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Airbus, Boeing Cut Back Civil Production

07/04/2020
Estonia Joins Finland, Latvia to Develop New 6x6 Armored Vehicle

07/04/2020
USAF Testing High-Energy Laser Weapon Overseas

07/04/2020
Virus Halts Korean Fighter Jet Export to Argentina

07/04/2020
COVID-19 Wreaking Havoc on Aerospace and Defense Industry

07/04/2020
Russian Frigate to Continue Test-Launches of Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile: TASS

07/04/2020
Royal Navy’s Fourth Astute-class SSN Goes to Sea

07/04/2020
Saab Flies Gripen E to Vidsel for Cold Weather Trials

07/04/2020
HASC Chief Calls for Acting SecNav Modly's Removal

07/04/2020
S. Korea's Bigung Guided Rocket Passes Pentagon Tests

07/04/2020
China to Launch Final Beidou Navigation Satellite in May

07/04/2020
US Navy Completes 14-Month Overhaul of USS Carl Vinson

07/04/2020
USFK Has No Comment on Plan to Deploy Advanced Drones

07/04/2020
HMAS Adelaide Sails for Sea Trials of MH-60R Helicopters

07/04/2020
Rheinmetall Wins €70M Export Order for Artillery Charges

07/04/2020
GA-ASI Flies SkyGuardian as Part of NASA Demonstration

07/04/2020
Should COVID-19 Qualify as ‘Force Majeure’ in Defence Contracts?

07/04/2020
NSPA Delivers First Four Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boats to Spanish Navy

07/04/2020
Russian Hydrographic Vessels Head to Antarctica

07/04/2020
Russia Deploys SAR Assets to Support Soyuz MS-16 Launch

07/04/2020
Ultra Installs First S2150 Hull Mounted Sonar on HMS Portland

07/04/2020
Thales Takes Steps to Lower Impact of Covid-19 Crisis

07/04/2020
Arquus to Progressively Resume Production at Four French Plants

07/04/2020
Babcock Upbeat on Coping with Covid-19

07/04/2020
United Technologies, Raytheon Complete Merger to Form $74Bn Company

06/04/2020
Ingalls Wins $1.5Bn Order to Build LPD 31

06/04/2020
Boeing Extends Washington State Production Shutdown Indefinitely

06/04/2020
RAF Declares Initial Operating Capability of Poseidon MRA Mk 1

06/04/2020
Japan’s F-2 Fighter Replacement Program and the Politics of Alliance Management

06/04/2020
US Navy Commissions USS Delaware Nuclear Attack Sub

06/04/2020
US, Japanese Warships Operate Together in Andaman Sea

06/04/2020
RAF Typhoons Resume Baltic Air Police Mission in Lithuania

06/04/2020
Pentagon’s Esper Backs Decision to Oust US Ship Commander

06/04/2020
BAE Awarded $200M Contract to Upgrade USS Boxer

06/04/2020
Japan Coast Guard Orders Two More H225 Helicopters

06/04/2020
US Military Mismanaged $100M Drone Base Project in Niger: IG

06/04/2020
Marines Order FLIR Centaur Unmanned Ground Vehicles

06/04/2020
How to Best Acquire Defense Technologies in the UK: RUSI

06/04/2020
China to Launch IoT Communications Satellites

06/04/2020
Chinese Navy Says It Can Control South China Sea

06/04/2020
Attack Submarine USS Delaware Joins Fleet

06/04/2020
Processes Improved for Fabricating Aircraft Engine Inlet Ducts

06/04/2020
Developing Missiles as Bargaining Chips

06/04/2020
Sweden Postpones Exercise Aurora 20

06/04/2020
Used Data System Planned for Next US Navy Carrier

06/04/2020
Lockheed Announces New COVID-19 Initiatives

06/04/2020
Rolls-Royce Drops Dividend, Cuts Salaries to Conserve Cash

06/04/2020
Lockheed Wins $512M Order to Produce Eight F-16s for Bulgaria

03/04/2020
Boeing to Pay for Redesign of KC-46 Sensor, Cameras

03/04/2020
Germany Sold Over €1 Bn Worth of Arms to Saudi-Led Yemen Coalition in 2019

