Yearly Archive: 2020

Saab delivered the second GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System to the United Arab Emirates on 30 September 2020.

This follows Saab’s delivery of the first GlobalEye aircraft in April 2020 to the United Arab Emirates, which has ordered three GlobalEye aircraft. The initial contract was signed …

AIRBASE KHMEIMIM, Syria — Over the five years since its establishment, Russia’s airbase Khmeimim in Syria has turned into a homey neighborhood with all essential conveniences for its military personnel, while the intensity of flights has eased considerably, Russian military officials told the medi…

Lockheed Martin Space, Titusville, Florida, is awarded a $498,444,190 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (PZ0001) to previously awarded and announced unpriced letter contract N00030-20-C-0100 for Trident II (D5) missile production and deployed system…

EIELSON AFB, Alaska — B-1B Lancers assigned to the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron conducted training with the Norwegian air force on Sept. 25, in a 16-hour sortie that crossed directly over the North Pole as part of a Bomber Task Force mission here.

The 6,100 nautical mile mission received…

A new “term of sale” opens the doors to more nations that want to approach the United States about foreign military sales, and that makes the U.S. more competitive in seeking partnerships, the director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.

Just last year, DSCA created the “risk assesse…

CREECH AFB, Nev. — The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron conducted the first flight of the MQ-9A Reaper carrying eight live AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on September 10, 2020, reinforcing the platform’s “persistent attack” role.

This new capability is part of the MQ-9 Operational Flight Program …