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Leonardo Wins £360M Contract to Support Wildcat Helicopter

Leonardo Wins £360M Contract to Support Wildcat Helicopter

A five-year, £360 million support and training contract for the Wildcat helicopter has been renewed with Leonardo Helicopters UK.

A total of 340 jobs will be sustained at RNAS Yeovilton and Leonardo with jobs also supported at second and third-tier suppliers including Morson Group and Light Helic…

Turkey’s Defense Exports to Ukraine Up 30-Fold in Q1

Turkey’s Defense Exports to Ukraine Up 30-Fold in Q1

ISTANBUL — Ukraine has purchased almost 30 times as much defense industry equipment from Turkey in the first quarter as it did a year earlier, official data showed, as it prepared for and fought against the Russian invasion.

Turkey exported $59.1 million of such products to Ukraine in the perio…

Despite Pentagon’s $773 Bn Budget, Some US Soldiers Face Poverty

Despite Pentagon’s $773 Bn Budget, Some US Soldiers Face Poverty

The latest Pentagon budget includes a congressionally-mandated Basic Needs Allowance. That’s a new monthly payment to troops whose household income is less than 130% of the federal government’s poverty guidelines for their family size and location. The Pentagon said it doesn’t know how much the new …
MoD’s Indecision Threatens Royal Navy Support Vessels Tender

MoD’s Indecision Threatens Royal Navy Support Vessels Tender

There are concerns from executives, unions and analysts over the [British] government’s approach towards a key programme: the £1.5bn competition to build three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships.

The controversial tendering process has already seen the Ministry of Defence flip-flop over the classifi…

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