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US Claims ‘Full Compliance’ in WTO Aircraft Dispute
today that it has fully complied in the dispute brought by the European Union (EU) regarding U.S. subsidies to Boeing. In April 2019, the WTO found that the Washington State Business & Occupation (B&

UK Parliament Questions US Threat to Cancel F-35 Deployments Over Huawei Links
LONDON --- The UK parliament has questioned the United States on a threat to cancel long-planned deployments of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to the country followin

Pentagon Admits US Military Ops Killed 132 Civilians, Injured 91 in 2019
The Defense Department has sent Congress the annual report on “Civilian Casualties in Connection with U.S. Military Operations.” The report is a requirement of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Au

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US Claims ‘Full Compliance’ in WTO Aircraft Dispute
today that it has fully complied in the dispute brought by the European Union (EU) regarding U.S. subsidies to Boeing. In April 2019, the WTO found that the Washington State Business & Occupation (B&...

UK Parliament Questions US Threat to Cancel F-35 Deployments Over Huawei Links
LONDON --- The UK parliament has questioned the United States on a threat to cancel long-planned deployments of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) to the country followin...

Pentagon Admits US Military Ops Killed 132 Civilians, Injured 91 in 2019
The Defense Department has sent Congress the annual report on “Civilian Casualties in Connection with U.S. Military Operations.” The report is a requirement of the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Au...

US Navy’s FFG(X) Frigate Risks $1.4 Bn Cost Per Ship: CRS
The [US] Navy truncated orders for its ill-fated Littoral Combat Ship because the small vessels were vulnerable to attack and too lightly armed. Now, a new report suggests that the frigate intended to...

Canada Again Extends Deadline for C$19 Bn Fighter Competition
OTTAWA --- The federal government has extended the $19-billion competition to replace Canada’s aging CF-18s by another month because of COVID-19 – one week after it made another multimillion-dollar in...

US Rearms to Nullify China's Missile Supremacy
HONG KONG --- As Washington and Beijing trade barbs over the coronavirus pandemic, a longer-term struggle between the two Pacific powers is at a turning point, as the United States rolls out new weapo...

US Air Force Seeking Faster, Longer-Range Air-to-Air Missiles
The US Air Force is looking for “novel” approaches to a new class of faster and longer-ranged air-to-air missiles, according to a request for information released May 5, but it’s not clear how these n...

Is Russia’s S-400 Surface to Air Missile Worth Its Sticker Price?
In October 2018, the India Ministry of Defense concluded a $5.5 billion deal to buy four regiments of the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles (SAM). Just over a year later, India made an advance pay...

US Space Force Launches, Reveals Some X-37B Details
Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett and Space Force Gen. John W. Raymond cast some light on the previously classified missions of America's reusable space plane, the X-37B. The two spoke today d...

Contract Amendment Advances Multinational MRTT Fleet
On 5 May 2020, after five months of preparation, the OCCAR-EA Director, Matteo Bisceglia and Airbus Defence and Space representatives, Mr Didier Plantecoste and Mr Hervé Daumas signed MMF Contract Ame...

Iraqi MP Says Baghdad Considering Russian Air Defense Systems
An Iraqi politician stated this week that Baghdad will turn to Russia for airvdefense equipment if it cannot procure modern systems from the United States. The chairman of the Security and Defense ...

RAF Chinooks Log 2,000 Hours Supporting French Operations in Mali
Royal Air Force Chinooks operating in Mali, West Africa have recently passed a significant milestone in the ongoing UK mission to support the French led counter insurgency operations there. The RAF...

China Touts New Truck-Mounted 155mm SP Howitzer
Recently, it has been widely reported that China's new generation of 155mm vehicle-mounted howitzers, the PCL-181, have been delivered to troops of a brigade under the People's Liberation Army (PLA) E...

Austal Wins A$324M to Build Six Cape-Class Patrol Boats
Austal Limited is pleased to announce that Austal Australia has been awarded a A$324 million contract to design and construct six evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (CCPBs) for the Royal Australian Navy....

HII Wins $187M Advance Procurement for Amphibious Assault Ship LHA 9
PASCAGOULA, Miss. --- Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $187.46 million advance procurement contract from the U.S. Navy to provide lon...

HII Wins $187M to Prepare Refueling of Aircraft Carrier USS Stennis
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is awarded an $187,126,853 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2106 to prepare and make ready for the refueling complex ...

Boeing Wins $112M to Provide Early IRST II Units
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- The U.S. Navy, on behalf of itself and Australia, awarded Boeing of St. Louis, Mo., a $112.0 million modification (#P00001) to a previously awarded, fixed-price-incentive-firm-...

Boeing Wins $36M to Fix Faulty P-8A Sensor Turrets
-- The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $29,059,944 modification (P00172) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N00019-14-C-0067 for the production and delivery of 10 P-8A A-kit...

Marine Corps Aviators Wave the Flag in South China Sea
SOUTH CHINA SEA --- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted Marine Air-Ground Task Force full mission profile rehearsals, aerial reconnaissance, and simulated close-air support while maintaining ...

New Javelin Missile Variant Enters Production
ORLANDO, Fla. --- The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a business of Raytheon Technologies, and Lockheed Martin completed the first production Javelin F-Model ...

Japan Scraps Akita Site for Aegis Ashore Battery
The Defense Ministry has scrapped its plan to deploy the Aegis Ashore land-based missile defense system in a Self-Defense Force compound in the city of Akita, government officials said Wednesday. F...

Pentagon Uses Thermal Imaging to Detect Covid-19
The Defense Department has used thermal imaging in myriad ways over the decades. Now, it's being enlisted to detect COVID-19. Thermal imaging uses heat signatures to form an image or video based on...

DoD Should Strengthen Oversight of FMS Transportation Fees: GAO
The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program is one of the primary ways the U.S. government supports its foreign partners, by annually selling them billions of dollars of military equipment and services. ...

Industrial Base Implications of US Army's Future Vertical Lift Plans
As the Future Vertical Lift programs down select to a smaller pool of competitors, understanding the industrial base implications of the Army’s FVL plans is crucial. This report presents a detaile...

Lockheed Tests AI for ISR Capabilities in Denied Comms Environments
EDWARDS AFB, CALIF --- In partnership with the Air Force Test Pilot School, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works successfully demonstrated an autonomous Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) syst...

Protecting the US Supply of Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles
Our recent RAND report on the global heavy lift launch market highlights the potential for a near term (2022–2025) shortage of launch vehicles needed to lift U.S. defense and intelligence satellites t...

NSPA Offers Strategic Aeromedical Evacuation Services
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) offers Strategic Aeromedical Evacuation Services (STRAT AE) to NATO nations, partners and other NATO bodies or nations in support to Allied operations. T...

Three Selected for UK Specialist Nuclear Technical Services Contract
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has awarded places on a contract framework to provide specialist nuclear technical services to the Ministry of Defence. ACA (Atkins Cavendish Alliance)...

Norway’s Nammo Completes Florida Acquisition
Nammo is today confirming that it has completed its acquisition of Chemring Ordnance Inc. in Perry, Florida - now Nammo Perry Inc. The announcement comes as Nammo releases its Annual Report for 2019, ...

Rolls-Royce Furloughs 4,000 Staff, Cuts Engine Deliveries
We are today holding our Annual General Meeting. In his update to shareholders, Chief Executive Warren East will comment: “In this unprecedented period of uncertainty we have rapidly adapted our busin...

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