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GA Wins $82M for UK-Specific MQ-9B Modifications

GA Wins $82M for UK-Specific MQ-9B Modifications

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded an $81,866,402 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price modification (P00014) to contract FA8620-18-C-2009 for the U.K. MQ-9B Protector program.

This modification provides for the design, development, integration and…

New US Army Program Ground-Fires Navy Tomahawk, SM-6 Missiles

New US Army Program Ground-Fires Navy Tomahawk, SM-6 Missiles

It can loiter over targets while sending back video through a two-way data link. It can destroy targets from ranges out to 900 miles. And now, it can adjust course in flight to destroy moving targets … the Tomahawk missile, often the first weapon to strike in combat, will now be fired as a land weap…
Netherlands Approves €660M Upgrade for CV90 Armored Vehicles

Netherlands Approves €660M Upgrade for CV90 Armored Vehicles

The modernization of 122 Dutch Army CV9035NL Infantry Fighting Vehicles has come a step closer. State Secretary Barbara Visser today informed the House about the progress. The aim of the so-called midlife update (MLU) is to ensure operationally relevant, maintainable and future-proof vehicles.

Th…

Pakistani Navy Commissions Second Romanian-Built Dutch Corvette

Pakistani Navy Commissions Second Romanian-Built Dutch Corvette

ISLAMABAD — Commissioning Ceremony of Pakistan Navy Ship TABUK was held at Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania. Contract for two Corvettes for Pakistan Navy was signed between Ministry of Defence Production Pakistan and M/s DAMEN, Romania. First ship of class, PNS YARMOOK was commissioned earlier…
NATO’s Final RQ-4D Phoenix Drone Arrives at Sicily Base

NATO’s Final RQ-4D Phoenix Drone Arrives at Sicily Base

On 12 November 2020 the fifth and last NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft arrived at the AGS Main Operating Base in Sigonella, Italy. The arrival of the RQ-4D aircraft at its home base in Europe represents a new milestone in the NATO AGS Programme, completing the NATO AGS fleet.

The…

Pentagon Statement on Helicopter Crash in Sinai Peninsula

Pentagon Statement on Helicopter Crash in Sinai Peninsula

The Defense Department is deeply saddened by the loss of six U.S. and two partner nation service members in a helicopter crash in the Sinai Peninsula operating with the United Nations Multinational Force and Observers (MFO).

Yesterday we recognized the sacrifice of millions of American veterans w…


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