Americas * As expected, the Navy included twelve Super Hornets and eight F-35s as part of list of "unfunded priorities" prepared for Congress, according to Reuters. With the manufacturing line of the F/A-18 likely to remain open past the previously-anticipated 2017...
Americas The Pentagon lowered the forecast procurement cost of the F-35 program by 2 percent today – that's $7.5 billion in savings over a roughly $400 billion program. The fighters are slated now to cost a mere $159.2 million per copy, if the military does indeed...
Americas * The Air Force released a solicitation of questions and responses from industry for its Advanced Pilot Training Family of Systems program. More commonly referred to as the T-X, the program has garnered much attention from the likes of Northrop Grumman,...
Americas * The DSCA notified Congress of the potential sale of three Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks to Mexico, in a deal potentially worth $110 million. That there are only three Black Hawks in the deal is surprising, as the application appears to have gone in with five...
Americas * The Army awarded General Atomics a contract for 19 Gray Eagle UAVs, as part of a $132m contract which also included SATCOM terminals and support. * The Babcock & Wilcox Company received contract work totalling $169m for naval reactor fuel and materials,...
Americas * The Army released a Sources Sought notice (W15QKN-15-X-7820), looking for one vendor that can bundle together a series of aftermarket improvements to the M4A1 carbine. The package, to be called the M4A1+, includes increased accuracy, rails, mounting...
Americas * Where the Marines had split their Amphibious Combat Vehicle procurement into three spec levels - thinking that to demand everything up front would create a typical gold plated defense program cost death spiral - it turns out that the major competitors...
Americas * Sikorsky, only last week speaking about divesting itself of one if its small helicopter brands, found itself on the block on Wednesday, as the United Technologies board of directors chummed the market by announcing publicly that it was looking for...
Europe * Sweden's defense minister said the country will not renew its defense cooperation deal - in effect since 2005 - after the left-leaning government saw its relations gradually worsen with the Saudi monarchy. Sweden has been critical of the Saudi human rights...