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April 17, 2020  

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Boeing Recalls 27,000 Workers to Resume Jetliner Production Next Week
SEATTLE --- Boeing will resume all Commercial Airplanes production in a phased approach at its Puget Sound-region facilities next week, after suspending operations last month in response to the COVID-

Textron Awarded $386M for Next-Gen LCAC
WASHINGTON --- Today, the Navy awarded a contract for the Fiscal Year 2017-2020 procurement of Ship to Shore Connector craft. Ship to Shore Connectors are the evolutionary replacement for the exi

UK Government Postpones Defense and Security Review But MPs Continue Inquiry
The Cabinet Office has informed the Defence Select Committee that work on the Integrated Review has been formally paused across Whitehall. Letter from the Deputy National Security Adviser delaying

 



The UK has awarded Rheinmetall an order for four Mission Master – Cargo unmanned ground vehicles, the first order from a NATO customer for this robotic vehicle. The four vehicles will be delivered during the spring. (Rheinmetall photo)
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    Boeing Recalls 27,000 Workers to Resume Jetliner Production Next Week
    SEATTLE --- Boeing will resume all Commercial Airplanes production in a phased approach at its Puget Sound-region facilities next week, after suspending operations last month in response to the COVID-...

    Textron Awarded $386M for Next-Gen LCAC
    WASHINGTON --- Today, the Navy awarded a contract for the Fiscal Year 2017-2020 procurement of Ship to Shore Connector craft. Ship to Shore Connectors are the evolutionary replacement for the exi...

    UK Government Postpones Defense and Security Review But MPs Continue Inquiry
    The Cabinet Office has informed the Defence Select Committee that work on the Integrated Review has been formally paused across Whitehall. Letter from the Deputy National Security Adviser delaying ...

    Airbus Achieves World’s First Fully Automatic Refuelling Contacts
    GETAFE, Spain --- Airbus has achieved the first ever fully automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the year over the Atlantic...

    USMC Makes First Operational MQ-9A Flight in Middle East
    SAN DIEGO --- On March 20, 2020, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) pilots and sensor operators from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) conducted their first operational flight of an MQ-9A Reaper...

    Akima Wins $385M to Support USAF C-21 Aircraft
    Akima Logistics Services LLC, Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded a $385,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for C-21 aircraft contractor logistics support services. ...

    UK Orders Rheinmetall’s Mission Master Unmanned Ground Vehicle
    Her [Britannic] Majesty's Armed Forces have ordered four Rheinmetall Mission Master robotic vehicles. Configured for transporting cargo, these unmanned ground vehicles will form part of the United Kin...

    GAO Sees Possible Delays in VH-92A Presidential Helicopter
    The Navy estimates the cost to develop, procure, and maintain the VH-92A over its 40-year operational life to be just over $20.5 billion, or about 10 percent less than the Navy's 2014 baseline estimat...

    Kratos Wins $19M Order for 21 High-Performance Target Drones
    SAN DIEGO --- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced today that the Kratos Unmanned Systems Division has recently received sole-source contract awards totaling more than $19 million for t...


    WASHINGTON --- The Pentagon has followed less than half of recent recommendations made by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a report by the watchdog group released Thursday...

    GAO Sees Risk in USAF’s Advanced Battle Management System
    The Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) is intended to establish a network to connect sensors on aircraft, drones, ships, and other weapon systems to provide a real-time operational p...

    US Navy Destroyer Returns to Black Sea
    BLACK SEA --- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) has been operating in the Black Sea for four days days on a U.S. 6th Fleet patrol as of April 16. Porter is underw...

    China Refutes As ‘Groundless' US Claim of Nuclear Tests
    Chinese Foreign Ministry's Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Thursday that China is committed to a moratorium on nuclear tests. The remark came in response to a U.S. State Department report that claimed C...

    Nammo Wins Major Swedish Order for Small Caliber Ammunition
    The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration has signed a contract with Nammo Sweden AB regarding ammunition for the Swedish defense. The contract value is SEK 670 million and relates to deliveries of ...

    Royal Air Force Augments NATO Baltic Air Policing in Lithuania
    Returning to Siauliai Air Base after six years, the Royal Air Force will augment NATO’s peacetime mission here with a 150-strong Typhoon detachment conducting another deployment of Operation AZOTIZE. ...

    Royal Navy’s New Patrol Ship Debuts in South Georgia
    This is the first sight of the Royal Navy’s new patrol ship in one of the most starkly beautiful – and remote – places on the planet to fly the Union Flag. For the first time since arriving in the ...

    US Navy Uses Data Analytics to Predict Equipment Obsolescence
    KEYPORT, Wash. --- The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport is using data analytics to better predict the obsolescence of equipment and systems in order to plan for the future before...

    US Navy Installs Next-Gen Network on USS Ronald Reagan
    SAN DIEGO --- Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Enterprise efficiently and effectively completed a major upgrade and installed a new baseline of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and E...

    Airbus AGM Approves Resolutions, Appoints New Chairman
    AMSTERDAM --- Airbus SE shareholders approved all resolutions on the agenda for its 2020 Annual General Meeting, including the election of two new directors, while René Obermann formally succeeded Den...

    Boeing CEO Message on US Government Support for Airlines and Industry
    CHICAGO --- Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun issued the following letter to employees today regarding U.S. government support for airlines and the aerospace industry: “Team: Our industry ...

    EDA Looks to Integrate Military Air Capabilities in Aviation Sector
    BRUSSELS --- EDA has launched a first call for papers from defence industry, academia and research institutes on the topic of integration of military air capabilities in a changing context of the civi...

    Naval Group Specifies its Covid-19 Action Plan
    -- Presentation yesterday to the trade unions during an exceptional Central Social and Economic Committee meeting (CSEC) of Naval Group’s action plan designed to support client navies’ and the group’s...

    Airbus Details Sustainable Aerospace - Resilience and Responsibility
    Over the past 50 years, Airbus’ products and technologies have changed the aerospace industry beyond recognition. But now a game-changing moment has been reached as the sector and society in general a...

    Kongsberg Updates Covid-19 Guidance
    Reference is made to the stock exchange covid-19 announcement by Kongsberg at 27 March 2020. At Kongsberg we recognize the wide-ranging negative impacts of the pandemic and has from the beginning of t...

    Rosoboronexport Continues to Operate Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
    Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has not suspended the promotion of Russian military, dual-use and civilian products, as well as the fulfillment of its obligations to custome...

    BAE Systems Inc. Issues Coronavirus Updates
    In response to COVID-19, BAE Systems’ Electronic Systems sector launched a campaign for employees to submit innovative ideas on how we can support efforts to combat the pandemic. More than 100 inno...


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