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U.S. Air Force Deploys B-2 Spirit Stealth Strategic Bombers to Hawaii
Three B-2 Spirit bombers and more than 200 airmen arrived Thursday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to support U.S. Strategic…
Saab Receives RBS 70 NG order from the Brazilian Army
Saab has signed a contract with the Brazilian Army for deliveries of RBS 70 NG – the latest generation of…
Brazilian government approves Boeing Embraer strategic partnership
Embraer and Boeing have welcomed approval by Government of Brazil of the strategic partnership that will position both companies to…
South Korea boosts defence spending by $242 billion to 2023
The South Korean national defense budget is to be increased by an average of 7.5% each year between 2019 and…
Knight’s Armament Company awarded $16 million U.S. Army Contract for M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle
Knight’s Armament Company was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract, worth $16.55 million, by the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) for M110…
Pentagon allowed $28 billion in available funds to expire
Nearly $28 billion in funds appropriated to the Pentagon were left unspent when its authority to spend it expired in…
Britain declares its F-35B fighters ready for combat
Britain’s defense minister declared its new fleet of nine F-35B Lightning fighter planes combat-ready. Speaking at RAF Marham, the Defence…
China successfully completes trials of Russian S-400 Triumf air defense missile system
China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force has carried out a second successful test firing of the S-400 Triumf missile system…
NTGS Alakran mortar carrier system secured first export order from Saudi Arabian Border Guards
Spain’s New Technologies Global Systems (NTGS) Alakran 120 mm mortar carrier systems has confirmed first export order from Saudi Arabian…
Indian Navy tests Sahayak air-droppable logistics containers
On January 8, the Indian Navy dropped the Sahayak air-droppable containers, which descended to the sea with the help of…
U.S. government donates M109A5+BR SPHs to Brazilian Army
The Brazilian Army (EB, Exército Brasileiro in Portuguese) is to receive new units of the M109A5+ BR self-propelled combat artillery…
Lao People’s Liberation Army Air Force receives Yak-130 advanced jet trainer aircraft
The Lao People’s Liberation Army Air Force (LPLAAF) has received the batch of three Yak-130 advanced jet trainer aircraft from…
Northrop Grumman awards $1.3 billion contract for LITENING advanced targeting pod
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s business unit, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., recently secured an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ), firm fixed-price, cost-reimbursable contract for sustainment,…
French Navy receives first Dassault Rafale F3-R Carrier-borne version
The French Navy has received its first R Dassault Rafale F3-R Carrier-borne version fighter jet. The commander of the Landivisiau…
Russia’s Lotus 120mm Air-Droppable Artillery
The TsNIITochMash design bureau, a subsidiary of Rostec tasked with creating the next-generation self-propelled howitzer (SPH) for the Russian Airborne…
U.S. Navy to commission Littoral Combat Ship Wichita (LCS 13)
The Navy will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Wichita (LCS 13), during a 10…
Algerian National Navy commissions new Kilo class diesel-electric attack submarine
On 9 January the Ministry of National Defence announced, Algeria Navy has commissioned two new submarines. The commissioning took place…
Leonardo DRS awarded $80M US Army and Marine Corps contract for Trophy
Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded an undefinitized contract action initially worth $79.6 million to provide…