The report by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) said that the United States will likely remain the largest overseas market for South Korean defence products for at least the next five years.  According to the KIET, the U.S. is already the single largest buyer of South Korean-made weapons, although Seoul imports far more products […]

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. received a contract valued at approximately $273 million to deliver 35 additional UH-72A Lakotas for the United States Army. The $273 million contract includes the UH-72A production aircraft, associated technical and flight operator manuals and program management. This procurement is broken into two configurations: 17 UH-72A Lakotas for the Initial Entry Rotary […]

USA is set to hold a military parade to mark the Veterans Day on 11 November. A military parade requested by President Donald Trump will take place in November on Veterans Day in Washington D.C., but to minimize damage to roads it will not include tanks, a Pentagon memo released on Friday said. According to […]

Boeing has begun ground tests of its prototype unmanned tanker designed for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned Carrier Aviation Air System (UCAAS) competition, according to Aviation Week. The T-1 prototype of new unmanned carrier-based tanker aircraft aslo named the MQ-25 Stingray, began the ground test at the at Lambert Field in St. Louis. The U.S. Navy program requirements specify that the […]

The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion completed an external lift of a 36,000-pound payload at the Sikorsky Development Flight Center, achieving a maximum weight on the single center point cargo hook. This milestone marks completion of critical flight envelope expansion activities for the CH-53K as Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) prepares to deliver the […]

Two Lockheed Martin  PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) interceptors successfully intercepted two tactical ballistic missile targets recently in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The PAC-3 CRI intercepts support the U.S. Army’s Field Surveillance Program (FSP) ensuring the reliability and readiness of fielded PAC-3 missiles. The test also marked the tenth and […]

A detachment of F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, landed on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) here March 5, marking the beginning of the F-35B’s first operational deployment with a MEU. That was reported by 2nd Lt. Ethan Treacy, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit The aircraft […]

One of the Army’s current priorities is development of a maneuver system to counter short-range air defense threats such as drones, officials said Wednesday, Feb. 28. That was reported by Gary Sheftick, Army News Service. Over the past 15 years, the Army inventory of systems to defend against low-altitude and medium-altitude weapons had dwindled, said Barry […]

BAE Systems has submitted its proposal to the U.S. Army to build and test the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) vehicle for use by the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT). The MPF is a new combat vehicle required by the Army to provide the IBCT with a protected platform capable of delivering overwhelming precision firepower combined […]

Boeing has been contracted to modernize the U.S. Navy F/A-18 fleet, extending the life of existing Super Hornets from 6,000 to 9,000+ flight hours. In the early 2020s, Boeing will begin installing initial updates to the aircraft that will convert existing Block II Super Hornets to a new Block III configuration. The Block III conversion […]