03/04/2020
S. Korea to Deploy Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft This Year

03/04/2020
Firing of USS Roosevelt Commander is ‘Destabilizing Move’: HASC

03/04/2020
Boeing Wins $84M for Three MQ-25 Unmanned Tankers

03/04/2020
Boeing Delivers First of 20 CH-47F Chinook to Dutch Air Force

03/04/2020
U.S. Navy Alters Large Unmanned Surface Vessel Plans

03/04/2020
Unmanned Minehunter Testing Continues Despite Coronavirus

03/04/2020
Boeing Wins $73M for Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles

03/04/2020
US Delivers 128 Javelin Missiles to Estonia

03/04/2020
SNC Tests VORTEX Engine for DARPA's OpFires Program

03/04/2020
Saab to Supply to Air Tractor Fire-Fighting Aircraft to Sweden

03/04/2020
Edwards Air Force Base Resumes Flight Operations

03/04/2020
HMS Tamar, Latest Royal Navy OPV, Sails into Portsmouth

03/04/2020
Lockheed Delivers USAF Reserve’s First HC-130J Combat King II

03/04/2020
Boeing CEO Outlines Voluntary Layoff Plan, Details to Follow

03/04/2020
NATO Ministers ‘Agree Coronavirus Measures,’ But No Specifics

03/04/2020
BAE Australia Says Will Help Suppliers Cope with Crisis

03/04/2020
Russian Shipyard Not Yet Delaying Deliveries Over COVID-19

03/04/2020
Boeing Suspends Philadelphia Operations Over COVID-19 Pandemic

03/04/2020
Navantia, Trade Unions Agree COVID-19 Measures

03/04/2020
BAE Postpones Final Dividend, Provides Market Update

03/04/2020
Airbus Mulling Reaction to COVID-19 Crisis

03/04/2020
Lockheed Wins $818M for JASSM-ER Air-to-Surface Missiles

02/04/2020
Berlin Approves Submarine Delivery to Egypt, Other Middle East Deals

02/04/2020
Boeing to Offer Voluntary Layoffs to Employees

02/04/2020
Lobbyist Turned Defense Secretary Offers Proposal to Preserve the Swamp

02/04/2020
US Navy to Evacuate 2,700 Crew from USS Roosevelt

02/04/2020
Northrop Wins $404M for Two E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes and Support

02/04/2020
Should NATO Be Doing More to Tackle the Coronavirus?

