (W15QKN-13-C-0074) for Precision Guidance Kit M1156 [which turn 155mm artillery sh...

Harris Wins $169M for F/A-18 Countermeasures
Harris Corp., Clifton, New Jersey, is being awarded a $168,801,314 modification (P00012) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-17-C-0090). This modification exercises an optio...

Lockheed to Redesign LRASM RF Sensors to Reduce Cost
Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, is awarded $33,373,999 for cost-plus-fixed-fee modification P00044 to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-16-C-0035). This modif...

Brazilian Navy Orders 3 Airbus Multi-Role H135 Helicopters
MARIGNANE, France --- The Brazilian Navy has ordered three H135 light twin-engine helicopters to be operated by the 1st General Purpose Helicopter Squadron (HU-1). The aircraft will be dedicated to a ...

Kongsberg Nears Production of Joint Strike Missile
Since the 1990s, demand for precision-guided munitions has grown with usage rates reaching 100 percent during certain combat operations. This market will generate over $17 billion in revenues through...

India’s MMRCA Mess and the Need for Professionalism
The intense media focus of the past few weeks on the alleged improprieties in the inter-governmental agreement for the acquisition of 36 Rafale aircraft meant that only 12 pages of the Comptroller and...

Fincantieri, Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding on Future Collaboration in UAE
TRIESTE, Italy --- During the Abu Dhabi 2019 International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX), Fincantieri and Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding (ADSB), the leading shipbuilder in the United Arab Emirates s...

Saab Signs MoUs with Indian Aerospace Firms for Gripen
Saab has taken another important step forward to expand its footprint and aerospace ecosystem in India by signing new Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with three of the country’s leading aerospace ...

Carrier USS Bush Begins 28-month Dry-Docking Period
PORTSMOUTH, Va. --- Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Feb. 21, for a 28-month dry-docking planned incremental availability (DPIA). ...

Pilot Error Caused AMRAAM Accidental Firing in Estonia
Estonia has concluded its investigation of the AMRAAM air-to-air missile launched by the Spanish NATO Baltic Air Policing aircraft August 7, 2018 in the course of the air exercise in Estonia´s air spa...

UK and Oman Sign ‘Historic’ Joint Defence Agreement
The UK and Oman have signed a new Joint Defence Agreement (JDA), signifying Britain’s commitment to security in the Gulf for years to come. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has travelled to Oman ...

Call for NATO to Replace ‘2% of GDP’ Goal by Real Force Planning
NATO has started 2019 with yet another round of growing divisions between the U.S. and Europe over what are meaningless arguments about burdening sharing. It is time to put an end to one of the most p...

HAL Orders 2.75-Inch Rockets from Thales
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, seeking to boost the tactical capabilities of the Indian armed forces, has awarded Thales a contract to supply 135 2.75-inch (70-mm) rocket launchers. Thales’s fully cer...

PLA Air Force Signs Helicopter EMS Agreement with Civilian Company
BEIJING --- The Logistics Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement on helicopter medical rescue with a civilian general avia...

NATO Admiral Discusses Security Environment, Ex. Trident Juncture
WASHINGTON --- Europeans view Russia as the greatest threat they face, but China has made inroads, and threats from violent extremism and ungoverned spaces in the Middle East and Africa complicate an ...

Germany’s H&K Fined €3.7M Over Illegal Arms Sales to Mexico
Two former staff members at the weapons manufacturer were given suspended sentences for violating Germany's War Weapons Control Act for their involvement in the delivery of machine guns to Mexico. ...

U.S. Says 200 ‘Peacekeeping’ Troops to Stay in Syria After Pullout
The United States says it will at least temporarily leave 200 “peacekeeping” troops in Syria after a planned pullout of the main U.S. force from the war-torn country. “A small peacekeeping group of...

BEL Teams with Hughes for Helicopter SATCOMs
Navratna Defence PSU, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Hughes India have entered into a Teaming Agreement for design, development, supply, installation, integration and commissioning of Satellite ...

Maiden Drone Olympics Competition Held at Aero India 2019
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) made a spectacular entry at the Aero-India 2019 with the first ever ‘Drone Olympics' competition for UAV's held on today at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru. ...

Russian Crews in Southern MD Train on New Mi-28UB
In the aviation regiment of the Southern Military District in the Krasnodar Territory, where new Mi-28UB training and combat helicopters arrived at the end of 2018, crews are being trained. The pil...

Northrop to Continue F-35 Mission-Critical Work
CANBERRA, Australia --- Northrop Grumman Australia, a fully owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation welcomes the announcement of the assignment of maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade (M...

BAE Wins $75M to Modernize Holston Ammunition Plant
BAE Systems has received a $74.7 million U.S. Army contract to design, construct and commission a new facility that will improve production efficiency and modernize energetics manufacturing at the ins...

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