Americas * The US Army has successfully completed the fourth test launch of the Juno Patriot Target Vehicle. The unarmed target missile was launched on Friday morning from an old military depot in western New Mexico with its destination 215 miles away at the White...
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Boeing Peace Eagles Flying with Turkey | Russia’s PAK FA Testing Coming to a Close | BAE Taps Morgan Sindall Plc for New Sub Complex
Americas * Russian officials have expressed concern over future arms deals with Venezuela after a landside victory for Venezuela's opposition party in recent parliamentary elections. The Democratic Unity Coalition (DUC) won 112/167 seats in the national assembly which...
Raytheons SM-3 Contract Boosted to $543.3M | Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense to Protect North Pole | US: North Korean Sub Damaged in Failed SLBM Test
Americas * Raytheon has been awarded a not-to-exceed $543,337,650 undefinitized contract action modification to a previously awarded contract to manufacture, assemble, test, and deliver 17 Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles. The deal, initially set at $87 million,...
Pentagon Orders 29 More Seahawks in $354M Deal | Orbital ATK to Produce Rocket Motors for AF Sidewinders | Turkey Gets $70M in JDAMs for NATO Mission Support
Americas *Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $318.3 million modification to a foreign military sales contract. The deal is to provide Hellfire II missile hardware/component production for South Korea, Egypt, Pakistan, Iraq, India, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Indonesia,...
Britain’s CH-47 Mk.6 Chinooks
RAF CH-47 & 42 Cdo(click to view larger) As part of a significant re-balancing of Britain's immediate-term defense spending, Gordon Brown's Labour Party government planned to buy 10 new CH-47 Chinook helicopters for delivery in 2012-2013, with the intent to buy...
Navy Books Huntington Ingalls for Next LPD | US Manufacturers Struggle to Keep Up With Arms Demand | JLENS Gets Another Vote of Confidence
Americas *The US Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls $200 million to build the next amphibious transport dock (LPD) warship. The advanced procurement contract will fund the final of twelve of the San Antonio class ships to be commissioned by the Navy. The vessels are...
AFSOC & Navy Collab on Laser Mounted Weapon | Postponements and Firsts for F-35 | Japan Plans Test Flight for ATD-X in Q1
Americas * Helibras has completed the first stage of integrating its AM39 anti-ship missile for the Brazilian Navy. The system is to be added to the fleet of Airbus H225M helicopters which have started to come into operation in Brazil. The laboratory tests involved...
Arms Stocks Soar on Syrian Air Strikes | DoD Releases Funds for Marine Base in Guam | AU Senate Votes to Launch Inquiry on LM F-35s
Americas * The Pentagon has expressed concerns over Raytheon's new GPS Operational Control System (OCX) program, amid soaring costs and completion delays. Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, has the program scheduled for...
US Military Gearing up on Guam
Guam(click to view full) Past base improvement efforts and other contracts related to the USA's pacific territory of Guam include construction of an RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV complex for the Pacific Rim, and extensive base improvements/ expansion for Guam's airfield and...