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US Clears $350M Support Package for French-German C-130J Wing

US Clears $350M Support Package for French-German C-130J Wing

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of France of four (4) AE-2100D Turbo Prop engines and two (2) Multifunctional, Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminal Block Upgrade Two (MIDS-LVT BU2) and related eq…
US Approves $248M Sale of AMRAAM Missiles to Spain

US Approves $248M Sale of AMRAAM Missiles to Spain

WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Spain of one hundred (100) AIM-120C-7/8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and one (1) AMRAAM Guidance Section (spare) and related equipment for an estimated c…
Vega Completes 16th Launch, Orbits 53 Satellites

Vega Completes 16th Launch, Orbits 53 Satellites

During the night of Wednesday 2 to Thursday 3 September, Vega accomplished a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), orbiting 53 satellites for 21 customers on the proof-of-concept flight of the new Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS).

The launch was the fou…

Two Royal Navy Minehunters Arrive in Bahrain for 3-Year Tour

Two Royal Navy Minehunters Arrive in Bahrain for 3-Year Tour

Royal Navy minehunters HMSs Chiddingfold and Penzance have arrived in the Gulf after a 6,000-mile odyssey from their home ports in the UK.

The duo, who are replacing HMS Blyth and Ledbury, were at sea for two-and-a-half months as they sailed through the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, the Bab El M…

US Air Force Launches Minuteman III ICBM in Test

US Air Force Launches Minuteman III ICBM in Test

BARKSDALE AFB, La. — A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 12:03 a.m. Pacific Time Sept. 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

The test demonstrates that the United St…


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