South Korea approved a plan Friday to purchase more airborne early warning and control aircraft (AEW&C) from overseas as part of efforts to beef up its aerial surveillance capabilities, the arms procurement agency said.

Under the plan approved by the defense project promotion committee meeting, t…

TOKYO — Japanese military planes now must scramble daily — sometimes several times a day — in response to Chinese aircraft approaching Japanese airspace, Japan’s defense minister told foreign journalists in Tokyo on Thursday.

“We need to assess China’s capability and intention,” Defense Ministe…

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $333,401,760 modification (P00007) to previously-awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract N00019-19-C-0008.

This modification exercises options for the production and delivery of three low-rate initial production MQ-4C…

DALLAS — A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile target today in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Today’s test verified missile software and hardware component upgrades that…

— L3 Unmanned Systems Inc., Ashburn, Virginia (H92408-20-D-0001);
— Precision Integrated Programs LLC Newberg, Oregon (H92408-20-D-0002);
— Arcturus UAV Inc., Petaluma, California (H92408-20-D-0003);
— Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington (H92408-20-D-0004);
— Wildflower International Ltd., …

BAE Systems Inc., York, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $266,865,094 modification (P00039) to contract W56HZV-18-C-0133 for Bradley A4 Production Option Two, which awards 159 vehicles.

Work will be performed in York, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2023.

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