Into that good night (click to view full) The 5th-generation F-22A Raptor fighter program has been the subject of fierce controversy, with advocates and detractors aplenty. On the one hand, the aircraft offers full stealth, revolutionary radar and sensor capabilities,...
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NGAD Could Be Most Expensive Aircraft Program Yet | Lockheed Plans To Ramp Up Javelin Production | Taiwan Considers Alternative Weapons After US Howitzer Delay
Americas The US Air Force’s secretive Next Generation Air Dominance future fighter program could be the most expensive aircraft program in history, with each piloted, sixth-generation aircraft expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars. When asked about the...
Lockheed To Produce M142 Launchers | Serbia Has Shown Its FK-3 | UK Confirms Plans To Purchase 74 F-35Bs
Americas Lockheed Martin Corporation won a $204.7 million deal for production of High Mobility Artillery Rock Systems M142 launchers and support requirements. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. HIMARS carries a single six-pack of rockets or one...
Lockheed Wins THAAD Contract Modification | Philippines Get IAI’s ALPHA 3D Radar Systems | 510th EFS Replaces 480th EFS For Air Policing Mission In Romania
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $93 million contract modification, which adds scope to procure special tooling and test equipment in support of electronic warfare capabilities for F-35 Lightning II low rate initial production for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps,...
KC-46s First Refueling Of Foreign Aircraft | Germany Gives Green Light TO Send Heavy Weapons To Ukraine | New SPADS Training Center in Philippines
Americas During an Employment Concept Exercise in Spain, the US Air Force’s KC-46A carried out the first operational refueling of a foreign aircraft on April 18. The aerial refueling tanker passed fuel to Spanish Hornets during the flight. Four KC-46A tankers are...
Australia’s Troubled E-7A “Wedgetail” AWACS Program
E-7A Wedgetail over New South Wales (click to view full) The island continent of Australia faces a number of unique security challenges that stem from its geography. The continent may be separated from its neighbors by large expanses of ocean, but it also resides...
Seaspray AESA Radar Flown On MQ-9A | Poland Supplied Ukraine With T-72 | US Army deploys second ARES demonstrator to Indo-Pacific
Americas Walsh Federal won an $184.8 million deal for construction of an aircraft maintenance hangar at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The work provides for the construction of a two-story, low rise, two squadron maintenance hangar for the...
TKI Onto C-130H Completed | Uganda Catching Up With Kenya On Military Spending | Philippines Get C295M
Americas Huntington Ingalls Industries won a $20.2 million contract modification to exercise options for the accomplishment of the planning yard services for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in-service ships. Work will take place in Virginia, Mississippi, California and...
NG Tapped For UH-60V Support | Mi-24P Delivered To Mali | DoS Approves Ammunition Sale To Ukraine
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $38 million contract modification, which increases the contract ceiling to procure an additional 173 Tech Refresh Mission Computers (TRMC) and an additional 173 TRMC trays in support of the Army’s domestic production UH-60V aircraft....