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Australia Launches 10-Year, A$270Bn Defense Upgrade
The Morrison Government will invest $270 billion over the next 10 years to upgrade the capability and potency of the Australian Defence Force to keep Australians safe while protecting the country’s in

Airbus to Cut 15,000 Jobs by Summer 2021
TOULOUSE, France --- Airbus has announced plans to adapt its global workforce and resize its commercial aircraft activity in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This adaptation is expected to result in a

Senators Move to Block Troop Withdrawals from Germany After Pentagon Approval
The Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff briefed the President yesterday on plans to redeploy 9,500 troops from Germany. The proposal that was approved not only meets the Pre

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Australia Launches 10-Year, A$270Bn Defense Upgrade
The Morrison Government will invest $270 billion over the next 10 years to upgrade the capability and potency of the Australian Defence Force to keep Australians safe while protecting the country’s in...

Airbus to Cut 15,000 Jobs by Summer 2021
TOULOUSE, France --- Airbus has announced plans to adapt its global workforce and resize its commercial aircraft activity in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This adaptation is expected to result in a...

Senators Move to Block Troop Withdrawals from Germany After Pentagon Approval
The Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff briefed the President yesterday on plans to redeploy 9,500 troops from Germany. The proposal that was approved not only meets the Pre...

Australia to Buy LRASM, Boost Long-Range Strike Capabilities
Australia will invest in new long-range strike capabilities to maintain regional security and deter or respond to aggression in the Indo-Pacific, as part of the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force...

Turkey to Keep Making F-35 Parts Through 2022: Pentagon
The Pentagon will continue to depend on Turkish defense contractors for key components of the F-35 -- from its center fuselage to 139 parts of its engine propulsion system -- through 2022, according t...

New-Gen Chinese Stealth Fighter to Fly in 2021: Report
China's new-generation fighter jet is scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2021, an aviation industry report revealed on Monday. Analysts speculate that it will be China's new aircraft carrier-based...

Pentagon’s Use of Military Contractors Hides True Costs of War
The rockets that fell on a military base in Iraq did not distinguish between soldiers and contractors. Nawres Hamid, a U.S. contractor working as an interpreter, was killed in the Dec. 27 attack by an...

US Missile Defense Chief Looks to Cope with Changing Threat
Missile defense has gone from pie-in-the-sky Star Wars technology in the 1980s to a proven military capability in the 21st century, and the Missile Defense Agency is looking to extend those capabiliti...

China Touts ‘Great Potential’ of Y-20 Transport Aircraft
BEIJING --- Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China's domestically developed Yun-20 large transport aircraft has carried out missions abroad for many times, successively delivering anti-epi...

MBDA’s MMP Missile Selected for European BLOS Capability
MBDA is joining with 13 partners and subcontractors from 5 countries to develop a new capability based on the MMP missile system that will be unique for mounted and dismounted forces. LynkEUs, an M...

First NATO Tanker Aircraft Arrives at Dutch Home Base
LUXEMBOURG --- On 30 June 2020, the first Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) aircraft arrived at the Main Operating Base located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The ferry flight was successfully completed ...

Pentagon Says Risk Aversion Impedes Hypersonics Development
Speeding ahead with the development of hypersonic weapons, both offensive and defensive, will require the Defense Department to look back to the 1960s — a time when it was far less risk-averse than it...

China to Hold Military Exercise Off Xisha Islands
BEIJING --- The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is going to conduct military exercises in waters off China’s Xisha Isands from July 1st to 5th, according to a navigation warning released by the...

GKN Aerospace Wins $440M Deal to Support Gripen Engines
GKN Aerospace has signed a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract with the Swedish Armed Forces for the provision of comprehensive support for the GKN Aerospace RM12 engine. The RM12 eng...

Lockheed Wins $226M for MLRS Launchers
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $226,254,087 modification (P00006) to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0077 for a 44 M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Work ...

Sikorsky Wins $107M for CH-53K Support
Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $106,973,015 modification (P00041) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-16-C-0048. This m...

GE Wins First Order for F-15EX Lot One Engines
General Electric Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded $101,345,500 for an undefinitized contract action under a new firm-fixed-price contract for F-15EX Lot One engine production. This action p...

Qinetiq Wins A$100M Australian Research Engineering Contract
Recognising the importance of working closely with industry, Defence has signed a 10-year contract that will see 85 QinetiQ Australia staff continue to work at Defence Science and Technology Group (DS...

Elbit Wins $53M to Supply Intel Suites to South-East Asian Navy
HAIFA, Israel --- Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $53 million to provide and integrate intelligence suites onboard vessels of the Navy of a co...

Lockheed Wins $10M to Maintain F-35 Chase Aircraft
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $9,825,609 modification (P00039) to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-17-C-0001. This modification exercises an option t...

How to Restore Competition, Fair Pricing to Government Contracting
WASHINGTON, D.C.⁠ --- The American Economic Liberties Project today released “Caveat Emptor: Reversing the Anti-Competitive and Over-Pricing Policies That Plague Government Contracting,” a new report ...

US Navy Begins Training TH-73A Instructor Pilots
PHILADELPHIA --- Instructor pilot training for the new TH-73A Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) began in June with the first two instructor pilots from Training Air Wing (TAW) 5 getting class...

Thales Upgrades Royal Navy Minehunter Despite Covid
HMS Pembroke recently became the Royal Navy's most modern Mine Counter-Measures Vessel (MCMV) after being equipped with a new state-of-the-art mine counter-measures Command System. The new generati...

US Air Force Unveils New Space Force Structure
ARLINGTON, Va. --- The Department of the Air Force and the United States Space Force have finalized the new service's organizational structure for echelons below the headquarters, reflecting the newes...

Boeing Delivers 2,500th AH-64 Apache Helicopter
MESA, Ariz. --- Boeing recently delivered its 2,500th AH-64 Apache helicopter, an E-model Apache for the U.S. Army, from the company's production line in Mesa, Arizona. The first production AH-64, ...

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