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Pentagon to Spend $481 Billion by 2024 to Develop New Technologies
SANTA CLARA, Calif. –-- The technological superiority of the United States armed forces is being challenged by new and evolving threats constantly being developed by potential adversaries. To countera

Competition for Big US Army Contract Pits Bell Against Sikorsky, Boeing
Fort Worth-based Bell took another step toward potentially winning a major military contract that could shape the company for decades to come. On Monday, the U.S. Army selected two teams — Bell, pa

Faulty Kit and Unreliable Suppliers: MoD Struggling to Deliver Defense Capabilities
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is struggling to deliver key parts of the UK’s planned defence capabilities programme, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report published today. New military

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Pentagon to Spend $481 Billion by 2024 to Develop New Technologies
SANTA CLARA, Calif. –-- The technological superiority of the United States armed forces is being challenged by new and evolving threats constantly being developed by potential adversaries. To countera...

Competition for Big US Army Contract Pits Bell Against Sikorsky, Boeing
Fort Worth-based Bell took another step toward potentially winning a major military contract that could shape the company for decades to come. On Monday, the U.S. Army selected two teams — Bell, pa...

Faulty Kit and Unreliable Suppliers: MoD Struggling to Deliver Defense Capabilities
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is struggling to deliver key parts of the UK’s planned defence capabilities programme, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report published today. New military ...

Norwegian F-35As Escort B-2 Nuke-Bombers Up North
The two U.S. Air Force stealth bombers took off from Fairford airbase in England and were met by three Norwegian F-35s over Iceland. Norway has currently four F-35s based at Keflavik, conducting NATO’...

China Threatens US Navy with Electromagnetic Weapons
Chinese military experts on Tuesday suggested the use of non-lethal electromagnetic weapons, including low-energy laser devices, in expelling US warships that have been repeatedly intruding into the S...

The Great Unwinding: The U.S.-Turkey Arms Sales Dispute
March marks a critical month for U.S.-Turkish relations, chiefly on the topic of Ankara’s recent acquisition of the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems. First, since Turkey’s removal last Jul...

PLA Warplanes Conduct Rare Night-time Exercises Near Taiwan
Warplanes of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly conducted rare night-time exercises near the island of Taiwan on Monday, and mainland analysts on Tuesday predicted that similar dril...

BAE to Develop Advanced Seekers for THAAD Ballistic Missile Defense
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin to design and manufacture next-generation infrared seekers for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system, providing cri...

Royal Navy’s Drone Squadron Reaches New Milestones
The Royal Navy’s experts in remotely-piloted air systems have reached two major milestones in recent weeks. 700X Naval Air Squadron flew its Puma drone successfully in the harsh conditions of the A...

Pentagon Says Nuclear Triad Unaffected by Virus
U.S. Strategic Command is ensuring the U.S. nuclear deterrent is strong, even during the coronavirus pandemic, Stratcom's commander told reporters at the Pentagon in a telephone briefing from the comm...

Boeing Statement on Supporting Supply Chain
CHICAGO --- We appreciate the support of the President and the Administration for the 2.5 million jobs and 17,000 suppliers that Boeing relies on to remain the number one US exporter, and we look forw...

Phoenix Logistics Wins $516M Joint Land Component Training Contract
Phoenix Logistics Inc., Gilbert, Arizona, was awarded a $516,000,000 cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price contract to provide capabilities to the Joint Land Comp...

NATO Orders 900 Mine Detectors from Schiebel
VIENNA --- Under the now extended contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), Schiebel will deliver 900 units of the AN-19/2 Mine Detecting Set, one of the world’s most widely used m...

Airbus and Boeing Report February 2020 Commercial Aircraft Orders and Deliveries
Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is a major risk factor for the aviation industry and is taking a huge toll on air travel demand, at least for the near future. Also, on March 9, an employee at Boeing’s Ever...

Raytheon Tests New Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense Radar
ANDOVER, Mass. --- Raytheon Company completed the first round of testing of the first partially populated radar antenna array for the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS. ...

New Counter-Drone Weapon Approved for International Sales
TUCSON, Ariz. --- The U.S. government has cleared Raytheon Company to sell the Coyote® Block 2 counter-drone weapon to approved allied nations as part of the Howler counter-drone system. In 2019, t...

Modification of the DEFENDER-Europe 20 Exercise
In response to the current outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and recent guidance by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Defense, the US Command in Europe has decided to modify the DEFENDER-Europe ...

Survival Training Antarctic Style for RAN
Members of Navy’s Maritime Geospatial Warfare Unit deployed to Davis research station in Antarctica recently, where they completed mandated field survival training and small boats induction, prior to ...

Chinese Firm Produces Medical Supplies with J-20 Fighter Jet Technology
Chinese defense companies are making machines for medical supplies using technologies originally intended for designs and manufacfuring of advanced weapons such as J-20 stealth fighter jets to ease th...

Patent Spotlight: Titovich Patents a Way to Measure Atmospheric Infrasound
Low frequency sound – infrasound – in the atmosphere travels over vast distances carrying information about its source and the state of the atmosphere. To date measurements of infrasound have been res...

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