| Latest Feature Stories No article today in this section Latest Press Releases Italy’s Fincantieri Wins FFG(X) Competition, Bags Initial $795M Contract
Marinette Marine Corp., Marinette, Wisconsin, is awarded a $795,116,483 fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract for detail design and construction (DD&C) of the FFG(X) class of guided-missile fri... Lockheed Wins $6.07Bn for PAC-3 MSE Missiles
Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $6,068,344,959 firm-fixed-price contract for incidental services, hardware, facilities, equipment and all technical, planning, management, ma... Boeing Raises $25Bn with Bond Offering, Foregoes Government Cash
CHICAGO --- We’re pleased with the response to our bond offering today, which is one of several steps we’re taking to keep liquidity flowing through our business and the 17,000 companies in our indust... Philippines Offered $1.5Bn Apache or $500M Viper Attack Helos
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippines of six (6) AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and related equ... Second Boeing 777X Completes First Flight
EVERETT, Wash.--- Boeing today conducted a productive and successful first flight of the second 777X airplane. Capt. Ted Grady, 777X project pilot, and Capt. Van Chaney, 777/777X chief pilot, flew for... China Opposes Foreign Naval Presence in S. China Sea
The Chinese military opposes foreign powers bolstering their naval presence in the South China Sea, calling the actions detrimental to regional peace and stability, a spokesman for the Ministry of Nat... More on Sea Trials of French Navy’s First Barracuda-Class SSN
The sea trials of the Suffren, the first Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine, have just begun. They will enable the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) and the French Navy to test the perform... GE Aviation Details $707M Contract for F110 Engine Production
CINCINNATI, OH. --– GE Aviation’s F110 engine continues to remain the engine of choice of advanced F-15 and F-16 aircraft around the world. This month, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Cent... Australia Orders Six New Patrol Boats in A$350M Deal
The Morrison Government is investing around $350 million for the build program of six new Cape Class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy. The vessels will be built by Western Australian com... One Dead, Five Missing in Crash of Canadian CH-148 Helicopter
OTTAWA –--One member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) was killed on Wednesday April 29, 2020 and five other members remain missing following an accident involving a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) C... Ukraine Continues Testing of Neptune Cruise Missile
The next stage of a testing of a missile system “Neptune” took place at the Alibey military range in the Odesa region. Flight tests were conducted in a condition of jamming for the missile’s target... US Army Test-Fires Precision Strike Missile for Third Time
DALLAS --- Lockheed Martin successfully tested its next-generation long-range missile designed for the Army's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. All ... China Says Latest, Most Advanced SP Gun Enters Service
China's most advanced vehicle-mounted howitzer, the PCL-181, recently entered service with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command, the theater command confirmed on Thursday. With t... Lockheed Wins $618M for THAAD Product Support
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, is being awarded a non-competitive, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ceiling value of $618,000,000... HHI Wins $187 for Long-Lead Items for Two LHA Amphibs
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded an $187,469,732 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract action for long lead time material and associated engineering and design activit... Lockheed Wins $129M to Retrofit US, Norwegian F-35s
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $129,189,887 modification to a firm-fixed-price delivery order N00019-19-F-2512 against previously issued basic ... UK MoD Chooses Supplier for New Defence Training Deal
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has awarded a new commercial agreement to support facilities management for the UK’s Defence Training estate. The Training Estates Services agreement was created by C... Boeing Wins $112M to Supply 16 IRS&Ts for Australia and US Navy
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded an $112,000,000 modification (P00001) to previously awarded, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract N00019-19-C-0019. This modification exercis... Lockheed Awarded $89M for F-35 Modifications and Retrofits
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $89,521,608 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N00019-20-F-0571) against basic ordering agreement N00019-19-G-0008. This order provides program man... AeroVironment Wins $76M Order for Switchblade Weapon System
AeroVironment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $75,930,901 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price) contract to procure the Switchblade Weapon System. Bids were sol... HMS Queen Elisabeth Sails with Two Crew Tested Positive for Covid-19
A Royal Navy ship which carries jets from RAF Marham has set sail despite two crew members testing positive for coronavirus. Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth left Portsmouth Naval Base after th... Two B-1s Fly 32-Hour Mission to S. China Sea and Back
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. flew a 32-hour round-trip sortie to conduct operations over the South China Sea as part... US Navy Provides Medical Care to Sailors Aboard USS Kidd
As part of the Navy's aggressive response to the COVID-19 outbreak aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd, the ship arrived at Naval Base San Diego on April 28 to receive medical care for its sa... Ukraine Launches Production of Zoopark-3 Counter-Battery Radar
NVK Iskra company started mass production of Ukrainian 1L220UK counter-battery radar, also known as Zoopark-3, informed the company Director Yuri Paschenko. The first operational unit is scheduled ... Israeli AF Offers Peek into Weapons Development Process
The IAF has many products and technologies that were developed by the force in partnership with civilian industries in Israel, such as many developments in the RPAV (Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicle) D... Royal Navy Shadows Russian Warship Through Channel
The Royal Navy has tracked a Russian warship off the coast of France and monitored her movement through the English Channel. HMS Mersey, an Offshore Patrol Vessel, was on routine security patrols i... Sentinel A4 Radar Passes Key Milestones
SYRACUSE, NY --- Just four months after the initial contract award, the U.S. Army’s Sentinel A4 radar program already achieved several key milestones. In January, the U.S Army approved the program’s S... First Q-53 Radar with Gallium Nitride Delivered to US Army
SYRACUSE, N.Y. --- Not only is the AN/TPQ-53 system the most modern radar deployed by the U.S. Army, it is now poised to be the first and only Army radar system operating with Gallium Nitride (GaN). ... CSIS on Improvisation and Adaptability in the Russian Military
As the U.S. military pivots back to a world shaped by great power competition, it faces the need of coming to grips with the evolving capabilities and doctrines of its principal rivals, China and Russ... Aero Vodochody Details Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic
Like any other company on international market, AERO Vodochody Aerospace is confronted with unforeseeable impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The management of Aero decided to keep the company running a... Dauphin N Helicopter Embarks on Frigate for First Time
From April 20 to 25, 2020, in coordination with the pre-deployment operational upgrade of the frigate La Fayette, a detachment comprising seven sailors and a Dauphin "N" helicopter landed on the ship ... Australia Testing AI to Improve Search And Rescue Ops
Airborne search and rescue is an expensive and demanding task, but what if there was a better way? AI-Search, Defence’s Artificial Intelligence prototype to transform airborne search and rescue is ... Airbus Solution for Widebody Aircraft Cargo Conversion
TOULOUSE, France --- Airbus is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines to install freight pallets directly onto the cabin floor seat tracks, after remova... US Air Force Reorganizes Program Executive Offices
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio --- In the coming months, the Air Force will restructure portions of its acquisition mission area to better provide unsurpassed capabilities and support to the Joint Forces ... | 
