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First batch of Marineon helicopters delivered to ROK marines | Italian CEOs have bribery convictions overturned | DSCA clears SM-3 sale to Japan
Americas * General Electric will provide its services in support of F/A-18 E-F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft, thanks to a $74 million contract issued by the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support. The six month agreement, scheduled to be...
Interceptor envy sees Saudi look at Iron Dome | Indian MoD ditches urgent MCMV procurement, Navy winces | Polish reshuffle sees DM Macierewicz ousted
Americas * Lockheed Martin announced the receipt of an undisclosed value US Navy development contract to provide the service's MH-60 helicopters with an enhanced electronic warfare surveillance and countermeasure capabilities against anti-ship missile (ASM) threats....
DSCA clears naval missile package for Mexico | Babcock announce team for Royal Navy frigate competition | Germany could procure both Typhoon and F-35
Americas * The US State Department's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved the potential foreign military sale (FMS) of RGM-84L Harpoon Block II surface launched missiles, Block II Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) tactical missiles and MK 54 Mod 0...
Oscar Austin to be dry-docked for modding by BAE | Block 5 kits ordered for USAF Reapers ahead of Predator retirement | Boeing tweet Stringray teaser
Americas * The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Boeing's MQ-25 Stingray demonstrator a US aircraft registration, the firm has told Flight Global. The unmanned carrier-based mission tanker prototype, dubbed T1, was unveiled by Boeing on Twitter...
US Army begins process for more Lakota LUH | Eurosam to lead study into air defense system for Turkey | China starts construction of third carrier
Americas * Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $11.7 million US Navy order from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to provide Advanced Radar Processor (ARP) hardware sets in support of the service's E-2D Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft. Work on the contract...
Three companies enter Polish sub replacement program | India launches new CIWS project to replace Russian guns | Pakistan scores in Harba test-firing
Americas * Boeing has been awarded a $193 million US Air Force contract by the Department of Defense (DoD), to provide GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Increment 1 (SBD-1) to several foreign partner nations. Saudi Arabia, Japan, Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, and...
Norway May go Dutch with Poland on Subs
S304, KNM Uthaug (click to view full) Norway's 6 Ula Class/ U210 diesel-electric submarines were commissioned from 1989-1992, and play an important role in their overall fleet. The 1,150t design combined German design, sonar, and torpedoes with a French Thomson-CSF...
India cancels Spike missile buy ahead of Bibi’s visit | Norway suspends UAE arms sales over Yemen War | Scorpion jet integrated with US AFRL AgilePod
Americas * Textron Airland's self-funded Scorpion light attack/Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) jet has been integrated with the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) AgilePod multi-sensor reconfigurable pod at only a few weeks' notice. Work took...