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GD Wins $2.5Bn Order for Stryker Double-V Hull Vehicles

GD Wins $2.5Bn Order for Stryker Double-V Hull Vehicles

General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $2,477,329,768 fixed-price-incentive contract for the production of Stryker Double V-Hull A1 engineering change proposal vehicles.

Bids were solicited via the internet with one received.

Work locations and funding will …

Lockheed Wins $1Bn Order for PAC-3 Missiles

Lockheed Wins $1Bn Order for PAC-3 Missiles

Lockheed Martin Corp., Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $1,042,250,000 modification (P00001) to contract W31P4Q-20-C-0023 for incidental services, hardware, facilities, equipment, and all technical, planning, management, manufacturing, and testing efforts to produce Phased Array Tracking Radar …
Germany Receives Official Notice of Possible US Troop Cuts

Germany Receives Official Notice of Possible US Troop Cuts

The German government Wednesday said it has received official confirmation from the U.S. of plans to reduce the number of American forces in Germany.

German government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer told reporters in Berlin the government had been informed the U.S. is considering reducing its forces …

F-22s Intercept Russian Bombers Off Alaska

F-22s Intercept Russian Bombers Off Alaska

WASHINGTON — Two formations of Russian military aircraft featuring four bombers and two fighter jets flew unusually close to American airspace Wednesday morning but were intercepted by F-22 fighters off Alaska’s coast, U.S. military officials said.

The first formation intercepted by the U.S. Ra…

USAF Nears Reform of Fighter Acquisition Process

USAF Nears Reform of Fighter Acquisition Process

The new approach is being mulled in the Air Force after the development of the fifth-generation stealth fighter F-35 took almost two decades, faced numerous cost overruns, and produced a jet plagued by numerous issues.

The US Air Force will soon receive the results of an evaluation of its latest …

Spirit Gets Boeing Stop-Work Order on 737 MAX

Spirit Gets Boeing Stop-Work Order on 737 MAX

WICHITA, Kan. — On June 4, 2020, Spirit AeroSystems received a letter from Boeing directing Spirit to pause additional work on four 737 MAX shipsets and avoid starting production on sixteen 737 MAX shipsets to be delivered in 2020, until otherwise directed by Boeing.

[This is] in order to suppo…


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