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Raytheon, Boeing Win $231 Million To Provide Guided Munitions To NATO Countries

August 12, 2016 @ 11:17 AM

The US State Department has approved sale of guided munitions to several NATO countries worth $231 million. The order includes 2,040 joint direct attack munition guidance kits of various iterations, as well as computer control groups, joint programmable fuzes and bomb fin assembly and airfoil groups
US Marine Corps To Reset Sikorsky CH-53E Heavy Lift Helicopter Fleet To...

August 12, 2016 @ 10:47 AM

The US Marine Corps is working on full reset of its 147 CH-53E heavy lift helicopter fleet to address systemic issues and to improve the platform readiness of the aircraft. Issues with the aircraft first came to light following the January 2014 crash of an MH-53E Sea Dragon, the Navy's version of the helicopter, off the coast of Virginia during a training exercise, Naval Air Systems Command said in a statement Thursday
Russian Aerospace Defense Forces Received Over 30 New Aircraft In 2016: Defense

August 12, 2016 @ 08:52 AM

The Russian Aerospace Defense Forces have received over 300 units of weaponry, military and special air defense equipment, including over 30 aircraft since the start of 2016. "Over 30 newest planes and helicopters were provided to Aerospace Defense Forces aviation units
USAF Awards Protected Tactical Service Field Demonstration Contracts Worth $110M

August 12, 2016 @ 07:57 AM

The US Air Force has awarded three separate contracts to Raytheon, L-3 Communication Systems and ViaSat estimated total $110 million for protected tactical service field demonstration (PTSFD). PTSFD will demonstrate the ability to provide wideband anti-jam communications to tactical users using the Wideband Global Satellite Communications (SATCOM) constellation and commercial SATCOM, the US Department of Defense announced Thursday
Conflict of Interest In DCNS 100 Per cent FDI Proposal To India:...

August 12, 2016 @ 06:23 AM

French DCNS proposal for 100 percent foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India for introducing new submarine technology and establish a fully-owned subsidiary in India has hit a roadblock after the Indian defense ministry rejected it. The MoD sees a ‘conflict of interest in the DCNS proposal
Russia To Turn Syrian Base To Fully Operational Facility

August 11, 2016 @ 12:39 PM

Russia plans to turn the Hmeymim base in Syria into a fully operational facility for its armed forces. "After an agreement on its legal status, Hmeymim will become a base of Russian armed forces, all the appropriate infrastructure will be built there and our servicemen will live in decent conditions," Franz Klintsevich, the first deputy chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Federation Council (the upper house of Russia's parliament) was quoted as saying in an interview with the Russian Izvestia newspaper
Lockheed Martin To Install Aegis Ashore Equipment In Poland

August 11, 2016 @ 11:19 AM

Lockheed Martin has won $36 million to install Aegis Ashore equipment in Poland. The contract covers installation, integration and testing of Aegis Ashore equipment in a deckhouse and deckhouse support building
China Likely To Replace Old Tanks With Type-96Bs

August 11, 2016 @ 10:57 AM

Chinese military is likely to replace all its older tank fleet with Type-96B tanks. "The Type-96B is the strongest variant of the Type-96 family and is truly an advanced, third-generation main battle tank," he said
USAF Offer $35,000 Bonus To Lure Drone Pilots

August 11, 2016 @ 10:42 AM

The US Air Force is facing shortage of fighter and drone pilots and is offering $35000 bonus for drone operators who sign-up for the contract. The shortfall will likely rise to more than 700 pilots (from a force size of 3,500 fighter pilots) by the end of this fiscal year, and as high as 1,000 in the next two years, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and the service's Chief of Staff, General David Goldfein, was quoted as saying by
45000 Islamic State Fighters Killed, Remaining Easy Targets: US General

August 11, 2016 @ 10:19 AM

Over the past 11 months, the US and its allies have killed about 45,000 Islamic State (IS) terrorists, a top US commander estimated. "We estimate that over the past 11 months, weve killed about 25,000 enemy fighters

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