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  • US Space Force Awarded Boeing For WGS Constellation | Niger Breaks Off Military...
    by Emily Erhold on March 19, 2024 at 4:00 am

    Americas Lockheed Martin won a $21 million modification, which exercises an option to provide maintenance and sustainment operations of the Australia, Canada and United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory facilities and systems for the F-35 A/B aircraft program. Work will be performed in Eglin Air […]

  • F-35 Lightning: The Joint Strike Fighter Program
    by Padraig McCarrick on March 19, 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 […]

  • The New Chinooks: Boeing’s Modern H-47 Heavy-Lift Helicopters
    by Joe Katzman on March 19, 2024 at 3:56 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 […]

  • Embraer & ST Engineering Explore JVs Across Asia And South America | Naval...
    by Emily Erhold on March 18, 2024 at 4:00 am

    Americas Lt. Col. Joel “Thermo” Thesing, an F-15C instructor pilot from the 123rd Fighter Squadron of the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing, became the unit’s first aviator to take the controls of the highly anticipated F-15EX fighter jet. This inaugural flight marks a significant step […]

  • Aging Aircraft: USAF F-15 Fleet Sees Renewed Interest
    by Joe Katzman on March 18, 2024 at 3:58 am

    F-15C over DC (click to view full) “Array of Aging American Aircraft Attracting Attention” discusses the issues that accompany an air force whose fighters have an average age of over 23.5 years – vs. an average of 8.5 years in 1967. One of the most obvious consequences is the potential for […]

  • US Might Adopt Korean Bigung System | Fincantieri To Support Military Training...
    by Emily Erhold on March 15, 2024 at 4:00 am

    Americas LIG Nex 1, a South Korean defense contractor, is ramping up efforts to secure a historic arms deal with the United States. The company aims to finalize an export contract for its Bigung 2.75-inch (70mm) infrared-guided anti-ship missile system. This potential deal would mark a significant […]

  • NG Tapped For Triton Systems | Safran To Support Qatar’s Rafales | Taiwan...
    by Emily Erhold on March 14, 2024 at 4:00 am

    Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $19 million modification, which provides logistics and test support for mission control and operator training systems as well as associated engineering and field service representative technical support to sustain MQ-4C Triton air vehicles, ensuring continued […]

  • The MQ-4C Triton: Poseidon’s Unmanned Herald
    by Joe Katzman on March 14, 2024 at 3:58 am

    BAMS Operation Concept (click to view full) The world’s P-3 Orion fleets have served for a long time, and many are reaching the end of their lifespans. In the USA, and possibly beyond, the new P-8 Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft will take up the P-3’s role. While the P-8’s base […]

  • France’s Rafale
    by Joe Katzman on March 14, 2024 at 3:56 am

    Dassault Rafale (click for cutaway view) Will Dassault’s fighter become a fashionably late fighter platform that builds on its parent company’s past successes – or just “the late Rafale”? It all began as a 1985 break-away from the multinational consortium that went on to create EADS’ […]

  • Canada Gets Mobile User Objective System | North Macedonia Gets US JLTVs | NATO...
    by Emily Erhold on March 13, 2024 at 4:00 am

    Americas The State Department has approved Canada’s request to gain access to the Mobile User Objective System service and procure associated logistics and program support services from the US government under a potential $138 million foreign military sales agreement. General Dynamics will […]

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