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March 05, 2019  

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Berlin Arms Policy Risks 'German-Free' European Defense Projects
BERLIN --- Germany’s latest restrictions on arms exports risk making Berlin a pariah in Europe’s defense industry, threatening future collaboration on weapons development and its own ambitions to fost

US Deploys THAAD Anti-Missile System to Israel
These days, the American THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile defense system – the US equivalent of the IAF "Arrow" – is being deployed in Israel by the USEUCOM (United States European

Naval Group Signs A$605M Australian Submarine Initial Design Contract
Momentum continues to build on the Attack class program with the Submarine Design Contract now also signed. It comes less than a month after the Strategic Partnering Agreement was signed, and just

 


A US Air Force C-17 transport aircraft unloads a THAADS launch vehicle in an unidentified military base in southern Israel. The system will be integrated into Israel’s air-defense network, according to the Israeli Air Force. (IAF photo)
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    Berlin Arms Policy Risks 'German-Free' European Defense Projects
    BERLIN --- Germany’s latest restrictions on arms exports risk making Berlin a pariah in Europe’s defense industry, threatening future collaboration on weapons development and its own ambitions to fost...

    US Deploys THAAD Anti-Missile System to Israel
    These days, the American THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile defense system – the US equivalent of the IAF "Arrow" – is being deployed in Israel by the USEUCOM (United States European ...

    Naval Group Signs A$605M Australian Submarine Initial Design Contract
    Momentum continues to build on the Attack class program with the Submarine Design Contract now also signed. It comes less than a month after the Strategic Partnering Agreement was signed, and just ...

    Lockheed Wins $946M Down Payment for Saudi Arabia’s THAAD
    Lockheed Martin Corporation Missiles and Fire Control, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded a non-competitive hybrid contract line item numbers type (cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price and cost reim...

    Defense Spending Jump to 7.5% But China Says ‘Don’t Worry’
    BEIJING --- China’s 2019 defense spending will rise 7.5 percent from 2018, according to a budget report issued at the opening of the country’s annual meeting of parliament on Tuesday, a slower rate th...

    French Carrier Leaves on Six-Month Cruise to Mid and Far East
    The Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, will today visit the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle off Toulon as she sails on an operational deployment lasting several months. The deployment...

    Putin Officially Suspends Russia's Participation in INF Treaty
    The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree suspending Russia's participation in a key Cold War-era nuclear arms-control agreement with the United States. The Russian move, announ...

    German Taxpayers May Lose Out Over Airbus A380 Loan
    Some €600 million in German taxpayers' money could be at risk after Airbus stops production of its superjumbo, a report says. The government is said to be looking at possible restitution claims. Eu...

    India Set to Lease Russian Nuclear Submarine Under $3 Bn Deal
    Reports in Indian media indicate that a 10-year, $3 billion lease of a Russian Akula class submarine is set to be inked this week under an intergovernmental agreement between New Delhi and Moscow. ...

    Canada DND Underspending Threatens NATO Target
    OTTAWA --- The federal government will invest billions of dollars less in new military equipment than promised this year, raising concerns about the readiness of the Canadian Forces and the prospect t...

    Airbus Helicopters Unveils New H145 at Heli-Expo 2019
    ATLANTA --- Airbus Helicopters is unveiling a new version of its best-selling H145 light twin-engine helicopter at Heli-Expo 2019 in Atlanta. Visible on the Airbus booth at the show, this latest upgra...

    Corvid Technologies Wins $233M for Sub-Orbital Flight Vehicles
    Corvid Technologies LLC, * Mooresville, North Carolina, is awarded a $223,277,038 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the del...

    Post-Delivery Work on USS Groton (SSN 790) to Cost $191M
    -- General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is being awarded a $76,210,586 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion undefinitized contract action under previously-awarded contract N00024-16-C-...

    Subaru Delivers Prototype of NUH to Japanese Defense Ministry
    TOKYO --- Subaru delivered the prototype of New Utility Helicopter for Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD) at its Aerospace Company Utsunomiya Plant, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan today. Subaru contracted...

    French Navy Takes Delivery of Third BSAM Support Ship
    The Directorate General of Armament (DGA) has taken delivery at the naval base in Toulon of the Seine, the third metropolitan support and assist vessel (bâtiment de soutien et d'assistance métropolita...

    Russian A2/AD Capability in Baltic Is Overrated: Report
    Western nations are concerned about Russia’s capability to prevent – from a distance – an enemy’s access to a geographic area (A2/AD). A new FOI report, “Bursting the bubble?” describes the danger as ...

    Ukraine Plans to Reform Ukroboronprom State Defense Conglomerate
    KIEV --- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has instructed to organize a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to discuss the reform of the country's state defense conglomerate...

    Elbit USA to Supply Helmet Mounted Displays to US Army
    HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC was awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the United St...

    Djibouti Receives Upgraded Dauphin Helicopters
    Djibouti’s Air Force has taken delivery of four AS365N Dauphin helicopters upgraded by Airbus Helicopters in Romania. The four helicopters arrived in Djibouti on 16 January aboard an Antonov An-124...

    Elbit to Provide Combat Suites and Integration for Greek Coast Guard
    HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract from Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA to supply combat suites and perform systems integration for three new patrol vesse...

    Lockheed Touts Its MAPS Tank Protection System
    ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin and industry partners supported U.S. Army integration of three countermeasures and a cueing sensor into the Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) framework for a s...

    Call to Arms for Australia’s Defense Industry
    The Coalition Government continues to create new opportunities for Australian industry in the Attack class submarine program. Expressions of Interest have been released for the supply and installat...

    Raytheon Delivers Mobile Surveillance System to Mid-East Nation
    DULLES, Va. --- Raytheon Company will provide advanced surveillance towers to a Middle Eastern nation to help protect that nation's borders and military installations. "Raytheon provides a full ...

    Trump Says Costs Drove Him to End Joint Drills
    U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he opposed joint military drills with South Korea because of their costs to the United States, adding that ending exercises would also help reduce tensions w...

    AK-203 Assault Rifle Production Kicks-off in India
    The founders of the JV Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited for production of Kalashnikov assault rifles in India are India's Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and Russia's Rosoboronexport and Kalashnikov G...

    Russia to Exhibit New Rkhm-8 Chemical Recce Vehicle
    Everyone will be able to see the latest latest RKhM-8 chemical reconnaissance vehicle at ARMY International Military and Technical Forum. Within the framework of the Russian Army - Tomorrow exposit...

    Northrop Develops Next Gen Radar Warning Receivers for US Army
    ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. --– Northrop Grumman Corporation has received an award from the U.S. Army to develop the AN/APR-39E(V)2, the next generation of radar threat warning sensors. Sophisticated rad...

    Leonardo Eliminates Chromium from Corrosion Protection
    •Leonardo is the first company in the aerospace sector to develop a system able to eliminate chromium from the corrosion protection process of aluminum aerostructures •The project helps reduce environ...

    Raytheon to Expand UK Operations by Opening Two New Sites
    LONDON, --- Raytheon UK will open a new office in London and a high-technology manufacturing facility in Livingston, Scotland, as part of its continued investment in Britain to create highly skilled j...


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