Americas Boeing won a $42.3 million modification, which exercises an option for integrated logistics services and site activation support of P-8A aircraft for the Navy and the government of Australia. The P-8A Poseidon is an aircraft designed for long-range...
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INS Vikrant: India’s New Carrier
Adm. Gorshkov: Before. (click to view full) This free-to-view DID Spotlight article offers an in-depth look at India's troubled attempt to convert and field a full-size aircraft carrier, before time and wear force it to retire its existing naval aviation and ships....
King Stallion Engine Issues Resolved | Germany To Withdraw Some Troops From Iraq | China Hints At Plans For Airborne Laser Attack Weapon
Americas Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling, and management, was successfully installed on the F-16 fighter within 45 days by the US Air Force. It is part of an initiative by the Pentagon to improve...
UK OPVs: Bridge Over the River Class
River Class (click to view full) The UK's forthcoming Ocean Class 90m+ Offshore Patrol Vessels stem from a shipbuilding sector agreement that the UK MoD signed with BAE in November 2013. Britain needed to find an affordable bridge-buy that kept its naval shipyards...
CBO Estimates $11B Per Year For Fleet Maintenance | Trump Comments On Iran’s Retaliation | Rheinmetall Awarded $60M Order Package
Americas January 9/20: CBO Estimate According to an estimate by the US Congressional Budget Office, it will cost $11 billion per year to maintain the aviation fleet of the Navy and Marine Corps at is current size for the next 30 years. A report published by the CBO...
F-35 Has Multi-Ship Infrared Search And Track Capability | First Flight Trials Of Osprey 50 | South Korea Moved Patriot Anti-Missile Battery To Seoul
Americas Ace Electronics Defense Systems won a $64.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed-price delivery orders for the production and delivery of manufacturing kits, spare parts and first article testing for the hardware component...
Bushido Associates Tapped For Cyber Threat Analysis | Japan To Deploy Self-Defense Forces To Middle East | New Zealand Sends NH90s To Australia
Americas Bushido Associates won a $7.5 million deal for cyber threat analysis and reporting from the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF). This contract is for forensic analysis reports and recommendations provided by embedded cyber threat forensic...
DynCorp Tapped For NAWDC Work | L3 Technologies To Upgrade Greece’s F-16s | Ukraine Takes Delivery Of Two H125s
Americas DynCorp won a $21.9 million contract modification, which exercises an extension for organization, selected intermediate, limited depot level maintenance and logistics services in support of the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center's (NAWDC) F/A-18...
Bell Boeing Tapped For V-22 Technical Analysis | Leidos Wins FMS To Qatar, Saudi Arabia, And UAE | Taiwanese Black Hawk Crashes
Americas Bell Boeing won a $23.3 million contract modification, which exercises an option for on-site support, engineering and technical analysis of flight test for V-22 aircraft for the Navy, Air Force and the government of Japan. Bell-Boeing’s primary product, V-22...

