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BAE Wins Systems Secures Major US Navy Mine Neutraliser Contract

BAE Wins Systems Secures Major US Navy Mine Neutraliser Contract

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth up to £87 million by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to manufacture and deliver Archerfish mine neutralisers for the US Navy.

This is the fourth consecutive Archerfish contract awarded to BAE Systems since 2003 and will see the Company deliver to t…

Hill’s F-35 Wings Test Combat Capability

Hill’s F-35 Wings Test Combat Capability

HILL AFB, Utah — The active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing participated in a rigorous training exercise this week aimed at testing their combat capability. Pilots and maintainers from the wings have been flying and generating roughly 80 sorties per day, some into the nightt…
Israeli Air Force’s Air-Defense Division Completes Exercise

Israeli Air Force’s Air-Defense Division Completes Exercise

Last week, the IAF held a “Wargame” exercise with the participation of the Aerial Defense Division commander, Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav, and the division’s battalions. The exercise that takes place annually focuses on simulating war and emergency scenarios that the battalion commanders are required to m…
Union Blasts Boeing for Closing Down Customer Flight Training

Union Blasts Boeing for Closing Down Customer Flight Training

SEATTLE — On Friday September 18, The Boeing Company delivered layoff notices to its remaining seven Flight Training Airplane (FTA) pilots and will instead send the critical work of providing on-site training to airline customers to an overseas contract house.

The 60-day notices of layoff elim…

DOD Half-Way Through Destruction of Stockpiled Chemical Weapons

DOD Half-Way Through Destruction of Stockpiled Chemical Weapons

This month, the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant team at the Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado completed the destruction of nearly 300,000 155mm projectiles, which each contained 12 pounds of mustard agent, said Walton Levi, site project manager.

Chemical agent destruction op…


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