• A New Milestone for NH90
    March 22, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    On Friday 17th March, we celebrated the delivery of the 500th NH90. This delivery marks a symbolic milestone and a remarkable achievement since the first delivery in December 2006 to the German Army. On this occasion, representatives...
  • Ukrainians to Get US Tanks by Fall
    March 22, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The Defense Department announced in January that 31 M1A2 Abrams tanks would be delivered to Ukraine, but officials had speculated it would take about a year to make that happen. Now, they say, the U.S. will instead send M1A1 Abrams tanks...
  • GE Marine's LM500 to Power ROKN's PKX-B Batch-II Patrol Boats
    March 22, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The Republic of Korea’s Navy has selected GE Marine’s LM500 gas turbines to power the first four PKX-B Batch-II ships. Two LM500s, each rated at approximately 4.6 MW, will help propel one of the fastest and most technologically advanced...
  • Industry Leaders Join Forces to Offer Next-Gen Airborne Early Warning Capabilities for ROK
    March 22, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) today announced a teaming agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries’ ELTA Systems Group (IAI/ELTA) and Korean Air Lines to deliver the next generation of survivable, high-altitude airborne early warning...
  • Leidos Adds University of Michigan to Hypersonic Mayhem Program Team
    March 21, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, has added the University of Michigan (U-M) to its list of partners assisting on the Mayhem program, a $334 million, 51-month air-breathing hypersonic contract awarded by...
  • StandardAero Selected by USAF AETC as an Approved Chemical Plating Facility for T-38 Aircraft
    March 21, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    StandardAero has once again been re-approved to provide chemical plating support for the U.S. Air Education and Training Command’s (AETC) T-38 Talon Aircraft.  This effort will support structural repairs performed at Randolph Air Force...
  • Ajax Vehicles on Course for New Delivery Times
    March 21, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Positive progress has continued on the next phase of Ajax trials, with the Ministry of Defence today confirming the revised in-service dates and resuming payments to General Dynamics for delivery of the programme. With an initial payment...
  • NGC Australia Opens State of the Art Facility
    March 20, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Queensland Deputy Premier Hon. Steven Miles, today officially opened Northrop Grumman Australia’s (NYSE: NOC) newly-modernised Brisbane Maintenance and Modification Centre (BMMC), a major facility for the sustainment of the Royal...
  • NGC to Produce MESA for The USAF E-7
    March 20, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will enter into production of the Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) sensor for the U.S. Air Force E-7 aircraft. As part of the E-7 weapons system, the combat proven MESA sensor will...
  • Rheinmetall strikes the arc on Australian Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles
    March 20, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today visited Rheinmetall as the company striked the arc on the first weld of materials for the first Australian Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle entering production at Rheinmetall’s Military...
  • National Summit on Hypersonic Weapons Systems 2023
    March 20, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    We Proudly Announce the 2nd Annual National Hypersonic Weapons Systems Summit - A Flagship National Defense "Must Attend" Program for DoD - Government & Industry. More information With the proliferation of hypersonic systems increasing...
  • Hensoldt UK Awarded Contracts for the Philippine Navy
    March 20, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Sensor solutions specialist HENSOLDT UK has been awarded two contracts by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to supply Kelvin Hughes Mk11 SharpEye navigation radars to the Philippine Navy. The six 2,400-ton Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) and...
  • Final Series of NGC-Built C-Band Satellites Successfully Launch
    March 17, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Two C-band satellites built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) have successfully launched, enabling its customer SES to achieve another milestone of the Federal Communications Commission’s program to clear C-band spectrum to...
  • Greece - Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAVs)
    March 17, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Greece of Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAVs) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $268 million. The Defense Security...
  • Boeing to Produce 184 Apaches for US Army, International Customers
    March 17, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Boeing [NYSE: BA] will build 184 AH-64E Apaches for the U.S. Army and international customers, including the first Apaches for Australia. This $1.9 billion award brings the total current funded value of the contract to $2.1 billion, and...
  • Australia's Hypersonix selected by US DIU for test vehicle
    March 17, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Australia’s aerospace company Hypersonix Launch Systems has been selected to provide hypersonic vehicles to the United States’ Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for testing. The Australian start-up was selected from a field of major...
  • Navy Receives Final JPALS Unit Delivery
    March 17, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the final Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPALS) unit March 16 marking another on-time or ahead of schedule delivery for increased capability at sea. JPALS is a ship-relative GPS-based...
