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Pentagon Spends $14.7M to Support Iraqi T-6As for Six Months

Pentagon Spends $14.7M to Support Iraqi T-6As for Six Months

Spartan Air Academy Iraq LLC, Irving, Texas, has been awarded a $14,769,952 firm-fixed-price modification (P00006) to contract FA8617-20-C-6232 for the Iraq T-6A contractor logistics support and training maintenance program.

The modification provides for the exercise of an option to extend the t…

Three More F-35s Delivered to Alaskan Air Base

Three More F-35s Delivered to Alaskan Air Base

EIELSON AFB, Alaska — The F-35A Lightning II fleet has officially doubled at Eielson with the arrival of three new F-35As June 25, 2020. The first two F-35As arrived in April and the third in May.

“I saw the first two jets land in April and it felt like a once in a lifetime experience that I …

F-35 Deliveries to S. Korea Delayed by Covid-19

F-35 Deliveries to S. Korea Delayed by Covid-19

SEOUL — A planned arrival of F-35A next-generation fighter jets to South Korea from the United States has been delayed to the second half of the year due to the new coronavirus, a military source said Tuesday.

South Korea began bringing in the advanced stealth fighters in March last year to bee…

Construction Begins on Fourth Expeditionary Sea Base Ship

Construction Begins on Fourth Expeditionary Sea Base Ship

SAN DIEGO — Construction of the fourth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship officially began on June 25 at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard. Due to the COVID pandemic, the milestone was marked with an informal shipyard ceremony.

ESB ships are highly…

NATO ASW Exercise Kicks Off in High North

NATO ASW Exercise Kicks Off in High North

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose is starting in the High North on 29 June 2020. Ships, submarines, as well as aircraft and personnel from 6 Allied nations are converging off the coast of Iceland for Anti-Submarine warfare (ASW) and Anti-Surface warfare training.

Submarines fr…

IAI Plans Interception Capabilities for Anti-Drone System

IAI Plans Interception Capabilities for Anti-Drone System

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Iron Drone today announced that they have entered a collaboration agreement for the integration of interception capabilities into IAI’s advanced anti-drone system, Drone Guard.

The intercepting drone can be launched during day or night from a docking station…

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