ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy today awarded Boeing a production contract for five P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Germany. First deliveries are slated to begin in 2024 when the P-8A Poseidon will eventually replace Germany’s fleet of P-3C Orion aircraft.

“We’re pleased to have finalized this sale t…

Australia’s decision to go nuclear will mean that the life of its current submarine fleet will have to be extended further. Given that Canberra’s present stock of conventional submarines was developed in Sweden during the Cold War, it makes the Nordic country perfectly placed for modernisation and m…

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $220,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee order (N0001921F0886) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement N0001921G0006.

This order provides non-recurring engineering in support of configuration efforts for the Harpoon Coastal Defense Syste…

BAE Systems has successfully completed the management and delivery of planned overseas support for the UK’s Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21). The carrier group sailed from the UK in May and has been supported by BAE Systems throughout its deployment.

BAE Systems engineers and technicians have over…

The Swedish Defense Materiel Agency, FMV, together with the German Air Force, is conducting in-flight refueling tests with Swedish Air Force JAS-39 C/D Gripen fighters from the German Air Force’s A400M tanker aircraft. The purpose is to validate the air refueling function by performing a flight test…

The UK and Japan have agreed to commence formal negotiations on a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) to deepen the defence relationship between the two countries.

Japan is a vital and like-minded partner for the UK in the Indo Pacific region. This Agreement, when concluded, will help enable the tw…