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Undeterred by being removed from the F-35 Lightning II project for buying Russian military equipment, Turkey has shifted focus towards extending service life of its F-16 jets. “Structural upgrades of the F-16 Block 30 aircraft continue
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) gave its seal of approval for the return to service of a modified version of the Boeing 737 MAX airplane. It mandated a package of software upgrades, electrical working rework, maintenance checks, operations manual updates and crew training which will allow the plane to fly safely in European skies after almost two years on the ground
Saab and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, (FMV), have signed two agreements valued $23 million (190 MSEK) to work on Visby-class corvette upgrades and acquisition of next-generation of these ships. The contracts cover Product Definition Phase for the Mid-Life Upgrades (MLU) of five Visby-class corvettes, as well as a Product Definition Phase for the next generation; Visby Generation 2 corvettes
BAE Systems will lead a two-year $101 million agreement to bring enhanced maintenance and training services for the UK F-35 fleet. Air Commodore Phil Brooker, Lightning Delivery Team Head, DE&S, said: “This contract will ensure the continued support of the UK F-35 Lightning fleet, as the number of UK aircraft continues to grow and we look forward to the first operational deployment of the aircraft onboard HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH this year
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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has won a contract worth $117.9 million (1030 MNOK) to provide PROTECTOR RS4 Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) for British BOXER 8x8 vehicles
Saab has signed a contract with the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) for an upgrade and life extension of the French Air and Space Forces mobile command and control systems, which feature Saabs Giraffe AMB radar and command and control shelter. This contract is part of the French aerospace operations command and control system programme, SCCOA
The Japanese government today approved a ¥5.34 trillion ($51
Lockheed Martin said today it successfully conducted a flight test mission of the U-2 Dragon Lady equipped with Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system that automates the application deployment, scaling and management. The demonstration is a critical steppingstone toward creating a DevSecOps environment to enable the delivery of enhanced software capability to airborne assets in real-time, the company said in a