Yearly Archive: 2020

US Resumes Ukraine Military Aid with $250M Payment

US Resumes Ukraine Military Aid with $250M Payment

The Department of Defense announced today its plans for $250 million in Fiscal Year 2020 Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds for additional training, equipment, and advisory efforts to strengthen Ukraine’s capacity to more effectively defend itself against Russian aggression.

Thi…

Pentagon Refuses ICC Jurisdiction Over US Troops

Pentagon Refuses ICC Jurisdiction Over US Troops

The United States has a good track record of investigating and prosecuting the alleged criminal actions of its own service members, and the International Criminal Court should stay out of U.S. business, Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper said.

In 2017, the International Criminal Court announced …

DRS Wins $120M for DAIRCM Countermeasures System

DRS Wins $120M for DAIRCM Countermeasures System

DRS Systems Inc., Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $120,009,046 not-to-exceed, cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost undefinitized contract to provide non-recurring engineering to design, develop, integrate and test engineering development models and production representative models of wea…
Lockheed Wins $31M for F-35 Non-Recurring Engineering

Lockheed Wins $31M for F-35 Non-Recurring Engineering

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded $31,065,000 for a not-to-exceed, undefinitized contract modification (P00006) to previously issued order 0097 against basic ordering agreement N00019-14-G-0020.

This modification provides supplier non-recurring…

Pentagon Awards $10 Bn to Advanced Technology Support Program IV

Pentagon Awards $10 Bn to Advanced Technology Support Program IV

– Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, New York (HQ0727-16-D-0001);
– BAE Systems Information and Electronics, Nashua, New Hampshire (HQ0727-16-D-0002);
– General Dynamics Mission Systems, Bloomington, Minnesota (HQ0727-16-D-0003);
– Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland (HQ0727-1…
Serbia Unveils Upgraded M-84 AS1 Tank

Serbia Unveils Upgraded M-84 AS1 Tank

Today, the Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces attended the presentation of the modernized M-84 tank at the “Čačak” Technical Overhaul Institute.

After the presentation, Minister Vulin pointed out that the Serbian Armed Forces are …

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