02/04/2020
German Law for Faster Defense Procurement Comes into Force

02/04/2020
BAE Wins $77M Order for F-35 RF Countermeasures

02/04/2020
Dassault Withdraws 2020 Guidance, Axes Dividend

02/04/2020
Ukraine Tests 120-km Range Vilkha-M Missile

02/04/2020
Interview: GAO Official Details Failings of F-35’s ALIS

02/04/2020
Oil Salvoes Put Further Pressure on Saudi Defense Budget

02/04/2020
US Army Apaches Trialed for Naval Strike Role in Arabian Gulf

02/04/2020
CAE’s Predator Mission Trainer Now In Service At North Dakota Center

02/04/2020
Pentagon Spending $274M on New ADCP II Processors for F-15s

02/04/2020
Canadian Sub Undergoes Dive Test Before 2020 Operations

02/04/2020
NK’s 5-Year Space Program Purely for Peaceful Purposes: State Media

02/04/2020
The Marine Corps’ Radical Shift Toward China

02/04/2020
Low-Speed Precision Control Tested on CH-53E

02/04/2020
Ukrainian Ruslans Deliver Cargoes to Fight the Coronavirus

02/04/2020
Cost-Sharing Deal Still Eludes Seoul, Washington

02/04/2020
Finland to Stage Spring Exercises Despite Coronavirus Crisis

02/04/2020
Russian Black Sea ASW Frigates Exercise in the Med

02/04/2020
Fincantieri 2019 Sales Up 8% to €5.8bn But Ebitda Drops

02/04/2020
Lockheed Wins Additional $4.7Bn for Next 78 F-35 Fighters

01/04/2020
HAL Completes Su-30MKI Production, Expects More Orders to Follow Soon

01/04/2020
Captain Asks US Navy to Save Carrier Crew from Coronavirus

01/04/2020
Defense Workers Pressured to Defy Virus and Keep Working

01/04/2020
Congressional JSF Caucus is A Logic-Free Zone

01/04/2020
Lockheed Wins $203M for F-35 Software Builds

01/04/2020
Pentagon Pays Lockheed $23M to Sell F-35s to Belgium

01/04/2020
Lockheed Wins $426M for ATACMS Missile Production

01/04/2020
Russian Nuclear-Powered Sub Completes Trials After Repairs

01/04/2020
Raytheon Wins $378M to Replace IBM Equipment in GPS OCX

01/04/2020
Japan Sets Up Team to Develop New Fighter Jet

01/04/2020
Baltic Air Police Mission Continues Despite COVID-19

01/04/2020
China Lays Keel for Second Type 054A Frigate for Pakistan

01/04/2020
GA-ASI Completes First Production-Representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian

01/04/2020
Pentagon Asks to Keep Future Spending Secret

01/04/2020
S. Korea Develops Indigenous Port Surveillance System

01/04/2020
Work on Russian Amphibious Assault Ships Behind Schedule

01/04/2020
Spain’s Defense Market Hard Hit By COVID-19 Crisis

01/04/2020
US, Japanese Air Forces Maintain Pacific Weasel Exercise

01/04/2020
Pentagon Details Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

01/04/2020
Kongsberg Marine Launches New LARS Solution for HUGIN

01/04/2020
Airshow China Schedule Unchanged Despite COVID-19

01/04/2020
Boeing Wins $1.55Bn Order for P-8A Poseidon Lot 11 Production

31/03/2020
Airbus Struggles to Lift Crisis-Hit Jet Output: Report

31/03/2020
Fuel Leaks Are Latest Problem for Boeing’s Troubled KC-46 Tanker

31/03/2020
Japanese Destroyer, Chinese Boat Collide

31/03/2020
Round-Up: COVID-19 Impact on European A&D Industry

31/03/2020
US Approves $194M Sale of F-16 IFF, Link 16 to Korea

31/03/2020
Raytheon Details $2Bn Contract for SM-3 Missile

31/03/2020
GE Win $215M Order for F414-GE-400 Jet Engines

31/03/2020
Raytheon Wins $146M Contract for RAM Missiles

31/03/2020
Boeing Left Cash-Poor After Returning $60 Bn to Shareholders in 5 Years

31/03/2020
Lithuania Buys ECA’s K-STER Mine Disposal Vehicle

31/03/2020
Future USS Fort Lauderdale Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Launched

31/03/2020
FLIR Announces First Order for Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System

31/03/2020
Oshkosh Comments $346M FHTV Fleet Modernization Contract

31/03/2020
Baltic Fleet Artillery Receives New MLRS Smerch

31/03/2020
CNAS Releases Space Threat Assessment 2020

31/03/2020
S-400 Deployments Enhances Defense of Russia’s Western Arctic

31/03/2020
Martine Corps’ Newest MV-22B Osprey Squadron Reaches FOC

31/03/2020
Cobham Secures DE&S Anti-Jam Satellite Signal Contract

31/03/2020
Estonia to Deploy Additional Special Forces to Mali Under French Command

31/03/2020
Raytheon, United Technologies Obtain Regulatory Approvals to Close Merger

31/03/2020
Saudis Say They Intercepted Two Houthi Ballistic Missiles

30/03/2020
OneWeb Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

30/03/2020
North Macedonia Joins NATO, Becomes 30th Member

30/03/2020
N. Korea Says it Tested 'Super-Large' MLRS

30/03/2020
Short of Pilots, Marines Debate Size of F-35 Fleet

30/03/2020
Raytheon Wins $641M for Tactical Tomahawk Block V Missile

30/03/2020
Pentagon and Lockheed Martin in Fight Over F-35 FRACAS Data, Says Former Programme Official (excerpt)

