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Bell Helicopter contracted for additional Fire Scout aircraft
May 08, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $21.7 million. The contract is a modification to a previous Pentagon award under...
US Air Force orders stand-down for safety review
May 08, 2018 (AFP)
Active duty wings and their maintainers can choose when to conduct the stand-downs, though they must do so by May 21. Pilots and crews in combat areas will be g...
Navy contracts for RQ-21A Blackjack sustainment
May 08, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $11 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price delivery order, which is a mod...
As US military air crash toll rises, lawmaker calls for probe
May 07, 2018 (AFP)
The US military has been beset by a series of air accidents and crashes in recent years, and the rise has been shown to correlate with budget cuts introduced in...
Air Force picks three bases for B-21 Raiders
May 04, 2018 (UPI)
at bomber bases in Texas, South Dakota and Missouri. The new long-range stealth bomber, which Northrop Grumman is developing in Palmdale, Calif., will be housed...
U.K. to receive Apache helicopter hardware from Lockheed
May 03, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $14.1 million under the terms of a foreign military sales contract. The c...
French, US navy pilots train in the skies over Virginia
May 03, 2018 (AFP)
Warplanes from the two countries are training here under an unusual arrangement while France's only aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, undergoes major ren...
Nine aboard US military plane destroyed in fiery crash
May 02, 2018 (AFP)
The C-130 "Hercules" cargo plane from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed around 11:30 am (1530 GMT) near the Savannah airport. Footage of the crash show...
Pentagon shells out $1.4B for services on F-35 air systems
May 01, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $1.421 billion under the terms of a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract and taps Lo...
Navy taps Boeing to support Poseidon for Australian air force
May 01, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $40 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract, which...
Boeing awarded contract to provide Korea with Apache helicopters
May 01, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $96.3 million under the terms of a hybrid cost, cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fix...
Ukraine offers to provide NATO with cargo aircraft
Apr 27, 2018 (AFP)
Earlier this month, Russian aircraft provider Volga-Dnepr -- a world leader in transporting oversize and heavy air cargo -- said it would not extend its contrac...
Lockheed contracted for F-35 support for Navy, Italy
Apr 26, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $38.4 million, which is a modification to a previous award. The contract from...
Lockheed Martin wins F-35 software sustainment contract
Apr 25, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $10.8 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, which modifies...
Airbus and Dassault to team up on combat fighter
Apr 25, 2018 (AFP)
The two firms "have decided to join forces for the development and production of Europe's Future Combat Air System," or FCAS, which is intended to enter service...
State Dept. approves $1.2B sale of helicopters, missiles to Mexico
Apr 23, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, is worth $1.2 billion and requires Congressional approval before the contract is finalize...
Northrop Grumman to support Japan's E-2C Hawkeye
Apr 20, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $51.8 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price delivery order, which is a...
Russian aircraft provider stops doing business with NATO
Apr 18, 2018 (AFP)
"We have been gradually withdrawing from the military logistics transportation market, in due compliance with our previous commitments. The Group will not parti...
Northrop to repair technology on Hawkeyes, Lockheed to upgrade C-130 aircraft
Apr 17, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $22.8 million under the terms of a ceiling-priced, undefinitized contract action...
F-35 Completes Most Comprehensive Flight Test Program in Aviation History
Apr 17, 2018 (SPX)
"Completing F-35 SDD flight test is the culmination of years of hard work and dedication from the joint government and industry team," said Vice Adm. Mat Winter...
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