Yearly Archive: 2022

Bell Wins $228M to Upgrade H-1 Helicopter Capabilities

Bell Wins $228M to Upgrade H-1 Helicopter Capabilities

Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $228,168,591 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

This contract provides the H-1 Light/Attack helicopter with new and modified capabilities through System Configuration Sets, which is a combin…

NATO Receives Upgraded RQ-4D Unmanned Aircraft

NATO Receives Upgraded RQ-4D Unmanned Aircraft

SIGONELLA, Italy –– On September 17, 2022, NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) staff landed one of its RQ-4D remotely piloted aircraft call sign NATO14 at Sigonella Air Base, Italy.

The NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft received a technical upgrade –…

Latest US Aid Package for Ukraine Includes Cold Weather Gear

Latest US Aid Package for Ukraine Includes Cold Weather Gear

President Joe Biden approved another $600 million transfer of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine Thursday night.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the security assistance brings the total given to Ukraine to $15.1 billion since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine…

French Navy to Receive Its First H160 SAR Helicopter

French Navy to Receive Its First H160 SAR Helicopter

The French Navy has decided to use a fleet of helicopters in order to ensure the continuity of its missions between the withdrawal of the Alouette III and the arrival of the Guépard Marine scheduled from 2029.

This interim fleet will allow the Cayman Marine and Panther to be fully invested in co…

US Lifts Arms Embargo on Cyprus

US Lifts Arms Embargo on Cyprus

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken determined and certified to Congress that the Republic of Cyprus has met the necessary conditions under relevant legislation to allow the approval of exports, re-exports, and transfers of defense articles to the Republic of Cyprus for fiscal year 2023. Compliance…
Sweden Goes Ful Speed to Prepare for NATO Accession

Sweden Goes Ful Speed to Prepare for NATO Accession

Swedish unit contribution to NATO may consist of ships for the alliance’s standing naval forces, combat aircraft for contingency forces for air policing and ground units for the reinforcement forces in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP). This is stated in the partial rep…
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