General Atomics, Textron Wins Contracts Worth Total $208 Million
General Atomics was awarded a $199 million firm-fixed-price, option-eligible, non-multi-year contract to provide MQ-1C Gray Eagle fiscal year 2013 full rate production. This contract also includes for f2012 hardware backfill requirements applicable to the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System
USAF Receives Final C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft
Boeing has delivered the 223rd and the last C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the U.S
Rolls Royce And General Dynamics Wins Contract Worth Total £390 Million At
The British defence procurement minister Philip Dunne announced two orders worth about £390 million on the second day of DSEi 2013 show. The first order is worth £367 million deal for a six-year term won by Rolls Royce Turbomeca to support the RTM322 engine to power British Armys Apache attack helicopter...
Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin Team Up On Bell V-280 Valor Development
Bell Helicopter and Lockheed Martin will jointly work on the Bell V-280 Valor, making it the first of Bell Helicopters V-280 program tier. “We made the strategic decision to invest in a mission system and provide Bell Helicopter with this leap-ahead combat capability on the V-280 Valor, said Dale P...
U.S. Army Awards $18.5 Million Unmanned Aircraft Support Contract
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Antonov To Modernize Cuba's AN-2 Airplanes
Antonov Company and Corporation of Cuban Aviation C.A
Czechs Prepare to Renew Gripen Lease
On the occasion of finalising talks between Czech and Swedish parties on prolongation of a lease agreement of SAAB 39 Gripen supersonic aircraft, Czech PM Jiri Rusnok visited 21st Tactical Air Force Base at Caslav to get more information on them. A squadron of SAAB 39 Gripen (also known as JAS-39 Gripen) aircraft serves not only for the Czech Republic but also within NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System
U.K. Renegotiating Aircraft Carrier Contract
The British Government is renegotiating a deal for two 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers with BAE systems in order to control rising cost, but the terms of deal suggests otherwise, Defense Secretary Philip Hammond was quoted by Defense News. Hammond said in a statement issued in a critical Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, “We are currently negotiating with industry to seek to secure proper alignment between industry and the MoD over the balance of the project and so bring the costs under control, but we are doing so within the context of a contract that gives us very little negotiating leverage...
Russian Navy To Get New Missile Systems, Aircrafts By 2020
The Russian Navy will receive about 20 new missile systems and over 70 aircraft and helicopters by 2020, Navy chief Admiral Viktor Chirkov was quoted by RIA Novosti. Coast guard units will receive some 20 Bastion and Bal missile systems, 21 new aircraft and 54 helicopters, he said, adding that existing ones will be modernized and upgraded
USS Coronado Successfully Completes Acceptance Trail
The future USS Coronado (LCS 4) successfully completed acceptance trials after concluding a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the U.S
Pratt & Whitney To Supply F-35 Fighter Engines Worth $1 Billion
Pratt & Whitney has won a contract to build 39 engines for a sixth batch of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, according to Reuters. The agreement - which Pratt had expected to reach over a month ago - is valued at more than $1 billion
South Korea Bolsters Space Surveillance with Fourth Military Satellite Launch
U.A.E.'s Caracal Set Up Small Arms Factory in Hyderabad With India’s ICOMM...
AV Secures $46.6M Contract with Italian MoD for JUMP 20 VTOL Drones
China, Indonesia Hold First Meeting of Foreign and Defense Ministers
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
