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Boeing's 737 Crisis Deepens As Board Stops Production
SEATTLE/WASHINGTON --- Boeing Co said on Monday it would suspend production of its best-selling 737 MAX jetliner in January, its biggest assembly-line halt in more than 20 years, as fallout from two f

UK to Launch MoD Spending Review Over Concerns About Wasted Billions
Dominic Cummings is seeking to launch a review of Ministry of Defence spending and strategy next year, after concerns that the department has been wasting billions on misjudged procurement. The ant

First F-35B to Take Off in Portsmouth Was Stranded on Aircraft Carrier by Technical Failure
PARIS --- The F-35B jet fighter that yesterday made the type’s first launch from Portsmouth naval base had been left onboard after it was grounded by a technical hitch during initial sea trials on HMS

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Boeing's 737 Crisis Deepens As Board Stops Production
SEATTLE/WASHINGTON --- Boeing Co said on Monday it would suspend production of its best-selling 737 MAX jetliner in January, its biggest assembly-line halt in more than 20 years, as fallout from two f...

UK to Launch MoD Spending Review Over Concerns About Wasted Billions
Dominic Cummings is seeking to launch a review of Ministry of Defence spending and strategy next year, after concerns that the department has been wasting billions on misjudged procurement. The ant...

First F-35B to Take Off in Portsmouth Was Stranded on Aircraft Carrier by Technical Failure
PARIS --- The F-35B jet fighter that yesterday made the type’s first launch from Portsmouth naval base had been left onboard after it was grounded by a technical hitch during initial sea trials on HMS...

US Secretly Expelled Chinese Officials After Breach of Military Base
WASHINGTON --- The American government secretly expelled two Chinese Embassy officials this fall after they drove on to a sensitive military base in Virginia, according to people with knowledge of the...

European Defense Spending Up But Falling Short in Key Areas
BRUSSELS --- The European Defence Agency has today published its annual Defence Data report for the year 2018, detailing spending by the 27 EDA Member States. Total defence expenditure stands at €223 ...

Spain Extends Patriot Deployment in Turkey
ANKARA --- Spain has decided on the extension of Patriot air defense missiles deployed in Turkey’s southern Adana province for the next six months because Madrid attaches importance to its NATO ally’s...

AFRL-Developed Camber Morphing Wing Takes Flight
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --– The Air Force Research Laboratory recently completed the successful flight demonstration of a game-changing camber morphing wing technology that could significantly incr...

S. Korea Declares F-35 Initial Operating Capability
SEOUL --- South Korea held a ceremony Tuesday to mark the operational deployment of F-35A stealth fighters, the Air Force said, as tensions run high over concerns North Korea could undertake a major p...

First Turkish Drone Lands in Northern Cyprus
NICOSIA --- The first Turkish military drone on Dec. 16 landed at Geçitkale Airport in the eastern coastal city of Magusa (Famagusta) in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Bayraktar TB2 ar...

Australian Defence Programs Running 57 Years Late
The cost of Australia's largest defence projects has soared by billions of dollars, and they are now facing a cumulative delay of 57 years. An auditor-general's report analysing 26 major defence pr...

AIDC to Set Up F-16 Maintenance Hub in Taiwan
TAIPEI --- An agreement signed between a state-run aircraft builder and a U.S. defense contractor Tuesday to turn Taiwan into a maintenance hub for F-16 fighter jets will be a win-win for both parties...

Northrop Details Role in Conventional Ballistic Missile Launch
CHANDLER, Ariz. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation supported a demonstration flight test conducted by the U.S. Air Force, in partnership with the Strategic Capabilities Office, of a prototype convention...

Boeing Wins $836M to Support US ‘Aviation Platforms’
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a maximum $835,737,596 modification (P00105) exercising the five-year option period of a five-year base contract (SPRPA1-14-D-002U) with one five-...

GD Wins $300M for US, UK Trident Missile Submarines
General Dynamics Mission Systems, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is awarded a $299,886,600 cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00030-20-C-0005) for fiscal 2020 through 2023 U.S. and...

Raytheon Wins $217M to Support ASARS Radar Through 2024
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --- Raytheon Company will support and sustain the sensor and processor for the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System 2-A under a $217M U.S. Air Force IDIQ. Work will be performe...

Littoral Combat Ship 19 (St. Louis) Completes Acceptance Trials
MARINETTE, Wis. --- Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 19, the future USS St. Louis, completed Acceptance Trials in Lake Michigan. Now that trials are complete, the ship will undergo final outfitting and fine...

China Launches Two New Beidou Satellites
XICHANG --- China successfully sent two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 3:22 p.m. Monday. The launc...

SDLA Wins Spanish Army Hawk Missile Maintenance Contract
Star Defence Logistics & Engineering (SDLE) will carry out the maintenance service of the Hawk system cards, converters and auxiliary components. The contract, awarded by the Spanish Army Logistics Su...

Construction Starts on Future USNS Harvey Milk
SAN DIEGO --- Construction on the Navy’s future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) was marked by a ceremony held at the General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard, Dec. 13....

GAO Calls for Better Management of USAF Special Forces
The Air Force Special Operation Command's (AFSOC) mobilization process does not fully support Air Reserve Component (ARC) needs for timely and reliable information. While AFSOC has established mob...

German Navy NH90 Sea Lion Crews Begin Simulator Training
Thanks to advanced simulation technology from Rheinmetall, ground personnel of the German Navy’s new NH90 NTH Sea Lion helicopter are already able to start training. Back in mid-June of this year,...

Indian AF Enters Indo-Russian Tri-Service Exercise
Exercise INDRA - 2019 is the second edition of Joint Tri Services Exercise between Indian and Russian Armed Forces which is being conducted from 10-20 December 2019 simultaneously at Pune and Gwalior...

New Plans Offer More Help for Australian Defence Business
The Morrison Government is helping Australian small businesses to invest more in our defence industry, with the release of the first two of our Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Implementation ...

Lockheed: Laser Weapons are Changing the Defense Equation
In 2017, a U.S. military ally detected an unusual threat: a small quadcopter drone—the kind anyone can buy online for $200—was approaching. A $3 million Patriot missile was fired to take it down, elim...

Indian Defense Majors Drum Up Support for DefExpo 2020 Show
Defence PSUs Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) organised a roadshow here today in the run up to the 11th edition of DefExpo scheduled to be held in Lucknow, Utt...

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