Americas * Canada is looking to Australia to aid it with its interim fighter requirement, as a dispute between the government and aerospace manufacturer Boeing continues. The row stemmed from a complaint made by Boeing against Canadian firm Bombardier over allegations...
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USAF wraps up OA-X experiment | Hanwha chases European K9 howitzer sales | India orders Dhruv helicopters for army and navy
Americas * General Dynamics Land Systems has won two US Department of Defense (DoD) contracts for the upgrade of M1A2 series of main battle tanks for the US Army. The first contract, valued at $311 million, calls for the firm to upgrade seven Abrams tanks from the...
UTC buys Rockwell Collins in $30 billion merger | UK Neo-Nazis members of Army | Mattis pressures Sweden over nuclear treaty
* On Monday, Aerospace supplier United Technologies Corp struck a $30 billion accord to buy avionics and interiors maker Rockwell Collins, thus making one of the world’s largest makers of civilian and defense aircraft components. Under the deal, the companies said...
USS George Washington begins overhaul | UK chases post-Brexit business | Bangladesh fighters sent to Myanmar border amid claims of ethnic cleansing
Americas * Huntington Ingalls has being awarded a $2.8 billion US Navy contract for USS George Washington (CVN-73) refueling complex overhaul. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is expected to be out of action for the next 4-5 years as it undergoes the necessary...
Hydra, Awakened: Guided Air-Ground Rockets
Boom. (click to view full) Sen. Leahy's [D-VT] worked in the mid-2000s to keep the Hydra 70mm rocket family alive through special appropriations, just in time for the Hydras' potential on the battlefield to rise again. The key was the addition of low-cost precision...
Raytheon to develop anti-ship Tomahawk for Navy | Pentagon declines Turkish-Pakistan F-16 training deal | King Stallion enters LRIP
Americas * The US Navy has said that the inclusion of the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned tanker on its aircraft carriers will extend the range of its carrier-borne fighters by 300 to 400 nautical miles. It is expected to be able to carry 15,000 pounds of fuel at 500 nautical...
F-35 restrictions lifted at Luke AB | Azeri-Israeli drone deal on hold, ‘life-fire’ probe underway | IAF wants more Rafales
Americas * The US Air Force has lifted altitude restrictions for F-35A flights operating from Luke Air Base, while investigations continue into what caused five incidents of pilot oxygen deprivation earlier this summer. Aircraft were grounded in June after five...
South Korea drops bombs near border with North | Finland denies Trump’s F/A-18 sale |’Hero’ policemen carries unexploded bomb
Americas * The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and US Navy have successfully conducted a scheduled test of a Standard Missile-6 guided missile (SM-6) off the coast of Hawaii. Launched from the deck of the USS John Paul Jones, the missile intercepted a medium-range...
Boeing offer F/A-18 facility in India | Japan condemns NK ICBM test over Hokkaido | Iran building missiles in Syria, Lebanon, claims Netanyahu
Americas * The US Army has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $310 million contract for engineering changes to the M1A2 Abrams tank System Enhancement Package Version 3. Work to be undertaken include the design, development and integration for the upgrades to the...