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IAI Says LORA Ballistic Strike Missile Hit Target At 400km Range
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed a dual operational firing trial with LORA (Long-Range Artillery Weapon System), a precise ballistic strike missile. The trial was designed and performed

India to Produce 156 Upgraded BMP Infantry Combat Vehicles
In a major boost to ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government, Acquisition Wing of Ministry of Defence (MoD) with the approval of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, has today placed an Indent on Ord

S. Korea to Cut $245M from Defense Budget Over Coronavirus
The government is seeking to slash about 300 billion won ($244.96 million) from this year's defense budget to fund an extra spending plan aimed at coping with the economic fallout from the coronavirus

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IAI Says LORA Ballistic Strike Missile Hit Target At 400km Range
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed a dual operational firing trial with LORA (Long-Range Artillery Weapon System), a precise ballistic strike missile. The trial was designed and performed...

India to Produce 156 Upgraded BMP Infantry Combat Vehicles
In a major boost to ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government, Acquisition Wing of Ministry of Defence (MoD) with the approval of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, has today placed an Indent on Ord...

S. Korea to Cut $245M from Defense Budget Over Coronavirus
The government is seeking to slash about 300 billion won ($244.96 million) from this year's defense budget to fund an extra spending plan aimed at coping with the economic fallout from the coronavirus...

China Denounces US ‘Attacks on China’s Defense Sector’
Even as the US political establishment is under siege amid nationwide riots that have plunged the country into chaos, US officials, instead of addressing profound domestic woes, waged a new series of ...

Northrop to Provide Next-Gen Missile Warning Satellites
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a not-to-exceed $2.37 billion undefinitized contract modification for Phase 1 of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrare...

Navantia to Maintain Australian Naval Ships It Built
Navantia Australia has signed a Strategic Agreement with the Commonwealth of Australia, which reinforces the relationship between the signatories and provides the collaboration framework that ensures ...

Airbus A400M Drops 116 Paratroopers Through Both Side Doors
GETAFE, Spain --- The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has successfully achieved certification of the simultaneous paratrooper dispatch capability and completed the full industrial development of...

RAF Typhoons in Lithuania Intercept Russian ELINT Aircraft
Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets deployed to Lithuania on a NATO policing mission have carried out their first intercept of the operation, on a Russian Military Aircraft off the Baltic coast. The ...

US Army Awards Contract to Research Off-Road Autonomy
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. --- The Army awarded $2.9M to eight academic and industry partners for first-year funding of its newest program focused on expanding its autonomy enterprise. The U.S. A...

BAE Wins Role in Darpa Squad-X Autonomy Research Program
MERRIMACK, N.H. --- Squad X prime contractor Lockheed Martin has awarded BAE Systems a contract to provide key autonomy and artificial intelligence capabilities that aim to advance the effectiveness o...

Korea to Pay Pentagon’s Korean Employee Labor Costs
The Department of Defense has accepted the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) proposal to fund the labor costs for all U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Korean National (KN) employees through the end of 2020. The la...

Spacecom, Space Force Officials Discuss Planetary Defense
It's possible one day an asteroid may threaten the Earth and the threat would need to be mitigated — possibly by the U.S. military. It's a scenario considered in a paper titled "Whither Space Power?" ...

Space National Guard Would Cost $100M -$490M per Year: CBO
CBO examines two options for establishing a Space National Guard to support active component Space Force personnel, estimating the additional costs beyond those incurred for existing Air and Army Nati...

Babcock Wins Missile Tube Contract Extension with Electric Boat
Babcock, the aerospace and defence company, has been awarded a multimillion pound contract extension to manufacture a further 18 tactical Missile Tube Assemblies (MTAs) for General Dynamics Electric B...

USS Theodore Roosevelt Completes Carrier Qualifications
PHILIPPINE SEA --- The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 completed carrier qualifications June 2. Theodore Roosevelt qualified pilots from the “Tomcatte...

China’s Tibet Military Command Holds Nighttime High-Altitude Drills
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command recently sent troops to a high-altitude region at an elevation of 4,700 meters at night for infiltration exercises behind enemy lines ...

Croatia to Provide Host Nation Support for Special Aviation Training Center
The Technical Agreement between the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia and the Multinational Special Aviation Programme Training Centre (MSAP TC) concerning the host nation support was sig...

Australia Tests Super Hornet Training Flight at Amberley
The No. 82 Wing Training Flight (82TF), based at RAAF Base Amberley, is a trial to deliver aircrew operational conversion training in the Super Hornet aircraft in Australia. Commanding Officer of 8...

US to Declare Victory and Pull Out of Afghanistan?
Independent monitors have reported to the UN that the Taliban have not severed ties with al-Qaeda. Yet, Washington is determined to pull out its troops from Afghanistan, ignoring its own pre-condition...

Elbit Unit to Supply Underwater Comms to Unidentified Customer
NOVA SCOTIA --- GeoSpectrum Technologies (GeoSpectrum) announces that it was selected to deliver its Long-Range Acoustic Messaging (LRAM) system to another Western customer. This follows a recent succ...

Frost Sees Commercial Aircraft Market Shrinking by $150 Billion
SANTA CLARA, Calif. --– Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Post-pandemic Growth Opportunity Analysis of the Global Commercial Aircraft Market, presents updates to the 2020 outlook and growth opportun...

US Navy P-8 Squadron Returns from 8-Month Deployment
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --- The Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 “Pelicans” returned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, May 29, after an eight-month deployment. VP-45, led by commanding officer Cmdr. Paul...

SNC Wins Order for Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System
SPARKS, NV --– Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been awarded a production contract with multiple delivery orders to procure, deliver and support the Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVE...

Triumph Wins Role in US Navy Helicopter Training Program
BERWYN, Pa. --- Triumph Group congratulates AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation (dba Leonardo Helicopters) on being selected by the U.S. Navy for the Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) pro...

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