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Germany Again Extends Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia
German media reported on Monday that the German government had approved an extension of the arms embargo on Saudi Arabia, which will now last until December 31, 2020. This decision marks the third ext

GAO: Maintaining US Navy’s New Ships Will Cost $130Bn More Than Planned
The Navy has delivered warships—such as aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines—to its fleet over the past 10 years that require more effort to sustain than initially planned. In assessing how t

Marine Corps to Cut 12,000 Troops, Tanks and 108 F-35 Fighters
WASHINGTON --- The Marine Corps has decided it must eliminate its tank battalions and reduce its infantry and artillery units in 10 years as it converts its force to one more aligned with taking on po

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Germany Again Extends Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia
German media reported on Monday that the German government had approved an extension of the arms embargo on Saudi Arabia, which will now last until December 31, 2020. This decision marks the third ext...

GAO: Maintaining US Navy’s New Ships Will Cost $130Bn More Than Planned
The Navy has delivered warships—such as aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines—to its fleet over the past 10 years that require more effort to sustain than initially planned. In assessing how t...

Marine Corps to Cut 12,000 Troops, Tanks and 108 F-35 Fighters
WASHINGTON --- The Marine Corps has decided it must eliminate its tank battalions and reduce its infantry and artillery units in 10 years as it converts its force to one more aligned with taking on po...

Lockheed Wins Additional $933M for THAAD Production
Lockheed Martin Corp., Missiles and Fire Control, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded a $932,836,737 modification (P00026) to previously-awarded contract HQ0147-17-C-0032 to exercise an option for the pro...

Uncorrected Flaws, Cyber-Vulnerabilities, Unreliability Plague F-35 Program
As the F-35 program limps toward the end of its much-delayed operational testing period and subsequent full-rate production decision, unanswered questions about its combat effectiveness and suitabilit...

US Navy Launches Live-Fire Missiles In ‘Warning to China’
The US Navy was targeting China with live-fire missile tests in the Philippine Sea last week, sending a message that it was up to the challenge of the PLA’s new advanced systems, military analysts sai...

CACI Wins $180M for Special Operations Satcoms
CACI Inc. - Federal, Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded $180,336,750 for a single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, performance based, cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort contract (N65236-...

Pratt Wins $7.7M Order for Seven F-35B Engine Upgrade Kits
Pratt and Whitney - United Technologies Corp., Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a $7,681,734 firm-fixed-price delivery order (N00019-20-F-0658) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N...

BAE Details $339M Award for M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzers
The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a $339 million contract modification for the production of 48 vehicle sets of M109A7 Self-propelled Howitzer (SPH) and its companion, the M992A3 Carrier, Ammuniti...

Ireland Orders 120 Scania Troop-Carrying Vehicles
The Minister with Responsibility for Defence Mr Paul Kehoe, T.D., has awarded a contract for the provision of one hundred and twenty (120) new 4X4 Troop Carrying Vehicles (TCVs) for the Defence Forces...

US Army Focuses on Long-Range Precision Fires
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. --- While infantry units carry out important missions at close quarters, field artillery battalions stationed remotely play a vital role in shaping the battle at a distanc...

Raytheon to Upgrade Brazilian AF Air Traffic Surveillance Radars
DULLES, Va. --- Raytheon Company is modernizing the Brazilian Air Force's surveillance radars across the Amazon. Raytheon will upgrade seven legacy radars to the next-generation Monopulse Secondary Su...

Ford-Class Carriers Require $400,000 Flush to Unclog Toilets
New toilets on the Navy’s two newest aircraft carriers clog so frequently that the ships’ sewage systems must be cleaned periodically with specialized acids costing about $400,000 a flush, according t...

Ukraine Clarifies NATO Statement by Minister of Defense
The Minister of Defence of Ukraine Andrii Taran in his address delivered on March 11 to the leadership of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and the General Staff emphasized that the Armed Forces of U...

Rheinmetall to Produce Ammunition for Joint Strike Fighter
In an Australian first, Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions (RNM) is set to produce and export ammunition for the US F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme. RNM has announced that it will begin production of 2...

Russia Building New Military Facility 300 Miles from Alaska
“Whoever holds the Arctic, holds the world. I think it is the most important strategic place in the world.” These solemn words were uttered in 1935 before a House of Representatives Committee by a ret...

Royal Navy Aviators Complete Pioneering Arctic Training
Commando Helicopter Force have put the seal on ‘pioneering’ high intensity training on their annual Arctic workout, Exercise Clockwork. The wings of the Royal Marines – who fly the Commando Wildcat...

RAAF Tindal: Australia Improving Its Northern Hub
As the Australian government attempts to manage the multifaceted crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic currently sweeping the globe, the business of traditional national security planning and operations goe...

China Sees ‘Profound Implications’ in First Indonesia-Russia Exercise
RIA Novosti recently reported that Russia and Indonesia had agreed to hold a joint naval exercise, code-named Orruda-2020, this year, devoid of several specifics. The news has drawn extensive attentio...

Spirit AeroSystems Suspends Boeing Production Work
WICHITA, Kan. --- Following Boeing's announcement to temporarily suspend production at its Washington state facilities, Spirit AeroSystems will also suspend Boeing work performed at our facilities in ...

Leonardo Extends Its Training Services to Rotorcraft Drones
ROME --- Leonardo is extending its training services capabilities to include rotorcraft unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to provide 360° training solutions to its growing customer base for maximised miss...

Russian Tu-95MS Bombers Fly Over Gulf of Japan, Pacific
Two strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS of the Russian Aerospace forces performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Japan sea and the North-Western part of the Pacific Ocean. The fligh...

Over 70% of Leonardo Employees Working on Italian Sites
ROME --- Leonardo advises that yesterday the company recorded over 70% of employees working, as expected, at its sites in Italy, in line with planned activities. Production processes are being car...

General Atomics Had Role in Test of Hypersonic Glide Body
SAN DIEGO, CA. --- General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) participated in the successful testing of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) during joint flight test Flight Experiment 2 (FE-2...

Piaggio Aerospace Extends Deadline for Expressions of Interest
VILLANOVA D'ALBENGA, Italy --- With a notice published today in a selected number of financial newspapers Vincenzo Nicastro - the Extraordinary Commissioner of Piaggio Aero Industries Spa and Piaggio ...

Elbit 2019 Revenues Up 21%, Net Income Up 11%
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd., the international high technology company, reported today its consolidated results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2019. In this releas...

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