Speeding ahead with the development of hypersonic weapons, both offensive and defensive, will require the Defense Department to look back to the 1960s — a time when it was far less risk-averse than it is now, the department’s director of defense research and engineering for modernization said.

“W…

BEIJING — The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is going to conduct military exercises in waters off China’s Xisha Isands from July 1st to 5th, according to a navigation warning released by the Hainan MSA Bureau on June 27 on the website of the Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) of the Peop…

GKN Aerospace has signed a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract with the Swedish Armed Forces for the provision of comprehensive support for the GKN Aerospace RM12 engine. The RM12 engine powers the JAS 39 Gripen C/D fighter. This contract follows a series of multi-year RM12 PBL agre…

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $226,254,087 modification (P00006) to contract W31P4Q-19-C-0077 for a 44 M270A2 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems.

Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; New Boston, Texas; and Camden, Arkansas, with an estimate…

Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a $106,973,015 modification (P00041) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-16-C-0048.

This modification is for the low rate initial production of organic capability pilot repair material, tech…

General Electric Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded $101,345,500 for an undefinitized contract action under a new firm-fixed-price contract for F-15EX Lot One engine production.

This action provides for the purchase and delivery of F110-GE-129 engines, including installs and spares and mode…