Yearly Archive: 2022

OWEGO, N.Y. — The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a firm-fixed price contract to produce an additional 12 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Procured via the U.S. Government’s Foreign Military Sales agreement, the new aircraft will add a third ‘Romeo…

China’s armed forces are capable of blockading Taiwan, a senior U.S. Navy official said, pointing to the size of the country’s navy, which is the world’s largest and growing at a rapid pace.

“They have a very large navy, and if they want to bully and put ships around Taiwan, they very much can do…

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Force confirmed today it plans to reveal the B-21 Raider in the first week of December during an unveiling ceremony hosted and sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corporation at its production facilities in Palmdale, California.

The B-21 is a long-range, highly survivable…

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine proposes to the Government to provide in the draft Law of Ukraine “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2023” a general financial resource for ensuring the national security and defense of Ukraine in the amount of at least 17,8 % of GDP for the secu…

The Air Force’s latest schedule for Boeing Co.’s troubled KC-46 tanker adds as much as 11 months to start installing an improved version of its flawed camera-based refueling system, according to the service.

The added time could push completion of the improvements into fiscal 2026. “The magnitud…

OXON HILL, Md. — Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, approved the KC-46A Pegasus for worldwide deployments to meet combatant command taskings effective Sept. 14.

“We are ready to use this aircraft globally in any fight, without hesitation,” Minihan said.

The KC-46A rece…