A defense hotline between China and Japan is expected to be launched next spring, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi revealed on Tuesday. Chinese observers said the move can avoid escalation of tensions if miscalculation or other frictions happen between the two sides in their maritime and …

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is being awarded a $139,690,707 modification (P00029) to previously awarded contract HQ085121C0001 under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case JA-P-NCO.

This modification includes cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price contra…

Richard Manufacturing Co., Ogden, Utah (FA8232-23-D-0002); Interconnect Wiring LLP, Fort Worth, Texas (FA8232-23-D-0003); Cherokee Nation Aerospace and Defense LLC, Stilwell, Oklahoma (FA8232-23-D-0004); Parts Life Inc., Moorestown, New Jersey (FA8232-23-D-0005); and KIHOMAC, Inc, Reston, Virginia (…

The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded Options 7, 8 and 9 to its indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, FA8106-16-D-0002, under order FA8134-23-F-0001, in an estimated amount of $234,576,664.

The Option 7 exercise will provide E4B program management, field service r…

Pentagon Expanding DOD Visibility of F-35 Supply ChainAerojet Rocketdyne, Coleman Aerospace Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., Orlando, Florida, is being awarded a $239,683,096 modification (P00167) to a previously awarded contract (HQ1047-14-C-0001) to exercise an option a…

The Defense Logistics Agency is increasing supply chain visibility of the F-35 joint strike fighter while working to boost readiness.

“As the main logistics entity for the Department of Defense, we have worldwide storage and distribution assets in partnership with U.S. Transportation Command th…