| Latest Feature Stories US Favors F-35 Over F-18E in Swiss Fighter Competition
PARIS --- The Pentagon’s pricing of its two competing offers for Switzerland’s Air2030 fighter replacement competition clearly favors the Lockheed F-35A at the expense of the Boeing F-18E/F Super Horn... Latest Press Releases GD Wins $1.2Bn for Interim Maneuver SHORAD System
General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $1,219,170,958 hybrid (cost-no-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price and fixed-price-incentive) contract to produce, test ... US Clears Sale of F-18E and F-35 to Switzerland
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Switzerland of forty (40) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and related eq... US Clears $2.2Bn Sale of Patriot Missiles to Switzerland
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Switzerland of five (5) Patriot Configuration-3+ Modernized Fire Units and ... US Military Using Philippines Aircraft Codes Over Yellow Sea: Govt Official
MANILA --- American military pilots should be cautioned against using hex codes belonging to Philippine aircraft while conducting their surveillance missions, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Espe... UK MoD Unveils New Integrated Operating Concept
Integrated Operating Concept 2025 calls into question the traditional approach to war fighting. It sets out a new approach to the utility of armed force in an era of persistent competition and a rapid... Syrian Mercenaries Sustain Turkey's Foreign Policy: Report
Some say they're former opposition fighters, others say they're refugees looking for a paycheck. One thing is clear: Turkey's Syrian mercenaries have formed an integral part of the country's foreign p... Israel Delivers First Iron Dome Battery to US Army
Today (30/09/2020), the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), in the Directorate of Defense R&D (DDR&D), of the Israel Ministry of Defense, delivered the first of two Iron Dome Defense System ba... Saab Delivers Second GlobalEye AEW Aircraft to UAE
Saab delivered the second GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System to the United Arab Emirates on 30 September 2020. This follows Saab’s delivery of the first GlobalEye aircraft in April 2020 to th... Russia Marks Five Years of Operations from Syrian Air Base
AIRBASE KHMEIMIM, Syria --- Over the five years since its establishment, Russia's airbase Khmeimim in Syria has turned into a homey neighborhood with all essential conveniences for its military person... Lockheed Wins $498M for Trident II (D5) Missile Production
Lockheed Martin Space, Titusville, Florida, is awarded a $498,444,190 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (PZ0001) to previously awarded and announced ... B-1B Lancers Cross Arctic Circle to Train with Norway
EIELSON AFB, Alaska --- B-1B Lancers assigned to the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron conducted training with the Norwegian air force on Sept. 25, in a 16-hour sortie that crossed directly over the N... US Relaxes Policy to Facilitate Foreign Military Sales
A new "term of sale" opens the doors to more nations that want to approach the United States about foreign military sales, and that makes the U.S. more competitive in seeking partnerships, the directo... US Air Force Tests MQ-9 Reaper Armed with 8 Hellfire Missiles
CREECH AFB, Nev. --- The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron conducted the first flight of the MQ-9A Reaper carrying eight live AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on September 10, 2020, reinforcing the platform... Meta Aerospace Buys Singapore’s KC-135R Tanker Aircraft
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Meta Aerospace announced today that, following its recently consummated purchase agreement with The Government of the Republic of Singapore, it has now taken delivery of the first... BAE Wins Order for Type 31 Frigate Naval Guns
BAE Systems will produce and deliver Bofors 40 Mk4 and Bofors 57 Mk3 naval guns for the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Type 31 general purpose frigate program. The agreement, through a contract with Ba... GA-ASI Wins $131M for Gray Eagle UAV Work
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $131,596,627 modification (P00011) to contract W58RGZ-19-C-0022 for Gray Eagle aircraft, satellite communications air data t... BAE Wins $127M for M88A2 Recovery Tanks
BAE Systems, York, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $127,588,892 modification (P00026) to contract W56HZV-17-C-0242 for the sole source procurement of M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and... UK MoD’s Procurement Disaster Is Tanking the British Army
Imagine a commercial airline company whose planes are all approaching the end of their working lives. The ageing of the planes is well known and understood, the need for a replacement obvious. Yet com... ATAC Wins Five-Year, $92M ‘Red Air’ Contract
NEWPORT NEWS, VA --- Airborne Tactical Advantage Company LLC (ATAC) announced today that it has been selected to provide Eglin Air Force Base with adversary air live training under the Combat Air Forc... US Approves $90M Sale of C-130J Support to India
WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India of items and services to extend follow-on support for their fleet of ... Textron Wins Role in Ground Based Strategic Deterrent
HASLET, Texas --- Textron Systems Corporation announced today it has been awarded a contract to support work on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile system. This scope of work is part o... A Plan to Restore the US Navy’s Maritime Advantage
The US fleet is at an important crossroads. Nearly twenty years after the drive for transformation led to costly and problematic programs such as the littoral combat ship (LCS), Gerald R. Ford-class a... Rafale’s Sonic Boom Alarms Paris Residents
PARIS --- On Wednesday September 30, 2020, as part of the permanent air security system, a Rafale from Air Base 113 at Saint-Dizier [in NE France] took off on a Quick Reaction Alert in order to interc... Washington’s Arms Control Delusions and Bluffs
The clock for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty runs out on February 5. The Trump administration has not taken up Russia’s offer to extend the treaty, believing it has leverage to get something ... Lockheed Extends F-35 Supply Agreement with Solvay
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 aircraft. The new contract extends Solvay’s long-standing partnership on the F-35 program and underlines the company’s leadership in composite and adhesive technologies for defe... | 