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Bombardier Inc. warned it may ditch its joint venture building the A220 aircraft with Airbus and will consider selling even more assets to pay down debt, renewing investor worries about the Montreal-b... Italian Army Orders 30 Freccia 8x8 Tank Destroyers
ROME --- The contract for the purchase of 30 “Freccia” 8x8 Medium Armoured Vehicles (5 in Combat version and 25 in Anti-tank version) with ten years integrated logistics support was signed on 27 Decem... US Army Cancels OMFV Solicitation After Receiving Only One Bid
WASHINGTON --- The U.S. Army canceled today the solicitation for the Section 804 Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) Rapid Prototyping phase of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV). Based on feedba... France to Deploy Aircraft Carrier to Middle East
France will deploy its only aircraft carrier to join coalition operations against the Islamic State (IS) terror group, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. “The aircraft carrier will support Ch... Ariane 5’s First 2020 Launch is a Success
KOUROU, French Guiana --- For its first launch of the year, Ariane 5 placed two telecommunications satellites in orbit: EUTELSAT KONNECT for Eutelsat and GSAT-30 for the Indian Space Research Organisa... Chinese Rocket Force Tests Nuclear Counterattack Capability
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force has conducted a nuclear attack survival exercise where troops in an underground missile facility had to endure extreme conditions and make sure ... Israeli Air Force Inaugurates Second F-35 Squadron
The Israeli Air Force’s second squadron of F-35I ‘Adir’ stealth fighter jets will be officially inaugurated on Thursday at Nevatim air base in the country’s south. The ceremony will be attended by ... Afghan War Plagued By ‘Mendacity’ and Lies, IG Tells Congress
The special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction told Congress Wednesday that U.S. officials have routinely lied to the public during the 18-year war by exaggerating progress reports and i... NATO Sec-Gen Visits Alliance Ground Surveillance Base in Italy
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the arrival of two Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) remotely piloted aircraft at a ceremony in Sigonella, Italy on Friday (17 January 2020). The ... USS Ford Begins Aircraft Compatibility Testing
ATLANTIC OCEAN --- The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed its homeport of Norfolk, Jan. 16 to begin Aircraft Compatibility Testing (ACT) off the East Coast as the first aircraft, an... Sierra Technical Tests Engines of New-Gen Stealth Target
TEHACHAPI, CA. --- Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (STS) achieved a major milestone on the 10th of January with the completion of Engine Run Testing on the 5th Generation Aerial Target (5GAT). The 5GA... Thailand Sends Submarine Crew to Train in China
BANGKOK --- The Royal Thai Navy on Thursday said the first group of Thai submariners would receive their training in China, where Thailand’s first submarine fleet in nearly 70 years are being built. ... Raytheon Wins $442M for Retrofit FET Terminals on B-52, RC-135s
Raytheon Co., Marlborough, Massachusetts, is awarded a $442,265,464 cost-plus-incentive-fee undefinitized contract action for the force element terminal (FET) development effort. This contract pro... Dstl Unveils UK's First Defence Wargaming Centre
The UK’s first dedicated, purpose designed wargaming centre has been unveiled by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). The Defence Wargaming Centre (DWC) on Dstl’s Portsdown West site ... Canada Lays Keel of New Joint Support Ship
VANCOUVER, B.C. –--Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, on behalf of Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan, joined by Vice-Admiral Art McDonald, Com... US Relaxes Demands in S. Korea Cost-Sharing Talks But Gaps Remain
SEOUL --- Harry Harris, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, says Washington has softened its demand for how much Seoul should pay for the cost of the U.S. military presence here, but says a gap remain... UK, German Defense Ministers Discuss European Security Challenges
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer discuss European and wider international security. The Defence Secretary today hosted Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer on he... DISA Defending, Improving DOD Network, Director Says
The Defense Information Systems Agency's mission is to provide, operate and defend global command and control and information-sharing capabilities for the entire Defense Department, national-level lea... Swiss Complete Hornet Inspections, Fleet Back in Service
BERN --- With the completion of the control work and the measures initiated, the operational readiness of the Air Force is guaranteed for the upcoming World Economic Forum (WEF). After cracks were ... Airbus Demos First Fully Automatic Vision-Based Take-Off
TOULOUSE, France --- Airbus has successfully performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac airport. The test crew comprising of two... Newest Russian Minesweeper for Black Sea Fleet Passes Straits
The newest minesweeper of the Black Sea Fleet "Ivan Antonov" makes a planned transition from Sevastopol to the Mediterranean sea. Currently, the crew of the minesweeper passes the Black sea Straits... Aero Denies Reports of Mass Layoffs, Confirms New Hires
On January 16, 2020, an article full of false claims and misleading information about Aero was published in a Czech weekly Ekonom. According to the article, AERO Vodochody Aerospace plans to lay off h... How US Navy SEALs Bought Counterfeit Radio Antennas
Last spring, the Pentagon spent more than $165,000 on a set of sophisticated radio antennas for a contingent of elite Navy SEALs. Unfortunately, they were cheap knockoffs, courtesy of a California ven... First Smart Satellite Enables Space Mesh Networking
DENVER --- A new era of space-based computing is now being tested in-orbit that will enable artificial intelligence, data analytics, cloud networking and advanced satellite communications in a robust ... | 
