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BAE Wins Systems Secures Major US Navy Mine Neutraliser Contract

BAE Wins Systems Secures Major US Navy Mine Neutraliser Contract

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth up to £87 million by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to manufacture and deliver Archerfish mine neutralisers for the US Navy.

This is the fourth consecutive Archerfish contract awarded to BAE Systems since 2003 and will see the Company deliver to t…

NATO Military Committee Gets Virtual Check on Alliance Missions

NATO Military Committee Gets Virtual Check on Alliance Missions

The NATO chiefs of defense met virtually for the alliance’s Military Committee meeting last week. Under the leadership of Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, the chairman of the committee, the chiefs discussed ongoing operations in a time of COVID-19 as well as future moves growing out of the allian…
DOD Half-Way Through Destruction of Stockpiled Chemical Weapons

DOD Half-Way Through Destruction of Stockpiled Chemical Weapons

This month, the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant team at the Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado completed the destruction of nearly 300,000 155mm projectiles, which each contained 12 pounds of mustard agent, said Walton Levi, site project manager.

Chemical agent destruction op…

Union Blasts Boeing for Closing Down Customer Flight Training

Union Blasts Boeing for Closing Down Customer Flight Training

SEATTLE — On Friday September 18, The Boeing Company delivered layoff notices to its remaining seven Flight Training Airplane (FTA) pilots and will instead send the critical work of providing on-site training to airline customers to an overseas contract house.

The 60-day notices of layoff elim…

German Military Launches Space Junk Tracking System

German Military Launches Space Junk Tracking System

The German armed forces want to keep a closer eye on space in the future. A new system to track space junk orbiting Earth and send out early warnings about potential threats has begun work.

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer inaugurated Germany’s Air and Space Operations Center (A…

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