BAE Systems has received a $26 million contract to equip the U.S. Navy’s Constellation class frigates with the fully-automatic 57mm Mk 110 naval gun.

The contract, awarded earlier this month, includes engineering support and calls for two Mk 110s for the USS Constellation (FFG 62) and USS Congres…

ARNOLD AFB, Tenn. — The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine, which powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is back at Sea Level Test Cell 3, or SL-3, at Arnold Air Force Base for another round of accelerated mission testing, or AMT, to validate new hardware.

AMT provides a means to put engines through a …

LIMA — “Russian Helicopters” Holding Company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has overhauled six Mi-17-1V military transport helicopters at Lima Peruvian Air Force base SEMAN in two years.

Maintenance work was carried out by the Novosibirsk Aircraft Repair Plant (NARP), part of “Russian Helic…

MOODY AFB, Ga. — The 23rd Wing is one of the first lead wings to implement the Deployed Intelligence Combat Element (DICE) kit in an effort to support Agile Combat Employment.

The DICE kit allows intel analysts to establish secure communications downrange with a smaller footprint in the area of…

Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is working with South Australian start-up, RFTEQ, to develop jammer technologies capable of defeating radio-controlled improvised explosive devices and other communication threats.

The partnership is already yielding promising results, with the developm…

The Defense Department’s organic industrial base — which includes things such as maintenance depots, shipyards, fleet readiness centers, air logistics centers and manufacturing arsenals — needs to be modernized and updated in order to keep serving America’s warfighter. The department has a plan to m…