GETAFE, Spain — Airbus has formally delivered the first of eight Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft ordered by the NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) after a ceremony held at the Airbus Getafe site in Spain.

The official acceptance of this first aircraft marks a decisive …

According to Taiwan media reports, military aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) appeared once more over Taiwan on June 26. Since the US transport aircraft flew over Taiwan on June 9, raising the level of provocation, PLA military aircraft have entered Taiwan’s southwestern “airspa…

Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Mississippi, is awarded a $936,032,309 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2307 to exercise the fiscal 2020 option for the construction of a USS Arleigh Burke DDG-51 class ship (DDG 135).

This modification…

Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $360,800,000 not-to-exceed undefinitized contract modification (P00038) to previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract N00019-17-C-0001.

This modification provides for the procurement of fou…

PARIS — Belgium’s recently-announced 40% cut in NH90 helicopter flight hours is not due to the excessive cost of the Airbus A400M, Airbus A330 MRTT or Lockheed F-35 aircraft coming online, but to Belgian Air Force staffing shortfalls made worse by deficient support by its manufacturer, according t…

On May 23, a new contractual milestone was reached as part of the mine warfare program. This program provides for the delivery of 12 mine hunters equipped with their toolbox. Exactly one year after notification of the contract in 2019, this program passes this phase.

In the midst of the Covid-19 …