30/03/2020
China Says Completes First Delivery of New Anti-Tank Missile

30/03/2020
Concerned by Deliveries and Advances, S&P Cuts Airbus Outlook

30/03/2020
Airbus Again Pauses Most Production in Spain

30/03/2020
Japan to Seek US Improvements to Foreign Military Sales Program

30/03/2020
East Asian Military Aviation Market Worth $190Bn to 2029: Jane’s

30/03/2020
NATO Forces Intercept Russian Aircraft, Track Russian Ships

30/03/2020
Israeli, American F-35s in First Joint Training in Israel

30/03/2020
Australia to Deliver Life-Saving Technology to Afghanistan

30/03/2020
Aero’s L-39NG Jet Trainer Extends Flight Envelope

30/03/2020
Oshkosh Wins $346M Orders for FMTV Trucks

30/03/2020
Pentagon Struggling to Sustain Aging Nuclear Weapon Systems: GAO

30/03/2020
Third Australian Air Warfare Destroyer Arrives in Home Port

30/03/2020
Australia Issues Request For Tender for Deployed Infrastructure

30/03/2020
LCS 7 Back to Port for Maintenance after Two Weeks At Sea

30/03/2020
US Army on Joint Hypersonic Missile Test

30/03/2020
FAA Delivers Sixth IA 63 Pampa III to Argentine AF

30/03/2020
Launch of Space Force Largely Unaffected by Coronavirus: Chief

30/03/2020
Pentagon FY21 Request for PGM Procurement Drops 8.5%

30/03/2020
GA-ASI Installs New Predator Mission Trainer at FTTC

30/03/2020
Sweden Plans to Participate in a New Task Force in Mali

30/03/2020
Rafael Posts 2019 Profit of $111M on Record Sales of $2.7Bn

30/03/2020
IAI 2019 Sales Increase 12%, EBITDA Jumps 71%

30/03/2020
Japan to Forgo Foreign Help, Will Build Stealth Fighter to Its Own Design

27/03/2020
Raytheon Wins $2.1 Bn Deal for SM-3 Block IB Missiles

27/03/2020
Eurosatory 2020 Show Is Cancelled

27/03/2020
United Technologies’ Raytheon Acquisition Wins US Antitrust Approval

27/03/2020
Coronavirus Diverts US Aircraft Carrier from Mission In Western Pacific

27/03/2020
Raytheon, Aerojet Reach $1 Bn Deal for Standard Missile

27/03/2020
Britain Should Delay Defence Review Due to Coronavirus – RUSI

27/03/2020
Construction Begins for First Arafura-class OPV in Western Australia

27/03/2020
AEHF-6 Satellite Actively Communicating After Launch

27/03/2020
Royal Navy Shadows Seven Russian Warships in Channel, North Sea

27/03/2020
Russian Air Force Su-25SM3 Fighters Test Latest Attack System

27/03/2020
Enhancing Deterrence and Defence On NATO's Northern Flank

27/03/2020
Sikorsky Wins $125M for CH-53K Long Lead Items

27/03/2020
Raytheon Wins $86M Contract for Excalibur Projectiles

27/03/2020
Draken Begins Operating Mirage F-1M in USAF Adversary Role

27/03/2020
USS Ford Carries Out First Vertrep During Post-Delivery Trials

27/03/2020
China’s People Liberation Army Blasts 'Provocative Actions' by US

27/03/2020
US Air Force Exercises Test Bomber Fast Deployment

27/03/2020
US Navy Engineers Take Control of Future USS Tripoli

27/03/2020
3D Printing Forges Transition from Casting to Additive Manufacturing

27/03/2020
Air National Guard to Install Detect and Avoid System on Two MQ-9 RPA

27/03/2020
ICEYE Unveils New 25cm-Resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging

27/03/2020
Kongsberg Completes Sale of Hydroid

27/03/2020
Australian Government Supports Its Defence Industry

27/03/2020
Covid 19: Safran Takes Actions to Adapt to Current Crisis

27/03/2020
Embraer Posts $217M Loss for 2019 on $5.4Bn Sales

27/03/2020
US Army Picks Bell, Sikorsky to Continue FARA Competition

26/03/2020
Germany to Buy 45 Boeing F-18s, 90 Eurofighters to Replace Tornados: Media

