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Rolls-Royce Awarded $2.6Bn to Re-engine B-52H Bomber Fleet

Rolls-Royce Awarded $2.6Bn to Re-engine B-52H Bomber Fleet

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Air Force has awarded a $2,604,329,361 contract to Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana, for B-52H Stratofortress military derivative commercial engines.

The competitive single award contract provides for 608 military derivative commercial engines, p…

Lockheed Offers Airbus MRTT Tanker to US Air Force

Lockheed Offers Airbus MRTT Tanker to US Air Force

MARIETTA, Ga. — Lockheed Martin introduces the LMXT as America’s next strategic tanker ― built in America by Americans for Americans. Offered in response to the U.S. Air Force’s KC-Y Program, the LMXT represents the newest chapter in Lockheed Martin’s 60+ year history of producing and delivering t…
France to Boost Defense Spending for Fifth Consecutive Year

France to Boost Defense Spending for Fifth Consecutive Year

The budget of the Ministry of the Armed Forces continues to grow, in accordance with the objectives of the 2019-2025 Military Programming Law (LPM).

For the fourth consecutive year, this new finance bill (PLF) calls for an increase in appropriations for the benefit of the Ministry of the Armed F…

China to Unveil New HALE Drone at Zhuhai Airshow

China to Unveil New HALE Drone at Zhuhai Airshow

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force will for the first time display the WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance drone at the Airshow China 2021, to be held in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province, from September 28 to October 3, a spokesperson at the PLA Air Force announced on Friday….
South Korea’s Hanwha Bids for UK Artillery Program

South Korea’s Hanwha Bids for UK Artillery Program

LONDON — Hanwha Defense has formed a unique international partnership with leading defence manufacturers in the UK to develop a local variant of the world’s most popular self-propelled howitzer, K9 Thunder, for the British Army.

The companies have come together as “Team Thunder” to bid to manuf…

Babcock Cuts First Steel for Type 31 Frigate Program

Babcock Cuts First Steel for Type 31 Frigate Program

LONDON — Steel was today cut for HMS Venturer, the first vessel of the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates that will be at the centre of its surface fleet.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace officially cut steel for the UK’s newest warship, during a ceremony held at Rosyth dockyard. The event marks a sig…

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