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France: “NATO’s Solidarity Clause Is Called Article 5, Not Article F-35”
Amid continued criticism from US President Donald J. Trump about low defense spending levels in NATO countries, French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly said France will “do our best, along

Lockheed Loses As Boeing’s F-15X Wins in USAF Plan
The U.S. Air Force outlined a five-year plan that showed the extent of the Pentagon’s push to bring back Boeing Co.’s F-15 fighter in an upgraded version, a $7.8 billion investment that would jump fro

StarLux Airlines Orders 17 Airbus A350 XWB
TAIPEI, Taiwan --- Starlux Airlines of Taiwan has signed a firm order with Airbus for 17 widebody aircraft, comprising 12 A350-1000s and five A350-900s. The new airline plans to deploy these aircra

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France: “NATO’s Solidarity Clause Is Called Article 5, Not Article F-35”
Amid continued criticism from US President Donald J. Trump about low defense spending levels in NATO countries, French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly said France will “do our best, along ...

Lockheed Loses As Boeing’s F-15X Wins in USAF Plan
The U.S. Air Force outlined a five-year plan that showed the extent of the Pentagon’s push to bring back Boeing Co.’s F-15 fighter in an upgraded version, a $7.8 billion investment that would jump fro...

StarLux Airlines Orders 17 Airbus A350 XWB
TAIPEI, Taiwan --- Starlux Airlines of Taiwan has signed a firm order with Airbus for 17 widebody aircraft, comprising 12 A350-1000s and five A350-900s. The new airline plans to deploy these aircra...

BAE Begins Integrating Meteor, Spear Missiles in RAF’s F-35s
BAE Systems has received an initial funding award from Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor on the F-35 programme, to start integration efforts for MBDA’s Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missil...

Electric Boat Wins $2Bn Contract for Virginia-class SSNs
General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $2,039,763,908 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-2100 for additional material (to include Long Lead Time Materia...

Egypt Reportedly Signs Deal for Dozens of Su-35s
Egypt has reportedly placed an order for Russia’s Su-35 fighter jet. Citing two defense industry sources, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on March 18, 2019, that Egypt has ordered “over two d...

China and Russia to Jointly Develop Heavy Lift Helicopters
According to media reports of China and Russia, the two countries will soon sign a contract to jointly develop the Advanced Heavy Lift (AHL) helicopters. They plan to manufacture a total of 200 AHL he...

India’s Second Scorpene Sub Ready for Service
NEW DELHI --- The Navy is set to induct the second Scorpene submarine Khanderi by early May, a defence source said. The remaining submarines in the series are in advanced stages of manufacturing and t...

MBDA 2018 Operating Profit Jumps 20% on Stable Sales
MBDA saw another strong year of trading performance in 2018, recording a further €4.0 billion in orders that brought the company’s order book up to a record total of €17.4 billion. Revenue was also sl...

Airbus Bids H145M Helicopter to Australian Special Forces RFI
BRISBANE, Australia --- Airbus Australia Pacific Managing Director Andrew Mathewson today confirmed that Airbus has recently responded to the Commonwealth of Australia’s request for information for a ...

F-35 Program Holds Pacific F-35 User Group Conference
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii --- F-35 Lightning II subject matter experts from the United States, Australia, Japan and South Korea met to improve 4th and 5th generation aircraft theater interoperability durin...

Raytheon Wins $98M for ESSM Block 2 Missiles
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $97,784,232 cost only modification to previously awarded contract N00024-19-C-5418 for long-lead material in support of fiscal 2019 Evolved Sea ...

US Navy Orders €122M RAM Systems for German Navy
RAM-System, Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung, Ottobrunn, Germany, is awarded 81,411,978 Euro and $1,137,479 for firm-fixed-price definitization modification PZ000 to previously undefinitized cont...

Lockheed Wins $14M for F-35 OLED Helmet Displays
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $14,587,657 for modification P00003 to a previously issued firm-fixed-price delivery order (N0001918F2048) placed ...

DoD’s FY 20 Military Intelligence Budget Is $23 Billion
The Department of Defense released today the Military Intelligence Program top-line budget request for Fiscal Year 2020. The total, which includes both the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operati...

USAF Uses Ablative Laser to Clean Metal, Vaporize Rust
ANDERSEN AFB, Guam --- A purple and blue light glows and a buzzing sound, like that of a sci-fi laser, emits as UV rays and rust react. Dust particles fall from the metal, only to be vacuumed up befor...

Sec-Gen Touts NATO in Washington As Enlargement Continues
WASHINGTON --- As NATO prepares to mark its 70th anniversary, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance may have changed many times, but it has not compromised its foundational principle: t...

Canada Renews its Military Contribution in Middle East
The international response against Daesh has reduced the suffering of the most vulnerable, but the crises in Iraq and Syria persist. Continued support by the members of the Global Coalition Against Da...

Israeli Air Force Trains with Delilah
Earlier this week, fighter WSOs (Weapon Systems Officers) from the 102nd ("Flying Tiger") Squadron arrived at the Aerial Munition Center in Hatzor AFB in order to drill use of the "Delilah" cruise mis...

US Army Tests New Joint Light Tactical Vehicles
FORT BRAGG, N.C. --- 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers are in the final phases of airdrop testing five configurations of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The JLTV Family of Vehicles is a join...

Royal Navy’s 750 Naval Air Squadron Trains RAF P-8 Crews
Two of the first weapons and sensors specialists for Britain’s new breed of maritime patrol aircraft have learned the fundamentals of their future jobs - with the Royal Navy. Flight Lieutenants Phi...

Networking Tomorrow’s Soldier for Battlefield Superiority
Soldiers from past conflicts—even relatively recent ones-- wouldn’t be able to recognize today’s---and especially tomorrow’s—soldier on the battlefield. Why? Because of the digital technologies tha...

CRS Report on Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV)
On January 6, 2011, after spending approximately $3 billion in developmental funding, the Marine Corps cancelled the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) program due to poor reliability demonstrated d...

DoD Should Include Users Early and Often in Software Development: GAO
The four major Department of Defense (DOD) software-intensive space programs that GAO reviewed struggled to effectively engage system users. These programs are the Air Force's Joint Space Operations C...

Swiss to Develop and Fully Privatize RUAG Group
BERN --- At its meeting on 15 March 2019, the Federal Council approved unbundling procedures for the sections of RUAG that perform services for the armed forces. At the same time, it decided that RUAG...

Canada Extends Military Training Mission in Ukraine
OTTAWA --- Canada is a leader in the international community’s support for the people of Ukraine. The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, and the Honourable Chrystia Freeland...

Indian Navy Chief Reviews Operational Readiness Exercise
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, arrived Kochi on 18 March 19 for the debrief of the recently concluded annual Theatre Level Readiness and Operational Exercise (TR...

Curtiss-Wright Acquires Tactical Communications Group
DAVIDSON, N.C.--- Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Tactical Communications Group (TCG), LLC for $50 million in cash. TCG, a private company, is a lea...

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Boeing CEO’s Open Letter in Aftermath on 737MAX Crashes
We know lives depend on the work we do, and our teams embrace that responsibility with a deep sense of commitment every day. Our purpose at Boeing is to bring family, friends and loved ones together w...