Yearly Archive: 2022

BRUSSELS — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has arrived in Brussels for talks with NATO leadership and allied defense ministers, as tens of thousands of Russian troops have surrounded Ukraine from the north, south and east.

During the gathering on Wednesday and Thursday, Austin and his …

ANKARA — Greece’s parliament on Tuesday approved a 3 billion euro ($3.4 billion) agreement for three new French-made frigates amid ongoing tensions with neighbor Turkey.

Lawmakers also voted in favor of adding six new Rafale fighter jets to an existing order for 18 planes ‒ six of them newly …

SINGAPORE — JetBlue Airways has signed a firm order with Airbus for an additional 30 A220-300 aircraft. This takes the airline’s firm commitment for the A220-300 to 100 aircraft. This latest agreement lifts the total firm order book for the A220 to 740.

“We’re already seeing benefits from the…

SEATTLE — Leading congressional Democrats have asked the Department of Transportation Inspector General’s Office to review what they see as the Federal Aviation Administration’s failure to hold Boeing accountable for serious lapses that contributed to the two 737 MAX crashes.

U.S. House Trans…

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $372,040,552 fixed-price incentive (firm-target) modification (P00007) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0047).

This modification exercises an option for the production and delivery of four low-rate ini…

BERN –– An armasuisse delegation, led by Armaments Director-General Martin Sonderegger, is traveling today to Cameri, Italy, to meet with the Italian Armaments Chief for bilateral talks in connection with the Air2030 program. Discussions will focus on the possibility of producing part of the future…