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US Air Force Looks to Modernize Washington Air Defenses

US Air Force Looks to Modernize Washington Air Defenses

HANSCOM AFB, Mass. –– The National Capital Region-Integrated Air Defense System program management office here recently released a request for information to modernize systems that defend the NCR.

The NCR-IADS was created shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to provide low-altitu…

Australia Awards A$173M Contract for Night Vision Systems

Australia Awards A$173M Contract for Night Vision Systems

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will soon be equipped with new cutting-edge, night-fighting capability through a $173 million investment by the Government.

More than 5,500 cutting-edge helmet-mounted fused night vision systems will be delivered to the ADF, combining image intensification (nigh…

Bell-Boeing JV Wins $170M for V-22 Upgrade

Bell-Boeing JV Wins $170M for V-22 Upgrade

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $170,438,450 modification (P00035) against previously awarded, fixed-price-incentive-firm-target, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-17-C-0015.

This modification adds scope for the production and delivery of one CMV-22B variation …

PLA Introduces New, Assault Vehicle-Based Howitzer

PLA Introduces New, Assault Vehicle-Based Howitzer

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently introduced a type of newly developed assault vehicle-based howitzer, which experts said on Wednesday is more mobile than truck-based howitzers and can operate in challenging, off-road terrains where other types of other artillery cannot.

A light…

CSIS Report Rubbishes Comac and its C919 Airliner

CSIS Report Rubbishes Comac and its C919 Airliner

BEIJING — [China’s] plan to make its own commercial aircraft to break up the duopoly of Boeing and Airbus remains a costly pipe dream, according to a Washington-based think tank.

While Beijing has pumped at least US$45 billion into the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) to make co…

B-1B Lancer Demos External Missile Release

B-1B Lancer Demos External Missile Release

EDWARDS AFB, California — The 419th Flight Test Squadron successfully conducted an external weapon release demonstration at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Dec 4.

“The Air Force Test Center is enthusiastically teaming with the Air Force Global Strike Command to enable greater flexibility i…


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