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South Korea To Issue New FX-III RFP, F-35 Leads The Fray
September 25, 2013 @ 12:42 PMSouth Korean officials have called off the tender to procure 60 fighter jets after rejecting Boeings bid for the $7.7 billion contract after the air force expressed concerns the F-15SE wasnt advanced enough to counter North Koreas nuclear threat
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Pentagon Awards Contracts Worth $906 Million To Lockheed, Rolls Royce, Pratt And...
September 24, 2013 @ 02:52 PMLockheed Martin is being awarded a $98 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the manufacture and delivery of up to 50 AN/APS-153(V)1 automatic radar periscope detect and discrimination multi-mode radar kits to upgrade the MH-60R fleet aircraft. Work is expected to be completed in September 2016
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Pentagon Awards Worth $467 Million Contracts To Boeing, Lockheed Martin And General
September 19, 2013 @ 03:01 PMBoeing Company is being awarded a $172 million modification contract for product services in support of 13 P-8A low rate initial production Lot IV aircraft. Services to be provided include integrated logistics support; interim contractor support; spares; support equipment; and technical publication updates driven by change proposals and customer originated changes
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F-35 Chosen For Netherlands Fighter Replacement Competition
September 18, 2013 @ 08:23 AMThe Netherlands has officially selected the F-35 joint strike fighter as the replacement for its fleet of F-16s, a major international sale for the fifth-generation fighter. “The F-35 is a well-considered choice for a high-tech, future-oriented air force,” a Dutch government official was quoted in a statement by Defense News
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Singapore To Acquire ASTER-30 Missile System
September 17, 2013 @ 08:44 AMSingapore is acquiring an advanced European air defense system as a replacement for its aging U.S
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Northrop Grumman Unveils New Anti-Missile Laser System
September 17, 2013 @ 08:32 AMNorthrop Grumman yesterday unveiled a new anti-missile laser protection system designed for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Threat Nullification Defensive Resource — ThNDR for short, to compliment the F-35s “Lightning” designation — is a progression from Northrops directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) family of systems
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Rolls-Royce Joins Hawk AJT System Team To Compete USAF T-X Program
September 13, 2013 @ 02:35 PMBAE Systems and Rolls-Royce today announced that Rolls-Royce is joining the Hawk Advanced Jet Training System (AJTS) team to compete for the U.S
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MBDA Wins $391 Million Sea Ceptor Missile Deal At DSEi 2013
September 11, 2013 @ 09:34 AMMBDA announces £250 million (US $391 million) Sea Ceptor missile deal at the DSEi 2013 show for the Royal Navys Type 23 and later Type 26 frigate fleet. The contract follows a £483 million development deal, signed in December 2011 with Britain, to get the missile into service in 2016
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USAF Finalizes KC-46 Tanker Design Review
September 5, 2013 @ 09:06 AMThe U.S
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U.K. Renegotiating Aircraft Carrier Contract
September 3, 2013 @ 10:36 AMThe 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...
First Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Australian MoD
Dutch F-35s Train for Rapid Deployment in Estonia
Turkish Baykar to Make Drones in Morocco
Sweden Announces $1.2B Military Support, its Biggest Ever to Ukraine
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