The Pentagon on Monday awarded Lockheed Martin a $49.05 million contract that provides engineering and other related activities in support of the design and development of a Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft variant tailored for an unspecified Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customer
The Finnish Government has announced Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II is the aircraft selected from its HX Fighter Program. The win follows an extensive competition involving the F-35
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The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) accepted the first of five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft that will be operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF). Norway's first P-8A aircraft, named Vingtor, was delivered to the NDMA during a ceremony at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington
Collins Aerospace announced today it has formed a United Kingdom (UK)-based collaboration to help deliver complex-shaped composite components for the next generation of aircraft with a focus on system simplification, weight reduction and cost competitiveness. These improvements can help drive down the overall cost of manufacturing while increasing the competitiveness of the UKs aerospace industry as it supports global green initiatives leading to weight reduction and lower carbon emissions, the company said in a statement
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command stationed close to the border with India received a new type of all-terrain vehicle built to provide logistics support for the plateau border defense troops as winter draws close and as China-India border tensions again risk rising. The unit that commissioned the new vehicle is garrisoned at a high-altitude, snowy border region that is extremely cold, lacks oxygen and has a complex terrain, which causes difficulties in logistics support including the transport of supplies, the command announced on its official WeChat account on Sunday
The United States conducted the launch of a precision sounding rocket on October 20 to accelerate the development of advanced hypersonic weapons. The High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign was conducted by the Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the Army Hypersonic Program Office (AHPO)
Serbia has unveiled Lazanski, a new armored vehicle equipped with Russian-made 57 mm AU-220M Automatic Weapon Station. The vehicle was presented for the first time on October 12 at the “Partner 2021” military exhibition being in Belgrade
Rheinmetall Canada and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) have partnered with Navistar Defence Canada in pursuit of Canadas Logistics Vehicle Modernization (LVM) project. Canada plans to acquire new fleets of light and heavy logistics vehicles, trailers, vehicle modules, and armour protection kits under the LVM project
Airbus CyberSecurity and Alstom signed a worldwide cooperation agreement focussing on rail transport cybersecurity. The partnership will allow the partners to provide rail operators with solutions and services combining Alstoms solutions and expertise in rail transport with Airbus CyberSecuritys services and expertise in ensuring the security of industrial information systems