Yearly Archive: 2020

The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) awarded on August 3, 2020 the contract for the development and supply of three new-generation test helicopters to a consortium formed by Airbus Helicopters and Héli-Union.

This contract will contribute to the renewal of the DGA Flight Tests test center’s…

KEFLAVIK, Iceland — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 4 successfully led the award of three contracts recently, totaling $38 million to improve airfield infrastructure at Naval Air Station Keflavik.

The projects, supporting the European Deterrence Initiative, or…

The US and its European allies make up nearly three-quarters of all arms transfers to the Middle East and North Africa, a new report found. Experts say arms exports to the region fuel conflict and human rights abuses.

Over the past five years, Western countries’ exports made up the bulk of weapon…

SAN DIEGO — Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered a pair of sensors to enhance the capability of its Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance autonomous aircraft system.

Enhancements include the deployment of the MS-177 multi-spectral camera system to provide additional high-resolution im…

WASHINGTON — In the wake of the Advanced Battle Management System’s (ABMS) second onramp, in partnership with two primary Combatant Commands and dozens of units and locations across the U.S., the Department of the Air Force has selected 15 additional companies to compete to develop new capabilitie…

The crew of the Black Sea Fleet’s “Kolpino” submarine launched a missile from the “Kalibr” complex at a coastal target position at the combat training ground as part of the “Kavkaz-2020” maneuvers.

In the course of working out the task of using high-precision weapons, the “Kolpino” crew launched …