26/03/2020
Saab Kicks Off Gripen F Production with First Metal Cut

26/03/2020
Covid-19 Halts F-35 Flight Testing Until Further Notice

26/03/2020
Boeing Plans 737 Max Production Restart by May: Reuters

26/03/2020
AFRL Demos First-Ever 200-lb. Thrust Class Low-Cost Engine

26/03/2020
BAE Touts Eurofighter’s EW System, Talks Down ‘Physical Stealth’

26/03/2020
Rafale M Train with Danish, Dutch and Swedish Fighters in North Sea

26/03/2020
Russia’s Latest S-500 Air-Defense System Enters Final Trials

26/03/2020
China Unhappy About Japan Radar Sale to Philippines

26/03/2020
Rostec Demos 155mm Msta-S Self-Propelled Howitzer

26/03/2020
ESA Completes In-Orbit Commissioning of CHEOPS Satellite

26/03/2020
Under-Reporting, Differing Standards Distort China’s Defense Budget

26/03/2020
Two US 6th Fleet Destroyers Deploy from Rota

26/03/2020
Lockheed Wins $113M to Support MUOS Space Segment

26/03/2020
Navantia Looks to Recruit Indian Suppliers for P75 (I) Bid

26/03/2020
Danish Radars on French Aircraft Carrier

26/03/2020
Airbus Adapts Wing Production Activity in UK

26/03/2020
France Pulls Trainers from Iraq as Military Join Fight Against Covid 19

26/03/2020
Covid 19: Pentagon Orders 60-Day Overseas Stop Movement

26/03/2020
Fifteenth Russian Il-76 Delivers Medical Equipment to Italy

26/03/2020
Embraer to Make Respirators, Ventilators to Combat COVID-19

26/03/2020
Germany Again Extends Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia

25/03/2020
GAO: Maintaining US Navy’s New Ships Will Cost $130Bn More Than Planned

25/03/2020
Marine Corps to Cut 12,000 Troops, Tanks and 108 F-35 Fighters

25/03/2020
Lockheed Wins Additional $933M for THAAD Production

25/03/2020
Uncorrected Flaws, Cyber-Vulnerabilities, Unreliability Plague F-35 Program

25/03/2020
US Navy Launches Live-Fire Missiles In ‘Warning to China’

25/03/2020
CACI Wins $180M for Special Operations Satcoms

25/03/2020
Pratt Wins $7.7M Order for Seven F-35B Engine Upgrade Kits

25/03/2020
BAE Details $339M Award for M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzers

