Monthly Archive: Ottobre 2020

Lockheed Wins $194M Order for Four MH-60R Helos for Greece

Lockheed Wins $194M Order for Four MH-60R Helos for Greece

Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, New York, is awarded a $193,980,348 contract modification (P00019) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N00019-19-C-0013.

This modification adds a $180,000,000 not-to-exceed, undefinitized line item for the production and delivery of four MH-60R aircraft…

Pakistan Orders Embraer Jetliner to Replace P-3C Orion MPAs

Pakistan Orders Embraer Jetliner to Replace P-3C Orion MPAs

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Navy has selected the Embraer Lineage 1000 jetliner to replace its P-3C Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft, a service spokesman has confirmed to Defense News.

Outgoing naval chief Adm. Adm. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi announced Oct. 6 that the Navy would replace its P-3C …

Can the World Avoid an Arms Race in Space?

Can the World Avoid an Arms Race in Space?

On September 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that leading space powers agree to prohibit the “stationing” of weapons in space and the “threat or use of force” against space objects.

There’s hardly anything new in Putin’s pronouncement. As far back as 1985, the USSR called for a ban …

Chinese Naval Power Overblown: Report

Chinese Naval Power Overblown: Report

China has steadily built up its maritime capabilities over the past three decades, giving it the ability to contest its littoral seas in the event of conflict. But significant challenges remain before it can control those waters, let alone the broader Pacific Ocean.

— A combination of factors—in…

Germany Delays Assault Rifle Tender Pending Patent Inquiry

Germany Delays Assault Rifle Tender Pending Patent Inquiry

On September 15, 2020, the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Federal Armed Forces (BAAINBw) announced the winner of the tender in the award procedure for the Assault Rifle Project, the company C.G. Haenel GmbH limited liability company.

While examining a subsequ…

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