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May 19, 2020  

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Northrop Wins $2.4Bn to Develop Next-Gen Missile Warning Satellites
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $2,375,000,000 undefinitized contract modification (P00013) to contract FA8810-18-C-0006 for Next Generation

US Democrats Say Fired State Dept. IG Was Probing Arms Sales to Saudi
WASHINGTON -- A key U.S. Democratic lawmaker suggested Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump may have abruptly fired the internal State Department watchdog last week at Secretary of State Mike Pompe

GAO Details Why Leonardo Won US Navy Training Helicopter Contract
DIGEST: 1. Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of offerors’ technical proposals is denied where the protest allegations are not supported by the record, and the evaluation and source selec

 



Adapted from the Italian Navy’s Vulcano-class fleet replenishment ships, the French Navy’s four BRF logistic support ships will displace 31,000 tonnes and be built in France in cooperation with Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard group. (FR MoD image)
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    Northrop Wins $2.4Bn to Develop Next-Gen Missile Warning Satellites
    Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $2,375,000,000 undefinitized contract modification (P00013) to contract FA8810-18-C-0006 for Next Generation...

    US Democrats Say Fired State Dept. IG Was Probing Arms Sales to Saudi
    WASHINGTON -- A key U.S. Democratic lawmaker suggested Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump may have abruptly fired the internal State Department watchdog last week at Secretary of State Mike Pompe...

    GAO Details Why Leonardo Won US Navy Training Helicopter Contract
    DIGEST: 1. Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of offerors’ technical proposals is denied where the protest allegations are not supported by the record, and the evaluation and source selec...

    First Metal Cut for French Navy’s Replenishment Ship Program
    PARIS --- The first steel plate of the hull of the first of the four new Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force (BRF) - replenishment vessels - of the French Navy has been cut today during a ceremony held i...

    A Closer Look at India’s Plan to Drop 114-Fighter Order and Buy More Tejas LCAs
    India intends to forgo a planned acquisition of 114 foreign-sourced combat aircraft in favor of more indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCAs). The move comes a little over two years after the Ind...

    US Army to Evaluate Patria Nemo 120mm Mortar System
    U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center and Patria have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to determine feasibility of incorporating a turrete...

    Booz Allen Wins $800M to Deliver AI-Enabled Products
    Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, Virginia, has been awarded a five-year, $800,000,000 task order contract (47QFCA20F0032) to deliver the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) artificial intelli...

    Lockheed Wins $485M to Produce IR Sensors for Allies
    Lockheed Martin Corp., Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a ceiling $485,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Department of Defense and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Sniper, Inf...

    Lockheed Wins $497M to Support US Army Patriot PAC-3
    Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $497,301,405 modification (P00035) to contract W31P4Q-17-D-0026 for Phased Array Tracking on Radar to Intercept Advanced Capability-3 missile...

    Turkey Tests Domestic HGK-84 Laser Guidance Kit
    ANKARA --- Turkey successfully test-fired the HGK-84, a domestically produced precision guidance kit, the National Defense Ministry said Monday. "The test-firing of our HGK-84 LAB (Precision Guidan...

    Royal Australian Navy Commissions Final Air Warfare Destroyer
    The Royal Australian Navy welcomed its newest Air Warfare Destroyer into the fleet yesterday. The commissioning ceremony, off the coast of New South Wales, marked the moment the 147-metre-long HMAS...

    Norway Funds New Defense Technology Ventures
    “The support scheme is an important contribution to innovation and jobs, and has become increasingly important during the corona crisis. We are therefore increasing the support this year and will incr...

    General Atomics Wins Support Contract for Ford-Class EMALS and AAG
    SAN DIEGO, CA. --- General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract for ongoing engineering and logistics sustainment of Gerald R. Ford-class Electr...

    BAE Wins $26M for Electronic Countermeasures on KC-130J Aircraft
    MCLEAN, Va. --- The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) Aircraft Prototyping Systems Division has awarded BAE Systems a prime position on a $26.7 million task order to in...

    USS Truman Strike Group Completes Week of Integrated Training
    ATLANTIC OCEAN --- The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, underway in the Atlantic Ocean, conducted a week of naval air integration exercises with Marine Corps elements assigned to the 2nd Marine A...

    USS Roosevelt Brings New Capabilities to US 6th Fleet
    NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain --- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) arrived at its new homeport, Naval Station Rota, Spain, after conducting a regional patrol in the ...

    Next-Gen Jammer-LB Begins Final Tests
    PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- The U.S. Navy recently began the final Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET) test period for the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) capability at Naval Air Station...

    EDA Launches New Project to Improve Military Sensor Performance
    BRUSSELS --- EDA’s Steering Board has given its green light for the launch of a new project designed to improve the receiver performance of electronic radio frequency (RF) sensors used in military pla...

    US Air Force Looks to AI to Improve Intelligence Gathering
    HANSCOM AFB, Mass. --– A team working virtually came together to improve the processes for Air Force Distributed Common Ground System analysts by using artificial intelligence and machine learning and...

    Nammo Raufoss Wins Norwegian Technology Study Contract
    Even as the first direct energy weapons, more commonly referred to as “laser weapons”, are entering service, much is still unknown about what wider impact they may have on military operations. To help...

    NATO Allies Practice Close Air Support in Lithuania
    Troops from NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup in Lithuania are training together with British and Spanish pilots from the Alliance’s Baltic Air Policing mission. The training, which began o...

    NATO to Promote Engagement with Non-Defense Tech Companies
    In the context of its ongoing work on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, NATO’s Emerging Security Challenges Division organized a workshop today (18 May 2020) to discuss NATO’s engagement with non-...

    First Test of Solar Power Satellite Hardware in Orbit
    WASHINGTON --- U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on May 17 as part of a comprehens...

    MTU Rolls Out 3,000th Series 4000 Gas Engine
    The Series 4000 natural gas engine has been part of Rolls-Royce's MTU-branded product portfolio since October 2004. The 3000th gas genset has now rolled off the production line. It will be delivered t...


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