25/03/2020
Ireland Orders 120 Scania Troop-Carrying Vehicles

25/03/2020
US Army Focuses on Long-Range Precision Fires

25/03/2020
Raytheon to Upgrade Brazilian AF Air Traffic Surveillance Radars

25/03/2020
Ford-Class Carriers Require $400,000 Flush to Unclog Toilets

25/03/2020
Ukraine Clarifies NATO Statement by Minister of Defense

25/03/2020
Rheinmetall to Produce Ammunition for Joint Strike Fighter

25/03/2020
Russia Building New Military Facility 300 Miles from Alaska

25/03/2020
Royal Navy Aviators Complete Pioneering Arctic Training

25/03/2020
RAAF Tindal: Australia Improving Its Northern Hub

25/03/2020
China Sees ‘Profound Implications’ in First Indonesia-Russia Exercise

25/03/2020
Spirit AeroSystems Suspends Boeing Production Work

25/03/2020
Leonardo Extends Its Training Services to Rotorcraft Drones

25/03/2020
Russian Tu-95MS Bombers Fly Over Gulf of Japan, Pacific

25/03/2020
Over 70% of Leonardo Employees Working on Italian Sites

25/03/2020
General Atomics Had Role in Test of Hypersonic Glide Body

25/03/2020
Piaggio Aerospace Extends Deadline for Expressions of Interest

25/03/2020
Elbit 2019 Revenues Up 21%, Net Income Up 11%

25/03/2020
China Accuses Japan of Breaking Restrictions with New Fighter

24/03/2020
Farnborough Air Show Canceled

24/03/2020
China Launches New Remote Sensing Satellites

24/03/2020
Norway Will Not Send Troops to Mali

24/03/2020
Boeing to Temporarily Suspend Puget Sound Production

24/03/2020
BAE Wins $339M US Army Order for Paladin SP Guns

24/03/2020
Pratt Wins $194M for F-35 Engine Long Lead Materials

24/03/2020
Russia Modernizing Military Bases on Kola Peninsula

24/03/2020
Chinese Carrier Liaoning Hosts Fighter Jet Drills Amid Epidemic

24/03/2020
USS Ford Completes Flight Deck, CATCC Certifications

24/03/2020
Mobile Equipment at Sigonella Transferred to NATO AGS Force

24/03/2020
Spirit AeroSystems Grows Airbus Content, Bolsters Defense

24/03/2020
US Marine Corps Submits $769.8 M Unfunded Priorities List

24/03/2020
Russia Offers Mobile Hospitals and Equipment to Control Epidemics

24/03/2020
Leonardo Maintains Production, But No Compromise on Health and Safety

24/03/2020
Missile Defense and Defeat in Pentagon’s 2021 Budget

24/03/2020
Stoltenberg Charts NATO's COVID-19 Progress, Announces Survey Results

24/03/2020
New $192M Drydock for US Navy’s Kings Bay Submarine Base

24/03/2020
European Defence Agency Issues 2019 Annual Report

24/03/2020
Canadian Weather Radar Replacement Project Fully on Schedule

24/03/2020
Predictive Maintenance Planned for Marine Corps M88 Fleet

24/03/2020
India Relaxes FDI Norms in Defence Sector

24/03/2020
India MoD Lists Measures to Modernize Defence Industry

24/03/2020
Is THAAD Missile Becoming Critical to Protection of U.S.?

24/03/2020
Russian Northern Fleet Working Up on Pantsir S-1 in Arctic

24/03/2020
Arquus Produces 500th Bastion Armored Vehicle

24/03/2020
US Army Orders Leonardo Mortar Fire Control Computers

24/03/2020
Airbus Secures €15 Bn Credit Line, Cancels Dividend.

23/03/2020
Pentagon Tests Hypersonic Glide Body

23/03/2020
Pentagon Protects Defense Industrial Base

23/03/2020
Raytheon Wins $392M for AIM-9X Production

23/03/2020
UK Audit Office Blasts MoD for Rushing Problem-Ridden F-35 Into Service

23/03/2020
KAI to Lease Up to Eight T-50A Trainer Jets to US

23/03/2020
N. Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles Toward East Sea

23/03/2020
China Says FTC-2000G Export Fighter Makes Key Progress

23/03/2020
Maiden Flight of FOC Standard LCA Tejas

23/03/2020
Arianespace Orbits 34 More Satellites for OneWeb

23/03/2020
Lockheed Wins $99M to Support LCS Combat System

23/03/2020
Airbus to Partially Resume Production In France and Spain

23/03/2020
First Marine Corps F-35C Squadron Wins Certification

23/03/2020
Russian MiG-31BM Crews Train for In-Flight Refueling

23/03/2020
USS Ford Achieves 1000th Aircraft Arrestment, Launch

23/03/2020
First Ever: Dutch F-35s Escort B-2s Over North Sea

23/03/2020
Coronavirus Fails to Stop Exercise Defender Europe

23/03/2020
Combined Arms Battalion Becomes Basic Combat Unit of PLA

23/03/2020
US Navy Failing to Reach 355-Ship Goal, Plans New Blueprint

23/03/2020
Israeli Air Force Maintains Capability Despite Virus

23/03/2020
Australia, Singapore Expand Military Training Treaty

23/03/2020
Australia Redeploys Troops in Mid-East Due to Virus

23/03/2020
Boeing Suspends Dividend, Share Repurchasing to Cope with Virus

23/03/2020
Message on Coronavirus from BAE Chief Executive

23/03/2020
DARPA Demonstrates “Competition” Tool at Combatant Command

23/03/2020
South Korea Probes Alleged Airbus Payment to Korean Air Exec

20/03/2020
Russia to Test-Fire Tsirkon Missile from Frigate Admiral Gorshkov

20/03/2020
Official Announcement on Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft Awards

