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Russia Conducts Large-Scale Exercise of Strategic Nuclear Forces

Russia Conducts Large-Scale Exercise of Strategic Nuclear Forces

MOSCOW — An exercise of Russia’s strategic nuclear forces was held Wednesday under the leadership of the supreme commander-in-chief of the Russian Armed Forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The exercise included the launch of an intercontinental b…

Bell-Boeing JV Wins $170M for V-22 Upgrade

Bell-Boeing JV Wins $170M for V-22 Upgrade

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $170,438,450 modification (P00035) against previously awarded, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-17-C-0015.

This modification adds scope for the production and delivery of one CMV-22B variation …

Australia Awards A$173M Contract for Night Vision Systems

Australia Awards A$173M Contract for Night Vision Systems

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will soon be equipped with new cutting-edge, night-fighting capability through a $173 million investment by the Government.

More than 5,500 cutting-edge helmet-mounted fused night vision systems will be delivered to the ADF, combining image intensification (nigh…

US Air Force Looks to Modernize Washington Air Defenses

US Air Force Looks to Modernize Washington Air Defenses

HANSCOM AFB, Mass. –– The National Capital Region-Integrated Air Defense System program management office here recently released a request for information to modernize systems that defend the NCR.

The NCR-IADS was created shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to provide low-altitu…

B-1B Lancer Demos External Missile Release

B-1B Lancer Demos External Missile Release

EDWARDS AFB, California — The 419th Flight Test Squadron successfully conducted an external weapon release demonstration at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Dec 4.

“The Air Force Test Center is enthusiastically teaming with the Air Force Global Strike Command to enable greater flexibility i…

CSIS Report Rubbishes Comac and its C919 Airliner

CSIS Report Rubbishes Comac and its C919 Airliner

BEIJING — [China’s] plan to make its own commercial aircraft to break up the duopoly of Boeing and Airbus remains a costly pipe dream, according to a Washington-based think tank.

While Beijing has pumped at least US$45 billion into the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) to make co…

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