Americas The US Senate approved $60 billion in funding for Ukraine on Tuesday, but the Republican-led House Speaker indicated his chamber will reject the bill. The $95 billion package includes funding for Israel's military and key strategic ally Taiwan, but the lion's...
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Ships Ahoy! The Harpoon Missile Family
Harpoon in flight (click to view full) The sub-sonic, wave-skimming GM-84 Harpoon is the US Navy's sole anti-shipping missile, with the minor exception of small helicopter-borne AGM-119B Penguin missiles. The Harpoon has been adapted into several variants, and...
L3 Tapped For Trident Slight Test Support | Edge to Collaborate with Turkish Aerospace Industries On Airborne Capabilities | Blue Spear Arrives In Estonia
Americas L3Harris Interstate Electronics won a $15.1 million for TRIDENT II (D5) Flight Test Instrumentation systems support. This contract award also benefits a foreign military sale to the United Kingdom. Work is expected to be completed by February 8, 2027. This...
Austal Expands Manufacturing Facility | Poland Buys Air And Surface Radar System | Hellenic Seahawks Completed Flight Test
Americas Austal USA has teamed with Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. and Pearlson Shiplift to design and construct a new part of its manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama. The “major expansion” will see the development of a hub at the southern portion of Austal’s...
USAF Gets Remaining Red Hawks | Fortem To Supply C-UAS TO Saudi Arabia | DoS Approves JASSM Sale To Netherlands
Americas Boeing has revealed that deliveries of the remaining T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft to the US Air Force have been hit by fresh delays due to supply chain issues. The company said it completed delivering the first three test aircraft in 2023 but failed to...
AGM-158 JASSM: Lockheed’s Family of Stealthy Cruise Missiles
JASSM-ER from B-1B (click to view full) The 2,000 pound AGM-158 JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile) is intended to be a stealthy, inexpensive GPS/IIR (Global Positioning system/ Imaging InfraRed) guided cruise missile. It's designed to attack well-defended...
Canadian Navy Procures TLS | DoD Confirmed Viper Sale To Nigeria | Lockheed To Deliver MK 41s To Poland
Americas The 3rd Airlift Squadron (AS) of the 436th Airlift Wing has successfully concluded trials of a novel C-17 Globemaster III combat offload procedure dubbed “Method C,” marking a potential leap forward in cargo delivery efficiency and safety. This innovative...
Last of the Globemasters: The Final C-17 Orders
Happy 'trails... (click to view full) The C-17 has had more money-driven last hurrahs than The Who. Even so, FY 2010 featured the USAF's last planned orders of C-17 Globemaster III short field, heavy-lift transport jets. The Pentagon had been trying to end the program...
US Bradleys to get upgraded APS | Raytheon Provides Taiwan With JSOW | South Korea Will Build 40 KF-21 Boramaes
Americas Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems won a $8.3 million cost type modification for AEGIS capability package development and fielding, system integration and fielding, and in-service sustainment performance incentive fee. Work will be performed in...