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Textron Wins Role in Ground Based Strategic Deterrent

Textron Wins Role in Ground Based Strategic Deterrent

HASLET, Texas — Textron Systems Corporation announced today it has been awarded a contract to support work on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile system. This scope of work is part of a larger award by the U.S. Air Force to prime contractor Northrop Grumman. The GBSD system is desi…
A Plan to Restore the US Navy’s Maritime Advantage

A Plan to Restore the US Navy’s Maritime Advantage

The US fleet is at an important crossroads. Nearly twenty years after the drive for transformation led to costly and problematic programs such as the littoral combat ship (LCS), Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, and Zumwalt-class destroyer, the Navy is again starting work on new ships in every …
Rafale’s Sonic Boom Alarms Paris Residents

Rafale’s Sonic Boom Alarms Paris Residents

PARIS — On Wednesday September 30, 2020, as part of the permanent air security system, a Rafale from Air Base 113 at Saint-Dizier [in NE France] took off on a Quick Reaction Alert in order to intercept a Falcon 50 aircraft which had lost radio contact. During this interception, contact was reestab…
Washington’s Arms Control Delusions and Bluffs

Washington’s Arms Control Delusions and Bluffs

The clock for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty runs out on February 5. The Trump administration has not taken up Russia’s offer to extend the treaty, believing it has leverage to get something more from the Kremlin, and it has even threatened an arms race.

This is delusion and bluff. If th…

Lockheed Extends F-35 Supply Agreement with Solvay

Lockheed Extends F-35 Supply Agreement with Solvay

Lockheed Martin’s F-35 aircraft. The new contract extends Solvay’s long-standing partnership on the F-35 program and underlines the company’s leadership in composite and adhesive technologies for defence platforms.

“It is a privilege to be the principal supplier of structural composites and adhes…


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