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US Approves 70 Additional Hellfire Missiles To Netherlands

July 14, 2017 @ 04:24 AM

The US State Department has approved $34 million sale of additional 70 AGM-114R Hellfire missiles to Netherlands. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on 11, July, 2017
US Approves $58M Common Missile Warning Systems To Netherlands

July 11, 2017 @ 10:46 AM

The US State Department has approved $58.2 million for the sale of AN/AAR-57A (V) 7 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) to be employed on the Netherlands AH-64D Apache helicopters
Is The Proposed Airbus Fighter Jet A Non-starter?

July 7, 2017 @ 01:21 PM

Airbus plans to build a fighter jet meant for European Union (EU) nations could be a non-starter with lukewarm response coming from major EU members who have already bought into the US-made F-35. “We are currently putting together pre-design studies to show what such an aircraft could look like,” Airbus Defence and Space chief executive Dirk Hoke had told German publication Handelsblatt
Boeing To Replace Chinook Choppers’ Obsolete Parts For Turkey, Netherlands

July 6, 2017 @ 08:07 AM

Boeing has won more than $14 million for obsolescent part changes on Chinook tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopters for Turkey and the Netherlands. "The Boeing Company [of] Ridley Park, Pennsylvania was awarded a $14,297,933 modification to [a] foreign military sales (Netherlands, and Turkey) contract for obsolescent parts changes for CH-47F Chinook helicopters," the Department of Defense said in a press release Wednesday
German Fennek Reconnaissance Vehicles To Be Modified In Euro 88 Million Contract

July 4, 2017 @ 05:27 PM

The Dutch DMO (Defence Materiel Organisation) has ordered EUR 88 million ($99.8 million) worth modification of 30 Fennek reconnaissance vehicles to JFST (Joint Fire Support Team) status for the German Army
Germany, Norway MoU For NATO Tanker Fleet To Reduce Over-reliance On US...

June 30, 2017 @ 11:28 AM

The Memorandum of Understanding for European multinational fleet of Airbus tanker transport aircraft signed by Defense Ministers from Germany and Norway will reduce overall European shortage in air-to-air refuelling and the over-reliance on U.S
Lockheed Martin Close To Selling 440 F-35 Fighter Jets To 11 Nations-Paris

June 19, 2017 @ 01:39 PM

Lockheed Martin is in the final stage of negotiating $37 billion worth deals to sell 440 F-35 fighter jets to 11 nations, including the US. The deal includes all three variations of F-35 Lightning II jet, a Lockheed spokesman said Monday to several media outlets at the Paris Air show
Raytheon Receives US$652 Million Contract For Standard Missile-2 Used In AEGIS

June 17, 2017 @ 04:18 AM

Raytheon has received a $652-million contract to equip the US Navy and allied navies with the Standard Missile-2 used in the AEGIS missile defense system, the US Department of Defense announced yesterday. "Raytheon Missile Systems is being awarded a $617,633,351 fixed-price-incentive firm, firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for procurement of fiscal 2017 Standard Missile-2 full-rate production requirements and spares for US and Allied Foreign Navies," the release said on Friday
Human Fault Led To Swiss F/A-18 Fighter Jet Crash In France, Says...

June 13, 2017 @ 02:45 PM

A military investigation has disclosed that the crash of a Swiss F/A-18 fighter jet in October 2015 in the French Jura region took place because of human error. The investigation found that the pilot, who survived with light injuries did not carry out emergency procedures properly,
Damen Wins Pakistan Navy Contract To Build Offshore Patrol Vessel

June 13, 2017 @ 10:30 AM

Karachi Shipyard will build an indigenous Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) for the Pakistan Navy with help from Damen Shipyard of The Netherlands. A contract to this effect was signed at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Ltd yesterday by MD KS&EW Rear Admiral Hasan Nasir Shah, DMP Navy Cdre Shafqat Azad SI(M), and representatives of Damen (The Netherlands) in MoDP, Rawalpindi

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