Yearly Archive: 2020

With U.S. military services looking to alleviate shortages of pilots and publicly admitting shortages in readiness, the Navy, Marines, and Air Force have begun to contract out some kinds of pilot training—specifically the live simulation of enemy aircraft. This trend, coupled with the worldwide rise…

An Australian company has been selected by the US Navy to deliver sustainment support for the Royal Australian Navy’s new fleet of maritime combat helicopters.

Sikorsky Australia, a Lockheed Martin company, will provide through-life sustainment support for the Navy’s fleet of MH-60R (Romeo) helic…

Despite the current economic uncertainty, the government has recommitted to the generous funding line in the 2016 White Paper, and even extended it by four years. That results in Defence receiving over half a trillion dollars over the coming decade.

Report author Dr Marcus Hellyer said, ‘It’s a h…

WICHITA, Kan. — Textron Aviation today announced it was awarded a contract by ATI Engineering Services, LLC for two multi-mission Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft for the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) in support of the African Partnership Flight initiative.

This will be the first fixed-wing aircr…

EGLIN AFB, Fla. — Approximately 3,000 feet above Eglin Air Force Base, the HH-60W Jolly Green II connected with a HC-130J tanker for the inaugural aerial refueling by the Air Force’s newest combat search and rescue helicopter, Aug. 5.

The connection marked the start of two weeks of developmenta…

WASHINGTON — The Space and Missile Systems Center, in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, competitively awarded two firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery requirement contracts for National Security Space launch services to United Launch Alliance LLC and SpaceX Aug. 7.

“This is…