  • BAE and Pitch Technologies UK Awarded Land Training Contract with British Army
    March 17, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems and Pitch Technologies UK a contract to support the British Army to deliver a new virtual training programme. The Land Training Test & Reference Capability, part of the Army’s Collective...
  • British Army Announces New Artillery Deal With Sweden
    March 17, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The first 14 Archer artillery systems will have ownership transferred to the British Army this month and be fully operational by next April, forming an interim replacement for the 32 AS90 artillery systems the UK gifted to the Armed...
  • Poland - Hellfire Missiles
    March 16, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Poland of AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $150 million. The Defense Security...
  • Australia - Tomahawk Weapon System
    March 16, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of Tomahawk Block V and Block IV All Up Rounds (AUR) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $895 million. The...
  • Austal USA Awards Contract to FMD for Cross Company Portfolio of OPC WMSM-919 Equipment
    March 16, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), has been awarded a contract by Austal USA for a portfolio of equipment to support the construction of WMSM-919, the U.S. Coast Guard’s next...
  • Curtiss-Wright Achieves Milestone with Delivery of Defense Grade Security Solution to Leading Prime Integrator for Advanced Security Capabilities
    March 16, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division, a leading supplier of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) based solutions engineered for success, today announced that it has shipped its first integrated defense grade security solution to a...
  • RAF and German AF Typhoons Intercept Russian Aircraft in 1st Joint NATO Air Policing Scramble
    March 16, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    A Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jet operating from Ämari Air Base in Estonia has carried out the first joint NATO Air Policing interception alongside a German Air Force Typhoon. The pair of jets launched on Tuesday, 14 March to...
  • Bell 505 Helicopters Delivered to the Kingdom of Bahrain
    March 15, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced the delivery of three Bell 505 helicopters to the Royal Bahrain Air Force. Bell delivered the aircraft during an inspection and acceptance event in February 2023 at Bell’s...
  • NGC Offers Battle Management, Command and Control Expertise for US Navy's E-XX TACAMO Program
    March 15, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is leveraging its weapons system integration and battle management leadership to compete for the U.S. Navy’s E-XX TACAMO fleet of aircraft systems. The Navy’s E-XX TACAMO aircraft will be based on...
  • Elbit Awarded 4 Contracts to Supply Solutions to the Romanian Armed Forces
    March 15, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Elbit Systems Ltd. was awarded four contracts to supply the Romanian Ministry of National Defense with aircraft upgrades as well as electronic warfare suites, electro-optical infrared (EOIR) payloads and Brightnite™ systems for the IAR...
  • Russian Fighter Strikes US Unmanned Aircraft
    March 15, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    A Russian Su-27 aircraft struck a U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle's propeller, causing U.S. forces to bring it down into international waters of the Black Sea early this morning,...
  • Elbit Signs MoU With Nippon Aircraft Supply and Itochu Aviation at DSEI Japan
    March 15, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Elbit Systems, Nippon Aircraft Supply (NAS) and Itochu Aviation have signed a strategic cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote mutual cooperation for a range of solutions between the companies. As part of the MOU, Elbit...
  • GBP83M Investment at RAF Lossiemouth Creates More Than 100 UK Jobs
    March 15, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The new cutting-edge surveillance fleet will be housed in infrastructure at the Scottish base sitting alongside the recently completed Atlantic Building, from which the UK’s fleet of nine Poseidon MRA Mk1 aircraft already operate....
  • International Industry Partners Announce Collaboration Agreement for GCAP Advanced Electronics
    March 15, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    At the DSEI Japan exhibition in Tokyo, the national industry champions for advanced defence electronics representing Japan, the UK and Italy have announced the signing of a collaboration agreement, the next formal step towards a...
  • NGC and IHI Sign MOU to Collaborate on Small Maneuverable Satellites for Japan
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    IHI Corporation and Northrop Grumman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at DSEI Japan to work toward developing small, highly maneuverable satellites and other solutions for missions such as Space Domain Awareness (SDA) for...
  • Romania - M1278A1 Heavy Gun Carriers Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs)
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Romania of ninety-five (95) Heavy Gun Carriers Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) and related equipment for an estimated...
  • Aeralis Announces Digital Engineering Contract With Shinmaywa
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Innovative British Military fast-jet company AERALIS has today announced a partnership with Japanese aircraft manufacturers, ShinMaywa.   Signed at DSEI Japan, the two companies will work together to establish best practice in the...
