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US to Improve Early Warning for N. Korean Missile Launches

US to Improve Early Warning for N. Korean Missile Launches

WASHINGTON — The United States is working to further improve its missile warning system, the commander of U.S. Space Command said Tuesday, following a barrage of North Korean missile tests that included multiple intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches.

“We are looking at how we integ…

Pratt & Whitney Wins $625M Order for F-35 Engine Work

Pratt & Whitney Wins $625M Order for F-35 Engine Work

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $511,589,719 modification (P00025) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, and fixed-price incentive (firm target) undefinitized co…
Japan Orders Two More Boeing KC-46A Tankers

Japan Orders Two More Boeing KC-46A Tankers

The Boeing Co., Tukwila, Washington, has been awarded a $398,244,094 firm-fixed-price modification (P00022) to delivery order FA8609-18-F-0006 for KC-46A Japan aircraft under the FA8609-18-G-0002 basic ordering agreement contract vehicle.

The contract modification is for the procurement of two…

MoD Releases UK Equipment Plan, Admits ‘Manageable Risk’

MoD Releases UK Equipment Plan, Admits ‘Manageable Risk’

The eleventh annual summary for MOD’s plans to deliver and support the equipment our armed forces need to do the jobs we ask of them.

This year’s Equipment Plan continues to reflect the spending commitments made as a result of the 2020 Spending Review, and priorities remain consistent with those …

US Approves $1 Billion Sale of Anti-Drone Defenses to Qatar

US Approves $1 Billion Sale of Anti-Drone Defenses to Qatar

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Qatar of the Fixed Site-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System (FS-LIDS) System of Systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1 billio…
US, China Trade Taunts About Free Navigation in South China Seas

US, China Trade Taunts About Free Navigation in South China Seas

The Chinese response to a U.S. freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea highlighted the premise behind the department’s 2022 China Military Power Report released today.

The cruiser USS Chancellorsville sailed in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands. Chinese authorities claim…


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