20/03/2020
Lockheed Wins $601M for Trident II D5 SLBM

20/03/2020
Australian Army Short-Lists Four for Tactical UAV Replacement

20/03/2020
Update on Rafale’s RBE2 Active Electronically Scanned Radar

20/03/2020
UK Withdraws Some Personnel from Iraq

20/03/2020
Russian Giatsint-S Artillery Used As Precision Weapon for First Time

20/03/2020
Next-Gen Jammer Mid-Band Pod Completes Developmental Testing

20/03/2020
S. Korea, US Still Have Gaps in Defense Cost-Sharing Talks

20/03/2020
Two US Carrier Strike Groups Train in Arabian Sea

20/03/2020
Czechia Adopts SALIS Capability to Airlift Urgent Medical Equipment

20/03/2020
US Navy Exercises Options on BLQ-10 ESM System

20/03/2020
India Orders Negev Light Machine Guns from Israel

20/03/2020
NATO Sec-Gen Releases Annual Report for 2019

20/03/2020
USAF Launches New C-17 Software Application

20/03/2020
EDA-Supported Defence R&T Project Co-Funded by EU Structural Funds

20/03/2020
Kongsberg Board OKs 2019 Financials, Additional Dividends on the Way

20/03/2020
India Finalizes Contract for 83 Tejas Mk1A Fighters, Order to Follow

19/03/2020
Damen Completes CMS Installation and Trials on Second Indonesian Frigate

19/03/2020
India Signs Two LOAs with US for Helicopters

19/03/2020
Sikorsky-Boeing Team Confirms Selection for FLRAA

19/03/2020
US Army Budget Request Targets Readiness

19/03/2020
China to Modify JL-9 Jet Trainer for Aircraft Carrier Operation

19/03/2020
China Explains Significance of N. Korean Artillery Exercises

19/03/2020
HMS Sutherland Wraps up Arctic Work Ahead of NATO Tasks

19/03/2020
USAF Details Defenses at Al Dhafra Air Base in UAE

19/03/2020
F-35 Fighter Jets Take Part in Cobra Gold for the First Time

19/03/2020
US Deploys JSTARS to Saudi Arabian Base

19/03/2020
India Setting Up Two New Defense Industrial Corridors

19/03/2020
India, S. Korea Agree Roadmap for Defense Industry Cooperation

19/03/2020
French Navy Tests Talios Pod Ahead of Operational Clearance

19/03/2020
Australia Releases 2020 Defence Sales Catalogue

19/03/2020
Final NATO Member Ratifies North Macedonia Accession Protocol

19/03/2020
USS Ford Marks Milestone with Portside Anchor

19/03/2020
Raytheon Delivers Latest FLIR to US Army

19/03/2020
Rheinmetall Earnings Exceed €500M for First Time

19/03/2020
Pentagon to Spend $481 Billion by 2024 to Develop New Technologies

18/03/2020
Competition for Big US Army Contract Pits Bell Against Sikorsky, Boeing

18/03/2020
Faulty Kit and Unreliable Suppliers: MoD Struggling to Deliver Defense Capabilities

18/03/2020
Norwegian F-35As Escort B-2 Nuke-Bombers Up North

18/03/2020
China Threatens US Navy with Electromagnetic Weapons

18/03/2020
The Great Unwinding: The U.S.-Turkey Arms Sales Dispute

18/03/2020
PLA Warplanes Conduct Rare Night-time Exercises Near Taiwan

18/03/2020
BAE to Develop Advanced Seekers for THAAD Ballistic Missile Defense

18/03/2020
Royal Navy’s Drone Squadron Reaches New Milestones

18/03/2020
Pentagon Says Nuclear Triad Unaffected by Virus

18/03/2020
Boeing Statement on Supporting Supply Chain

18/03/2020
Phoenix Logistics Wins $516M Joint Land Component Training Contract

18/03/2020
NATO Orders 900 Mine Detectors from Schiebel

18/03/2020
Airbus and Boeing Report February 2020 Commercial Aircraft Orders and Deliveries

18/03/2020
Raytheon Tests New Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense Radar

18/03/2020
New Counter-Drone Weapon Approved for International Sales

18/03/2020
Modification of the DEFENDER-Europe 20 Exercise

18/03/2020
Survival Training Antarctic Style for RAN

18/03/2020
Chinese Firm Produces Medical Supplies with J-20 Fighter Jet Technology

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