  • The Netherlands to Deliver Minehunters to Ukraine
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The Netherlands intends to provide Ukraine with two Alkmaar-class minehunters, starting in 2025. Ukraine will also receive drone detection radar systems and M3 bridge and ferrying systems that enable rapid bridge building. This materiel...
  • NGC Enhances Design of Next-Gen Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar Satellites
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has refined the design of Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Polar (NGP) satellites by leveraging digital technology called Highly Immersive Virtual Environment (HIVE). The...
  • Elbit Awarded a Contract to Supply EW Self-Protection Suites to a NATO Member Country
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems” or the “Company”) was awarded a contract to supply Electronic Warfare (EW) self-protection suites for a fighter aircraft that is being supplied to a NATO member country in...
  • Sikorsky Selects CMC Electronics Flight Management Systems
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    CMC Electronics is pleased to announce a new multi-year contract with Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for the supply of its military Flight Management System (FMS) on several Sikorsky helicopter models including the UH-60M, HH-60M,...
  • BAE to Play a Key Role in the Delivery of AUKUS Submarines
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    On Monday 13 March, as part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, it was announced that BAE Systems will play a key role in helping Australia to acquire its first nuclear powered...
  • ThinKom Delivers Multi-Orbit, Resilient Satcom Systems for SNC's RAPCON-X Program
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    ThinKom Solutions, Inc. (ThinKom) has delivered its ThinAir® Ka2517 phased-array satcom antenna systems to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) for installation on its new RAPCON-X aircraft. This rapidly configurable aerial intelligence,...
  • The Spanish Air Force Buys Another 16 PC-21s & Associated Simulators
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The Spanish Air Force, Ejército del Aire, decided to purchase 24 PC-21s in early 2020. The final PC-21 of this order was delivered to Spain in mid-2022. The Spanish Air Force has now decided to buy another 16 PC-21s. The contract signed...
  • Plasan to Establish Company in Australia
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Plasan Sasa Ltd. (“Plasan”)  announced today on its intention to increase its commitment to the Australian defence industry and to establish a local subsidiary in Australia to be named “Plasan-Australia” which will aim to support its...
  • British-led Design Chosen for AUKUS Submarine Project
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The first generation of AUKUS nuclear submarines will be built in the UK and Australia, based on the UK’s world-leading submarine design, the Prime Minister has announced today alongside the leaders of Australia and the United States. In...
  • Smiths Detection Innovation Allows for the Mobile Detection of Explosives, Narcotics, and Super Toxic Chemicals
    March 14, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technology, today announces the launch of its latest chemical agent identifier, Lightweight Chemical Detector (LCD) 4 alongside the LCD XID extension. This will...
  • Nuclear Reactors from Rolls-Royce to Power Australian Submarines
    March 13, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    On Monday 13 March, as part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the UK and the US, it was announced that Rolls-Royce Submarines Ltd will provide the reactors for Australia’s first nuclear powered submarines. The...
  • Navy Operations to Benefit from Thales - Orbis Partnership
    March 13, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Thales Australia and U.S Navy Industrial Enterprise partner, ORBIS Sibro Inc (ORBIS Inc), have entered into an agreement to collaborate on the advancement of maritime sustainment operations in support of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)...
  • New Paint Design for 'Next Air Force One'
    March 10, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    President of the United States Joe Biden has selected the livery design for the "Next Air Force One," VC-25B, a design that will closely resemble the livery of the current Air Force One, VC-25A, while also modernizing for the 21st...
  • Lockheed Martin and Royal Bahraini AF Celebrate Bahrain's 1st F-16 Block 70 Aircraft in Greenville, South Carolina
    March 10, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Bahraini, American and Lockheed Martin officials today celebrated the first F-16 Block 70 for the Royal Bahraini Air Force today at Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] in Greenville, South Carolina. The Kingdom of Bahrain has a unique history...
  • Warship Alliance Welcomes Contract Extension
    March 10, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    The Commonwealth Government has awarded a contract extension to the Warship Asset Management Agreement (WAMA) partners, securing the future of critical ship management capability. The WAMA is an alliance of BAE Systems Australia, Saab...
  • Thales Alenia Space Signs Contract With European Commission and Announces Kickoff of EuroHAPS Project for the Demonstration of Stratospheric Platforms
    March 10, 2023 from ASDNews.com: Defense News
    Cannes, March 9, 2023 – Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a €43 million contract for the EuroHAPS (High-Altitude Platform Systems) demonstration project and announces its kickoff....
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