Industry
- Raytheon Tapped For Tomahawk Modernization | Lithuania Adopts New National...by Emily Erhold on March 28, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Americas Raytheon won a $287 million modification, which adds scope to provide for recertification and modernization of 166 Tomahawk Block IV All-Up-Round Missiles (142 for the Navy and 24 for Foreign Military Sales customers) in support of enabling the missiles to be operational for up to an […]
- Tomahawk’s Chops: xGM-109 Block IV Cruise Missilesby Joe Katzman on March 28, 2024 at 1:58 pm
Block IV Cutaway (click to view full) Block IV Tomahawk is the current generation of the Tomahawk family of cruise missiles. The BGM-109 Tomahawk family began life in the 1980s as sub-sonic, low-flying nuclear strike weapons, before being developed into long-range RGM/UGM-109 conventional attack […]
- Argentina To Buy F-16s From Denmark | Saab’s Arexis Suite Might Be Integrated...by Emily Erhold on March 28, 2024 at 4:00 am
Americas The US Army’s Apache helicopter is once again facing public scrutiny after a crash Monday night at a military base in Washington state. A Boeing-made AH-64E attack chopper assigned to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade plunged to the ground while participating in a routine training […]
- AH-64E Apache Block III: Evolving Battlefield Rolesby Joe Katzman on March 28, 2024 at 3:58 am
AH-64 in Afghanistan (click to view full) The AH-64 Apache will remain the US Army’s primary armed helicopter for several more decades, thanks to the collapse of the RAH-66 Comanche program, and the retirement sans replacement of the US Army’s Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH). Apaches also […]
- Boeing Tapped For Poseidon Tapped | Spain To Send Leopards To Ukraine |...by Emily Erhold on March 27, 2024 at 4:00 am
Americas Boeing won a $10 million modification, which adds scope to procure ancillary support for three Navy P-8A aircraft and one retrofit kit for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8A aircraft with Increment Three Engineering Change Proposal Six Capabilities. Work will be performed in […]
- P-8 Poseidon MMA: Long-Range Maritime Patrol, and Moreby Joe Katzman on March 27, 2024 at 3:58 am
P-8A Poseidon (click to view full) Maritime surveillance and patrol is becoming more and more important, but the USA’s P-3 Orion turboprop fleet is falling apart. The P-7 Long Range Air ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) Capable Aircraft program to create an improved P-3 began in 1988, but cost […]
- Life Cyle Tapped For DDG 51 IPS | Saab To Develop Concept For Next-Gen Swedish...by Emily Erhold on March 26, 2024 at 4:00 am
Americas Life Cycle Engineering was awarded a $50 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the DDG 1000 Class Integrated Power System (IPS); the DDG 51 Class Flight III and New Construction IPS; the Advanced Missile Defense Radar Support Power […]
- Adding Arleigh Burkes: H.I.I. Steps Forward for DDG-51 Restartby Joe Katzman on March 26, 2024 at 3:58 am
DDG-110 Construction (click to view full) In April 2009 Bath and Ingalls agreed to the Navy’s surface combatant plans, thus heralding a significant restructuring within the American naval shipbuilding community. Under the agreements, the USA would end production at 3 Graf Spee sized DDG-1000 […]
- USAF Asks For NGAS Engines | US Tinkering With High Energy Lasers In Iraq | BAE...by Emily Erhold on March 25, 2024 at 4:00 am
Americas Mid-Atlantic Technical and Executive Consulting LLC won a $10.4 million firm-fixed modification to a previously awarded contract. This modification adds scope through additional contract line-item numbers for technical evaluation, proposal evaluation, cost analysis, price analysis, and […]
- F-35 Lightning: The Joint Strike Fighter Programby Padraig McCarrick on March 25, 2024 at 3:58 am
F-35B: off probation (click to view full) The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program may well be the largest single global defense program in history. This major multinational program is intended to produce an “affordably stealthy” multi-role fighter that will have 3 variants: the F-35A […]
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- India court extends custody of opposition leader for 4 more dayson March 28, 2024 at 4:46 pm
An Indian court has extended custody of Arvind Kejriwal, a top opposition leader, for four more days as the nation prepares for a highly anticipated election.
- UK comedian forced to remove hot dog from subway poster due to ban on...on March 28, 2024 at 4:39 pm
A British comedian has been ordered to remove a picture of a hot dog from a poster in London subway stations for his new standup show.
- Venezuelan migrants increasingly stranded in Mexico, contributing to decline in...on March 28, 2024 at 4:32 pm
Venezuelan migrants often identify Mexico as the most challenging part of their journey to the U.S. border due to the country's crackdown on immigration.
- Palestinian Authority forms new Cabinet following worldwide calls for...on March 28, 2024 at 4:28 pm
Following international calls for reform, the Palestinian Authority has announced the formation of a new Cabinet. Hamas has allegedly rejected the new government.
- Japan's PM requests meeting with Kim Jong Un to fix 'various bilateral...on March 28, 2024 at 4:11 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un to have the nation recognize the return of Japanese people abducted during the 1970s and 80s.
- Disease X: Critics say Biden admin selling out US sovereignty with WHO treatyon March 28, 2024 at 3:56 pm
Critics are sounding the alarm about a new global pandemic treaty they say will transfer power to the unelected World Health Organization and stifle free speech.
- The British Museum appoints new director as it grapples with apparent theft of...on March 28, 2024 at 3:26 pm
Nicholas Cullinan has been appointed the new director of the British Museum. This decision follows the resignation of the former director amid the discovery of missing artifacts.
- Haiti waits for Kenyan police mission to fight gangs amid fears they won't comeon March 28, 2024 at 3:20 pm
Kenya says it will not send in police forces until Haiti establishes an interim government as gang violence rages. Some Haitians fear the international help will never come.
- Oxford, Cambridge rowing teams warned about polluted waters ahead of Boat Race:...on March 28, 2024 at 2:29 pm
Oxford's crew coach is taking aim at one company who is allegedly responsible for a recent spike in contamination levels within London's Thames River.
- Doctors visiting Gaza hospital reveal 'gut-wrenching' details of war's impact...on March 28, 2024 at 1:12 pm
An international team of doctors arrived in central Gaza say they were "stunned" by the gruesome impact that the war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children.