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New F-35 Logistics System to Replace ALIS, JPO May Go to Cut Costs
WASHINGTON --- The computer-based logistics system of the F-35 stealth fighter jet made by Lockheed Martin, which has been plagued by delays, will be replaced by another network made by the same compa

Boeing Submits CH-47 Offer to Germany
BERLIN, Germany --- Boeing has submitted its response to the STH invitation to tender for Germany’s New Heavy Lift Helicopter program, also known as Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH). The response

Official: German MoD Confirms Selection of Damen to Build Future MKS 180 Frigates
The first phase of the award procedure for the MKS 180 multipurpose combat ship: the tender has been announced The award procedure for the MKS 180 Multi-Purpose Combat Ship has taken another big st

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New F-35 Logistics System to Replace ALIS, JPO May Go to Cut Costs
WASHINGTON --- The computer-based logistics system of the F-35 stealth fighter jet made by Lockheed Martin, which has been plagued by delays, will be replaced by another network made by the same compa...

Boeing Submits CH-47 Offer to Germany
BERLIN, Germany --- Boeing has submitted its response to the STH invitation to tender for Germany’s New Heavy Lift Helicopter program, also known as Schwerer Transporthubschrauber (STH). The response ...

Official: German MoD Confirms Selection of Damen to Build Future MKS 180 Frigates
The first phase of the award procedure for the MKS 180 multipurpose combat ship: the tender has been announced The award procedure for the MKS 180 Multi-Purpose Combat Ship has taken another big st...

Boeing Seeks New Loan Amid Max Crisis
Boeing Co. is talking to a group of banks about a potential loan as it deals with a production halt of its grounded 737 Max jetliners, according to people familiar with the matter. Citigroup Inc. i...

Australia’s DoD Responds to Audit Report on Future Subs
Australia is fully committed to working with France and Naval Group to deliver the Attack Class Submarine fleet, which remains a strategically vital capability for our Defence Force into the future. ...

Problem Landscape of Franco-German Defense Industry Cooperation
Germany and France are embarking on a new era of defense industrial cooperation. If this cooperation succeeds, it will shape the overall European technological and industrial landscape and serve as a ...

UK MoD Announces ‘Revolutionary’ AI Warship Contracts
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has announced the first wave of £4 million funding. The funding aims to revolutionise the way warships make decisions and process thousands of strands of...

Russia Developing Anti-Drone Weapons
MOSCOW -- The Russian defense industry is working on several models of anti-drone weapons to improve the military's protection. In a report on January 14, 2020, Air Recognition detailed some of th...

Royal Navy to Begin Unmanned Mine Hunting and Surveying
Unmanned mine hunters and survey technology will soon be on frontline duties with the Royal Navy. Specialist autonomous kit has now been handed over into military service and will be on live operat...

NATO Nations Cannot be Complacent: Pentagon
NATO nations cannot afford to become complacent, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during a break in his first alliance Military Committee meeting in Brussels. Army Gen. Mark A. Mille...

GKN to Maintain Engines of Swedish Gripen E Fighters
GKN in Trollhättan today carried out the maintenance and technical support of the engine of the JAS 39 C / D Gripen combat aircraft, the RM12. Now, the same operation for the engine of JAS 39E, the RM...

Damen Signs MoU to Develop Bangladesh Shipbuilding
On 14th January, Gentium and Damen Shipyards Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry of Bangladesh in Dhaka. Also present at the signing ceremony were representa...

Damen, Blohm + Voss Selected for German MKS180 Frigates
The German government has announced its intention to select Damen as the main contractor, together with partners Blohm + Voss and Thales, for supplying at least four Multi-Purpose Combat Ship MKS 180 ...

Japan ASDF Chief Visits British F-35 Base, Aircraft Carrier
Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Wigston visited RAF Marham on 14th January 2020 with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force Chief of Staff, General Marumo. Having visited Her ...

Rising Geopolitical Tensions Seen Boosting Spending on EW
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --- The emergence of stealth and low observable aircraft along with Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) systems has made integrated air defense networks very complex and difficult to c...

Northrop CIRCM Completes Free Flight Missile Testing
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. --– Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system for the U.S. Army has successfully completed free flight missile testing at White Sands Missile R...

Four Nations to Be Protected with Next-Gen Radar
MOORESTOWN, N.J. --- Through partnerships with the U.S. Government, Spain, Japan, and Canada, Lockheed Martin's solid-state radar (SSR) technology will provide front-line defense to nations around the...

House of Commons Looks at UK Defense Perspectives
The next Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) is due in 2020. The Defence Secretary will have to get to grips with an “unaffordable” equipment plan, whilst ensuring the services remain an attr...

More Deployments, Stronger Presence Set for Pacific, Says SecArmy
WASHINGTON --- Later this year, Soldiers will initiate five-month extended rotations to countries like Thailand, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said at the B...

Pentagon Should Improve Weapon System Reliability: GAO
The commercial companies GAO reviewed proactively address reliability. They strive to identify reliability issues at the component level early in the development process to avoid expensive rework afte...

Raytheon, Major Tool and Machine Inc. Team Up on SPY-6 Radars
WASHINGTON --- Raytheon Company has signed an exclusive teaming agreement with Major Tool & Machine, Inc. to develop array structures for the U.S. Navy's SPY-6 radar program when it transitions from l...

Ireland MoD Publishes Defence Forces 5-Year Infrastructure Program
Minister with Responsibility for Defence, Paul Kehoe T.D., today (14th January 2020) announced the publication of the first ever 5 year infrastructure programme for the Defence Forces. The plan de...

Finnish Air Force Trains on NATO Identification Procedures
The Finnish Air Force trained identification procedures above the Baltic Sea on 14 January. As a part of the training event, Finnish F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighters were scrambled to identify and ph...

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