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French Boss of Australian Submarine Program Replaced

French Boss of Australian Submarine Program Replaced

Australia has a chance to reboot the strained relationship with the French company building its new fleet of submarines after the sudden departure of the top executive in charge of the $80 billion project.

Naval Group staff were emailed overnight on Monday that Jean-Michel Billig, executive direc…

Flight Tests Demo B61-12 Compatibility with F-35A Fighter Jet

Flight Tests Demo B61-12 Compatibility with F-35A Fighter Jet

A mock B61-12’s strike in the dusty Nevada desert successfully completed the first in a series of flight tests with the U.S. Air Force’s newest fighter jet, demonstrating the bomb’s first release from an internal bomb bay at greater than the speed of sound.

The flight test of the B61-12 with the …

Pentagon Launches Initiative to Boost US Industrial Workforce

Pentagon Launches Initiative to Boost US Industrial Workforce

One of the most vital challenges for the U.S. defense industrial base is the deficit in domestic manufacturing and engineering talent. In order to address this problem head-on, the Defense Department recently awarded its first nine prototyping projects, valued at nearly $27 million, as part of the l…
Northrop Wins $186M to Support A-10 Structural Integrity

Northrop Wins $186M to Support A-10 Structural Integrity

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Clearfield, Utah, has been awarded a $185,700,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the A-10 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program Legacy VII.

This contract provides for sustaining engineering services of A-10 aircraft.

Work will be perfor…

Japan’s MHI Picks Thales Sonar for OZZ-5 Underwater Drone

Japan’s MHI Picks Thales Sonar for OZZ-5 Underwater Drone

Thales and MHI signed a contract for the delivery of High Frequency Synthetic Aperture Sonar (HFSAS) SAMDIS to equip MHI’s OZZ-5 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV).

Through this contract, Thales contributes to Japan’s national security by introducing combat proven technology to domestic manufactur…

Rheinmetall Unveils Mission Master Reconnaissance UGV

Rheinmetall Unveils Mission Master Reconnaissance UGV

Rheinmetall’s game-changing Mission Master Autonomous – Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV) family has just gained a new member: the Mission Master – Armed Reconnaissance.

Equipped with intelligence-gathering technology and a Rheinmetall Fieldranger remote-controlled weapon station (RCWS), the new A…


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