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Lockheed Wins US Navy's Super Hornet IR Search and Track System Contract

September 21, 2019 @ 07:20 PM

Lockheed Martin has won a $24 million contract for the procurement of five infrared receivers and eight control processors in support of the F/A-18 Infrared Search and Track System. This is a four-year contract with no option periods, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Friday
US Navy To Commission USS Billings Littoral Combat Ship

August 1, 2019 @ 07:04 AM

The United States (US) Navy will commission its latest Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future “USS Billings” (LCS 15) on Saturday, August 3, in Key West, Florida. The ship is designed to defeat asymmetric "anti-access" threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft
US Navy To Induct New Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer on July

July 25, 2019 @ 07:46 AM

The United States (US) Navy will
US’ Letter On Russian S-400 Systems “Not In Spirit Of The Alliance”:...

June 12, 2019 @ 11:13 AM

The letter sent by US Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on the Russian S-400 missile defense system is "not in spirit of the alliance,” Hulusi Akar, Defense Minister of Turkey said Wednesday. Shanahan, in a letter to Hulusi Akar dated June 6, stated that the Pentagon has suspended training of new F-35 Turkish pilots
Pentagon Demands Turkish F-35 pilots leave US by July 31 Over

June 8, 2019 @ 04:09 AM

The Pentagon has suspended training of new F-35 Turkish pilots, and told Ankara the current students must leave the country by July 31, as new details about the rift with Ankara over its plans to purchase Russia's S-400 missile system come to the fore. Acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan in a letter to Hulusi Akar, Turkeys defense minister dated June 6, wrote that the 42 Turkish students attending F-35 training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona and Eglin Air Force Base in Florida will be required to depart by that date
Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter Completes First Flight.

May 18, 2019 @ 09:13 AM

Sikorsky's HH-60W Combat Rescue helicopter completed its first test flight in the company's Florida site. The aircraft is based off the UH-60M Black hawk and is customized for the US Air force's Rescue missions
US Approves Sale of AH-64E Gunships, Related Equipment To Qatar For $3B...

May 10, 2019 @ 06:45 AM

The United States has approved the request of Government of Qatar's to purchase 24 AH-64E Apache Attack helicopters, spare parts and related equipment from the United States for $3 billion. The contract includes twenty-four (24) AH-64E Apache Attack helicopters; fifty-two (52) T700-GE-701D engines (2 per aircraft, 4 spares); twenty-six (26) AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (MTADS) (1 per aircraft, 2 spares); twenty-six (26) AN/AAQ-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors (1 per aircraft, 2 spare); eight (8) AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radars (FCR) with Radar Electronics Unit (LONGBOW component); eight (8) AN/APR-48 Modernized-Radar Frequency Interferometers (MRFI); twenty-nine (29) AN/AAR-57 Common Missile...
Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant Helicopter Completes Maiden Flight

March 22, 2019 @ 08:23 AM

Sikorsky Boeing SB-1 Defiant helicopter completed its first maiden flight at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida site on Thursday. The aircraft, developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, and Boeing, will help inform the next generation of military helicopters as part of the United States (US) Army's Future Vertical Lift program, the company said in a statement
East Coast Repair wins $213 Million to Modernize US Navy’s Surface Combatants,...

March 19, 2019 @ 06:01 AM

East Coast Repair and Fabrication is awarded $213 million multiple award contract (MAC) for ship repair, maintenance, and modernization of surface combatants (DDG and CG) class ships and amphibious (LSD, LPD and LHD) class ships homeported in Mayport, Florida, under Lot 1. This award was made under rolling admissions of the current IDIQ-MAC Lot 1
US AFRL X-60A Hypersonic Research Vehicle Program Completes Critical Design Review

March 7, 2019 @ 11:04 AM

X-60A hypersonic research vehicle, developed by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Aerospace Systems Directorate, High Speed Systems Division, in partnership with Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc., completed its Critical Design Review, a major milestone in the program

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