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Financial Crisis Affects Defense Department, Chairman Says
December 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AMLANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE --- Though the extent of its impact is not yet clear, the Defense Department will feel effects from the current financial crisis, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told about 500 airmen here yesterday. The global financial crisis is going to have an effect on us in the military, and I have thought that for months, Navy Adm
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Lockheed Martin Delivers First C-5M Super Galaxy
December 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AMMARIETTA, Ga. --- Lockheed Martin today delivered the first fully modernized C-5M Super Galaxy to the U
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter Achieves Another Milestone: In-Flight Operation of Integrated Avionics...
December 10, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFORT WORTH, Texas --- Lockheed Martin's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed, or "CATBird," has begun in-flight integration and verification of the F-35 Lightning II mission systems suite, launching another stage of risk reduction for the world's newest fighter.>> The CATBird, a highly modified 737 airliner, will test the avionics suite thoroughly for several months before the complete system begins flying in an F-35 aircraft
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter Achieves Another Milestone: In-Flight Operation of Integrated Avionics...
December 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AMFORT WORTH, Texas --- Lockheed Martin's Cooperative Avionics Test Bed, or "CATBird," has begun in-flight integration and verification of the F-35 Lightning II mission systems suite, launching another stage of risk reduction for the world's newest fighter.>> The CATBird, a highly modified 737 airliner, will test the avionics suite thoroughly for several months before the complete system begins flying in an F-35 aircraft
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Second of Three C-27J “Spartans†Bought Arrive In Lithuania
December 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe second of the three C-27J Spartans bought by Lithuania landed in the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base Siauliai Military Airfield in the evening of December 6.>> Contract between the Lithuanian Armed Force and Italian Company Alenia Aeronautica S
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Pentagon Contract Announcement
December 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $55,605,664 modification to a previously awarded fixed price incentive fee contract (N00019-07-C-0066) to incorporate Engineering Change Proposal #708R2.>> Tasking under this effort includes the production of kits, recurring engineering, and installations for nine Lot 5 MV-22 aircraft to be converted from a Block A to a Block B configuration
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Pentagon Contract Announcement
December 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AMAlliant Techsystems, Inc, Independence, M.O
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Keel for First Patrol Ship Laid Down
December 9, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>A computer-generated view of the Dutch navys future Holland-class patrol frigate, whose keel was laid Dec. 8
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Equipment Examination
December 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AMThe Financial Times has reported that the Royal Navy will have to wait up to two years longer for its 4 billion aircraft carriers.>> Since May 2008 the Ministry of Defence has been examining its equipment programme to identify potential savings and reprioritise spending to support current operations better
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Pentagon Contract Announcements
December 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AM-- Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $157,342,752 cost plus incentive fee, cost plus fixed fee contract for services supporting the TRIDENT II (D-5) weapons system
Keel Laid For Sweden’s Torpedo Recovery, Anti-mine Ships
U.K. Royal Navy’s New Mini Helicopter Drone Debuts on Operations in Gulf...
Netherlands Extends Deployment of MQ-9 Reapers in Romania Until 2026
First Batch of 'Ready To Fly' Russian Engines Shipped For Installation on...
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U