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UK MoD Awards BAE Systems With EURO 1.4 Billion Astute Class Submarine

April 20, 2017 @ 09:17 AM

BAE Systems has been awarded a £1.4 billion contract by the UKs Ministry of Defence to deliver the next Astute class submarine to the Royal Navy
Sweden Allocates Additional $55M To Strengthen Armed Forces’ Defence

April 19, 2017 @ 03:47 PM

Swedish government has proposed extra funding of SEK 500 million (USD 55 million) in its spring budget to the Swedish Armed Forces and Swedens total defence capability in 2017. In the spring amending budget, the Government has proposed additional funding of SEK 405 million to the Swedish Armed Forces, ministry announced Tuesday
Saab To Provide Maintenance Support To Polish Navy’s RBS15 Mk3 Missile Systems...

April 19, 2017 @ 03:39 PM

Saab has received an order from the Naval Port Gdynia, Poland, for the maintenance and logistic support of the Polish Navys RBS15 Mk3 surface-to-surface missile system with deliveries taking place 2017-2018. Contracted in 2006, the RBS15 Mk3 is in service on-board the Polish Navys Orkan-class fast attack craft
Sikorsky To Open S-92, S-76 Helicopters Support Center In Thailand By Yearend

April 19, 2017 @ 12:55 PM

Sikorsky announced plans to expand its S-92 heavy-lift aircraft and S-76 medium lift helicopter support services in the Asia-Pacific region. Thai Aviation Services is scheduled to become the first Sikorsky Customer Support Center in Thailand by the end of 2017
DARPA's Field Deployable System For Destruction Of Chemical Warfare Agents

April 19, 2017 @ 12:45 PM

A DARPA program that is developing a field-deployable system for onsite neutralization of bulk stores of chemical warfare agents (CWA) has successfully demonstrated a waterless soil-scrubbing technology that neutralized toxic chemicals simulating sarin, soman, and mustard agents. Created under the Agencys Agnostic Compact Demilitarization of Chemical Agents (ACDC) program, the technology demonstrated greater than 99
US Air Force F-22 Fighters Intercept Two Russian Nuclear-capable Tu-95 Bombers Near...

April 19, 2017 @ 12:37 PM

US Air Force scrambled two F-22 stealth fighter jets and an E-3 airborne early warning plane to intercept two Russian nuclear-capable Tu-95 bombers near Alaska Monday night. The two bombers flew approximately 280 miles southwest of Elmendorf Air Force base within US Air defense identification zone Monday night, two US officials were quoted as saying by
Indian Navy To Approach Government For Second Home-grown Aircraft Carrier

April 19, 2017 @ 11:08 AM

The Indian Navy is likely to approach the government with a proposal to build the second aircraft carrier in a couple of months. "Lots of discussions are right now on within the Navy what type of an aircraft carrier we want, right from the tonnage, type of propulsion
Aselsan To Unveil New Anti-Submarine Warfare Torpedo At IDEF 2017

April 19, 2017 @ 10:09 AM

Turkeys defence vendor Aselsan will showcase its new lightweight anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo for the first time at International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) to be held in Istanbul next month. As per the Turkish state-owned news agency
Saudi Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes In Yemen

April 19, 2017 @ 09:02 AM

Saudi Arabian military helicopter crashed yesterday while carrying out operational duties in the province of Marib in Yemen, killing at least 12 personnel. Four officers and eight non-commissioned officers from the Saudi armed forces were reportedly killed when a Black Hawk helicopter went down, Saudi news agency SPA reported Tuesday
Lockheed Martin Wins $100M USAF Contract For JASSM Missile Production Support

April 19, 2017 @ 08:51 AM

Lockheed Martin won a $100 million contract from the US Air Force to provide additional production support for the inventory of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM). "Lockheed Martin Corporation [of] Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $100 million… contract for Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) production support," the Department of Defense said in a press release on Tuesday

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