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FAA Completes Boeing 737 MAX Certification Flights

FAA Completes Boeing 737 MAX Certification Flights

The FAA and Boeing today completed the certification flight tests on the Boeing 737 MAX.

During three days of testing this week, FAA pilots and engineers evaluated Boeing’s proposed changes in connection with the automated flight control system on the aircraft.

While completion of the flight…

Hensoldt Wins €1.5Bn Order for Eurofighter AESA Radar

Hensoldt Wins €1.5Bn Order for Eurofighter AESA Radar

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany — Sensor system supplier Hensoldt has been awarded a contract by Airbus Defence and Space to develop and produce a new AESA (Active Electronic Scanning Array) radar for the German and Spanish Eurofighter fleets.

The project is jointly financed by the Eurofighter partner na…

Australia’s DoD Updates A$75Bn Shipbuilding Plan

Australia’s DoD Updates A$75Bn Shipbuilding Plan

The Morrison Government is investing an unprecedented $75 billion in Australia’s mari-time capabilities over the next decade, including more than $50 billion in the regeneration and expansion of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) maritime platforms through the na-val shipbuilding enterprise.

This…

HII Awarded $936M Contract to Build US Navy Destroyer

HII Awarded $936M Contract to Build US Navy Destroyer

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $936 million contract for the construction of an additional Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Flight III destroyer for the U.S. Navy. In 2018, Ingalls was awarded a $5.1 billion fixed-price incentive, mu…
German Navy Fears Delay in NH90 Sea Tiger Procurement

German Navy Fears Delay in NH90 Sea Tiger Procurement

Delays to the procurement of NH Industries (NHI) NH90 anti-submarine warfare helicopters are threating a “seamless transition” to the type, the head of the German navy has warned.

Berlin in August 2019 signalled its intention to acquire 31 NH90 NFHs under the Sea Tiger programme to replace an age…

New Documents Detail F-35 Parts Mismanagement: POGO

New Documents Detail F-35 Parts Mismanagement: POGO

As Congress continues to pour money into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, significant questions remain about where billions of dollars already sunk into the program have gone.

In what appears to be another case of throwing good money after bad, the Senate Armed Services Committee recently authoriz…

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