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Patria and Kongsberg Team for US Turreted Mortar Programs

Patria and Kongsberg Team for US Turreted Mortar Programs

Patria and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have teamed up for the future U.S. turreted mortar programs. The teaming will provide to the U.S. market an unrivalled combination of Patria’s world-leading mortar systems together with Kongsberg’s U.S. remote weapons systems (RWS) manufacturing capabilities …
Lockheed Wins $68M to Keep F-35 Production on Schedule

Lockheed Wins $68M to Keep F-35 Production on Schedule

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $67,690,000 not-to-exceed modification (P00004) to previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target advance acquisition contract N00019-20-C-0009.

This modification procures long lead materials, parts, co…

Lockheed Wins $11M to Avoid F-35 Component Obsolescence

Lockheed Wins $11M to Avoid F-35 Component Obsolescence

Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $11,610,581 firm-fixed-price order (N00019-20-F-0022) against previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-19-G-0008.

This order procures intel diminishing manufacturing sources parts that have reached end of life in support of the F-3…

Pentagon Spends $14.7M to Support Iraqi T-6As for Six Months

Pentagon Spends $14.7M to Support Iraqi T-6As for Six Months

Spartan Air Academy Iraq LLC, Irving, Texas, has been awarded a $14,769,952 firm-fixed-price modification (P00006) to contract FA8617-20-C-6232 for the Iraq T-6A contractor logistics support and training maintenance program.

The modification provides for the exercise of an option to extend the t…

Construction Begins on Fourth Expeditionary Sea Base Ship

Construction Begins on Fourth Expeditionary Sea Base Ship

SAN DIEGO — Construction of the fourth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship officially began on June 25 at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard. Due to the COVID pandemic, the milestone was marked with an informal shipyard ceremony.

ESB ships are highly…

F-35 Deliveries to S. Korea Delayed by Covid-19

F-35 Deliveries to S. Korea Delayed by Covid-19

SEOUL — A planned arrival of F-35A next-generation fighter jets to South Korea from the United States has been delayed to the second half of the year due to the new coronavirus, a military source said Tuesday.

South Korea began bringing in the advanced stealth fighters in March last year to bee…


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