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Understanding Egypt’s Military Expenditure

Understanding Egypt’s Military Expenditure

Egypt has one of the largest military forces and inventories of major weapons in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). However, based on the official figures provided by the government, Egypt’s military expenditure averaged a comparatively moderate, by regional standards, US$3.8 billion annually …
Lockheed Wins $78M for Littoral Combat Ship Design Services

Lockheed Wins $78M for Littoral Combat Ship Design Services

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, is awarded a $78,530,376 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2300 to exercise options for the accomplishment of class design services for the Littoral Combat Ship program.

Work will be perfo…

Airbus Wins First Six Orders for A220 Corporate Jets

Airbus Wins First Six Orders for A220 Corporate Jets

TOULOUSE, France — Airbus Corporate Jets has won its first orders for the ACJ TwoTwenty totalling six aircraft following its launch. While Comlux has revealed an order for two aircraft, four further jets were ordered by undisclosed customers.

Entry into service of the first ACJ TwoTwenty by Com…

Brazil Begins Final Modernization of Tucano Training Fleet

Brazil Begins Final Modernization of Tucano Training Fleet

The first T-27 Tucano aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) is in the final stage of the modernization process. The plane is used for cadet instruction flights at the Air Force Academy (AFA), located in Pirassununga (SP). At this stage, the aircraft will also receive new paint.

The modernizat…

Elbit Wins $50M US Army Contract for Helicopter Systems

Elbit Wins $50M US Army Contract for Helicopter Systems

HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, was awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a maximum value of approximately $50 million to produce spare parts in support of the Aviators’ Night Vision Imag…
US Army Readies Charging Ports for Autonomous Drone Swarms

US Army Readies Charging Ports for Autonomous Drone Swarms

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — A swarm of hundreds of unmanned air vehicles will soon descend on unmanned ground vehicles to autonomously recharge, thanks to U.S. Army-funded research now underway at the University of Illinois Chicago.

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Arm…


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