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United Technologies, Raytheon Complete Merger to Form $74Bn Company
WALTHAM, Mass. --- Raytheon Technologies Corporation announced the successful completion of the all-stock merger of equals transaction between Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation on A

Ingalls Wins $1.5Bn Order to Build LPD 31
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $1,508,730,501 fixed-price-incentive modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2406 for the procurement of the detail

Boeing Extends Washington State Production Shutdown Indefinitely
Boeing Co said on Sunday it would extend the suspension of production operations at its Washington state facilities until further notice amid the coronavirus outbreak. The largest U.S. planemaker s

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United Technologies, Raytheon Complete Merger to Form $74Bn Company
WALTHAM, Mass. --- Raytheon Technologies Corporation announced the successful completion of the all-stock merger of equals transaction between Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation on A...

Ingalls Wins $1.5Bn Order to Build LPD 31
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $1,508,730,501 fixed-price-incentive modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2406 for the procurement of the detail...

Boeing Extends Washington State Production Shutdown Indefinitely
Boeing Co said on Sunday it would extend the suspension of production operations at its Washington state facilities until further notice amid the coronavirus outbreak. The largest U.S. planemaker s...

RAF Declares Initial Operating Capability of Poseidon MRA Mk 1
The RAF has formally declared an Initial Operating Capability (IOC) of its brand-new Poseidon MRA Mk1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft. The UK’s Poseidon fleet, currently comprising of two aircraft with seve...

Japan’s F-2 Fighter Replacement Program and the Politics of Alliance Management
As the world is reeling from the immediate crisis of the covid-19 pandemic and its still unknown economic, political, and strategic long-term impacts, Japan is in the early stages of its F-2 fighter a...

US Navy Commissions USS Delaware Nuclear Attack Sub
The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Delaware (SSN 791), the 18th Virginia-class attack submarine, today, April 4, 2020. Although the traditional public commissioning ceremony was cancelled due to public...

US, Japanese Warships Operate Together in Andaman Sea
ANDAMAN SEA --- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) conducted o...

RAF Typhoons Resume Baltic Air Police Mission in Lithuania
In addition to supporting the NHS, and other Government departments during the current Covid-19 Pandemic, the Royal Air Force has begun deploying for their latest NATO Air Policing mission. The RAF...

Pentagon’s Esper Backs Decision to Oust US Ship Commander
WASHINGTON --- U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday defended the U.S. Navy’s controversial decision to remove the commander of a coronavirus-stricken U.S. aircraft carrier, saying it was a “tou...

BAE Awarded $200M Contract to Upgrade USS Boxer
SAN DIEGO, California --- BAE Systems has received a $200.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform nearly 18 months of maintenance and modernization work aboard the amphibious assa...

Japan Coast Guard Orders Two More H225 Helicopters
TOKYO --- Japan’s largest Super Puma operator, Japan Coast Guard (JCG), has placed a new order of two H225 helicopters. This follow-on order brings JCG’s Super Puma fleet to 15, comprising two AS332s ...

US Military Mismanaged $100M Drone Base Project in Niger: IG
STUTTGART, Germany --- The U.S. military may have broken the law when it mismanaged funds and ineffectively planned the construction of a $100 million drone base in Niger, the Pentagon’s Inspector Gen...

Marines Order FLIR Centaur Unmanned Ground Vehicles
ARLINGTON, Va. --- FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that the U.S. Marine Corps has ordered more than 140 of the company’s Centaur unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), plus spares. The $18.6 million contract is...

How to Best Acquire Defense Technologies in the UK: RUSI
The support of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for enhanced innovation in military affairs is well-established. This paper explores the significant implications of this for the management of defence. Sp...

China to Launch IoT Communications Satellites
WUHAN --- China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) project in mid to late April, with one satellite named after its birthplace Wuhan, acco...

Chinese Navy Says It Can Control South China Sea
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy conducted combat-oriented drills featuring surface vessels, submarines and fighter jets in the South China Sea in late March, a month in which the US fr...

Attack Submarine USS Delaware Joins Fleet
WASHINGTON --- The Navy commissioned USS Delaware (SSN 791), the 18th Virginia-class attack submarine, April 4. Although the traditional public commissioning ceremony was canceled for public health...

Processes Improved for Fabricating Aircraft Engine Inlet Ducts
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio. --- Aircraft engine inlet ducts provide the engine compressor with a constant supply of air to prevent the compressor from stalling. Since the inlet is directly exposed to ...

Developing Missiles as Bargaining Chips
If President Donald Trump is serious about arms control talks with the People's Republic of China, U.S. officials could consider building a new generation of ground-launched, intermediate-range missil...

Sweden Postpones Exercise Aurora 20
The Swedish Armed Forces has made the decision to postpone the Aurora 20 exercise, planned to take place in May, due to the current situation in Sweden and the world, caused by the covid-19 pandemic. ...

Used Data System Planned for Next US Navy Carrier
SAN DIEGO --- Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport Detachment San Diego’s Fleet Test and Evaluation Center (FTEC) supplied the Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) with a ...

Lockheed Announces New COVID-19 Initiatives
BETHESDA, Md. --- Today, Lockheed Martin is announcing a number of additional steps we are taking to continue supporting our employees, vulnerable companies in our supply chain and those on the front ...

Rolls-Royce Drops Dividend, Cuts Salaries to Conserve Cash
This update addresses the measures being taken to protect our people and our business in this challenging period and the impact of disruption from COVID-19 on our financial and operational performance...

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