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B-1B Lancers Cross Arctic Circle to Train with Norway

B-1B Lancers Cross Arctic Circle to Train with Norway

EIELSON AFB, Alaska — B-1B Lancers assigned to the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron conducted training with the Norwegian air force on Sept. 25, in a 16-hour sortie that crossed directly over the North Pole as part of a Bomber Task Force mission here.

The 6,100 nautical mile mission received…

US Air Force Tests MQ-9 Reaper Armed with 8 Hellfire Missiles

US Air Force Tests MQ-9 Reaper Armed with 8 Hellfire Missiles

CREECH AFB, Nev. — The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron conducted the first flight of the MQ-9A Reaper carrying eight live AGM-114 Hellfire missiles on September 10, 2020, reinforcing the platform’s “persistent attack” role.

This new capability is part of the MQ-9 Operational Flight Program …

Meta Aerospace Buys Singapore’s KC-135R Tanker Aircraft

Meta Aerospace Buys Singapore’s KC-135R Tanker Aircraft

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Meta Aerospace announced today that, following its recently consummated purchase agreement with The Government of the Republic of Singapore, it has now taken delivery of the first of four former Republic of Singapore Air Force KC-135R aircraft and successfully ferried the aircra…
UK MoD’s Procurement Disaster Is Tanking the British Army

UK MoD’s Procurement Disaster Is Tanking the British Army

Imagine a commercial airline company whose planes are all approaching the end of their working lives. The ageing of the planes is well known and understood, the need for a replacement obvious. Yet company management spend twenty years bickering and dithering over what replacements to buy, spending b…
BAE Wins $127M for M88A2 Recovery Tanks

BAE Wins $127M for M88A2 Recovery Tanks

BAE Systems, York, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $127,588,892 modification (P00026) to contract W56HZV-17-C-0242 for the sole source procurement of M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System vehicles.

Work will be performed in York, Pennsylvania, with an estimated com…

GA-ASI Wins $131M for Gray Eagle UAV Work

GA-ASI Wins $131M for Gray Eagle UAV Work

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $131,596,627 modification (P00011) to contract W58RGZ-19-C-0022 for Gray Eagle aircraft, satellite communications air data terminals, program management and government-furnished equipment maintenance and repair.

Work wil…

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