Yearly Archive: 2020

House Defense Spending Report Shows Bad Blood with Pentagon

House Defense Spending Report Shows Bad Blood with Pentagon

A House panel report accompanying the latest Pentagon spending bill reveals enormous ill will between defense appropriators and the department they fund.

The “contravention of the constitutional authority of the United States Congress has now become habitual,” the House Defense Appropriations Sub…

Airbus Team to Bid H145M for Australian Special Forces

Airbus Team to Bid H145M for Australian Special Forces

BRISBANE, Australia — Airbus Helicopters has joined hands with over 20 Australian partners to form Team Nightjar, as the consortium launches its solution to Project LAND 2097 Phase 4. Under this Project, the Commonwealth of Australia is seeking a fleet of helicopters to support the Australian Defe…
Boeing Completes Apache, Chinook Deliveries to India

Boeing Completes Apache, Chinook Deliveries to India

NEW DELHI — Boeing has completed delivery of all new AH-64E Apache and CH-47F(I) Chinook military helicopters to the Indian Air Force (IAF).

The final five of the 22 Apache attack helicopters were handed over to the IAF at Air Force Station, Hindan. Earlier in March, Boeing handed over the las…

Lockheed Wins $56M for F-35 Block 4 Electronic Warfare

Lockheed Wins $56M for F-35 Block 4 Electronic Warfare

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $56,100,000 not-to-exceed, undefinitized contract modification (P00018) to previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract N00019-19-C-0010.

This modification provides systems integration engineering supp…

Philippine Navy Commissions First Korean-Built Frigate

Philippine Navy Commissions First Korean-Built Frigate

MANILA — The acquisition of the Philippines’ first missile-frigate, the BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), highlights the government’s commitment to protecting the country, the chief of the Philippine Navy (PN) said on Friday.

“This newest addition to our naval assets is a testament and the reflection o…

US Navy Touts Littoral Combat Ship Role in Pacific

US Navy Touts Littoral Combat Ship Role in Pacific

TOKYO — A stand-off this spring between China and Malaysia in the South China Sea was a chance for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships to prove their mettle.

The USS Gabrielle Giffords and the USS Montgomery helped stave off Chinese intimidation of a Malaysian-contracted drillship — the West …

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