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  • NG Opened IBCS Facility | DoS Approved Eitan Engine Sale To Israel | Japan’s...
    by Emily Erhold on April 18, 2025 at 4:00 am

    Americas Northrop Grumman has opened a new facility in Madison, Alabama, to increase the production of crucial Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) components. The facility, named the Enhanced Production and Integration Center (EPIC), will integrate technological and digital advancements in the […]

  • V-22 Osprey
    by Joe Katzman on April 18, 2025 at 3:58 am

    (click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new contract rose to $10.92 billion, and […]

  • Conti Finished F-35 Facility Modernization | Ukraine Unveils New Drone |...
    by Emily Erhold on April 16, 2025 at 4:00 am

    Amercias The US Army is exploring a significant acceleration in the production of 3D-printed drones capable of replicating the capabilities and behaviors of enemy systems. The push comes as the army anticipates the rollout of a program aimed at rapidly developing low-cost target drones for training […]

  • F-35 Lightning: The Joint Strike Fighter Program
    by Padraig McCarrick on April 16, 2025 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 […]

  • US Army Conducts Precision Strike Missile Flight Test | Iranian Foreign...
    by Emily Erhold on April 15, 2025 at 4:00 am

    Americas American defense firm CoAspire has test-launched its 3D-printed Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile (RAACM) from a fighter jet. The missile has the same physical dimensions as a 500-pound (227-kilogram) class MK-82 general-purpose or GBU-38 guided bomb. CoAspire explained that the […]

  • Bell Textron Awarded Deal Extension for H-1 Support | 2nd US Aircraft Carrier...
    by Emily Erhold on April 14, 2025 at 4:00 am

    Americas The New Zealand Defense Force has finalized the sale of four retired Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft to American aerial firefighting company Coulson Aviation for $9 million. The deal, announced on April 11, marks a new chapter for the venerable aircraft that were […]

  • Snakes and Rotors: The H-1 Helicopter Program
    by Joe Katzman on April 14, 2025 at 3:58 am

    UH-1Y and AH-1Z by Neville Dawson The US Marines’ helicopter force is aging at all levels, from banana-shaped CH-46 Sea Knight transports that are far older than their pilots, to the 1980s-era UH-1N Hueys and AH-1W Cobra attack helicopters that make up the Corps’ helicopter assault force. While […]

  • Collins Awarded Navy Deal For C/KC-130T | Advanced Autonomous Maritime...
    by Emily Erhold on April 11, 2025 at 4:00 am

    Americas Collins Aerospace, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $33.5 million order under a previously issued basic ordering agreement. The contract supports the replacement of the obsolete Control Display Navigation Unit (CDNU) 900 with the updated CDNU-7000 series for the US Navy’s […]

  • Super Hornet Fighter Family MYP-III: Contracts
    by Joe Katzman on April 11, 2025 at 3:58 am

    Breakthrough… (click to view full) The US Navy flies the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighters, and has begun operating the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare & strike aircraft. Many of these buys have been managed out of common multi-year procurement (MYP) contracts, which aim to reduce overall […]

  • The New Chinooks: Boeing’s Modern H-47 Heavy-Lift Helicopters
    by Joe Katzman on April 11, 2025 at 3:58 am

    CH-47Fs take off (click to view full) DII FOCUS articles offer in-depth, updated looks at significant military programs of record; this FOCUS Article covers the CH-47F/MH-47G Chinook helicopter programs, in the USA and abroad. These helicopters’ distinctive “flying banana” twin-rotor design […]

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