Americas * Cost reductions at Boeing have resulted in the curbing of paid overtime by 80,000 salaried workers based in the US from October 14. The move is part of company-wide attempts to slash costs amid intense market competition. A company memo stated "By curbing...
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SpaceX Plans Resumption of Rocket Flights for November | Saudi-led Forces Bomb Yemeni Industrial Site | Aermacchi M-346 Heading to Poland Soon
Americas * SpaceX aims to resume rocket flights in November following a launch pad fire that destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket and an Israeli communications satellite it was due to lift into orbit earlier this month. The company stated that it has suspended Falcon 9 flights...
South Africa’s Denel Forced Into Strategic Shift – Now Paying Off
lot into the value chain of the global players, because it has a technology edge or low cost production capabilities in several niche areas, plus good systems integration experience
LCS to be Turned into Test Vessels | LM Announces Successful Aegis Live-fire Testing on F-35 | FMS to Kuwait & Qatar on Hold Pending Mil Funding Agreement with Israel
Americas * A US Navy announcement for an overhaul of the troubled Littoral Combat Ship program will include turning the first four ships into test vessels. The change comes after the naval branch announced an engineering stand-down for LCS crews following an August 29...
Navy Awards NG $108M For MQ-8C Fire Scouts | Turkish Katmerciler Ekipman Moves into Armored Vehicle Mkt | Israel’s Elbit Wins $90M for Electro-Optics
Americas * Northrop Grumman has landed a $108 million Navy contract to provide 10 MQ-8C Fire Scout drones. The unmanned system provides intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, target acquisition, laser designation, and battle management and can operate from any...
US Defense Arsenal Plane Not Yet Off the Ground | India & Russia to Jointly Produce FGFA | NK Conducts 5th Nuke Test; Largest Yet
Americas * Officials from Argentina's air force are evaluating Korean Aerospace Industries' (KAI) FA-50 Fighting Eagle. An Argentine delegation visited the Republic of Korea Air Force's (RoKAF's) 16th Fighter Wing at Yecheon on 7 September with a pilot also spotted in...
DoD Estimates New ICBM Dev at $85B+ | Israel’s Spacecom Deal with Xinwei Tech Given 30 Days | BAE Showing Off CV90 IFV at Land Forces 2016
Americas * Boeing has been awarded a $10 million contract to integrate the 2,000 lb GBU-56(V)4/B dual-mode Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) on the F/A-18 Super Hornet. The deal covers the systems engineering and logistic support planning required for production...
“Minuteman Propulsion Replacement Program”
LGM-30G Minuteman III(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems of Clearfield, UT received a contract modification for $176.2 million, exercising the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Propulsion Replacement Program's (PRP) final...
Taurus Shares Plummet on Execs Indictment | LM Delivers 2000th JASSM to USAF | Poland Becomes 14th Patriot Partner Nation
Americas * Northrop Grumman is to produce and deliver nine AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) AESA air defense radar systems to the USMC. The manufacturer already had an order for six G/ATORs under the low rate initial production (LRIP) phase, this...

