Photo Of A P-8 Poseidon Dropping Three Harpoon Missiles Is Triumphant Boeing’s P-8 Poseidon program has a lot to feel good about. Not only has the aircraft been the star of the Navy in Pacific Theater as of late, but Australia has just ordered four of the maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft, officially making them […]

The Ukraine-NATO joint military exercises Sea Breeze 2015 started in southern Ukraine, Russian media reported on Monday. “The aim of the exercises is to practice a multinational security operation in a crisis region,” the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The land, naval and air drills, to run until September […]

Senator Rob Portman announces big news for the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center here in Lima. Morocco has committed to the purchase of 222 M1A1 Abrams Tanks from the JSMC under the foreign military sales program. Portman also announced that the initial contract for upgrading turrets has been awarded. The Moroccan ambassador to the U.S. and […]

The U.S. Air Force deployed four F-22 Raptors, one C-17 Globemaster III and more than 50 Airmen to Spangdahlem in support of the first F-22 European training deployment. The inaugural F-22 training deployment to Europe is funded by the European Reassurance Initiative, a $1 billion pledge announced by President Obama in March 2014. (U.S. Air […]

A-10 aircraft Thunderbolt “Warthogs” landed in Lielvarde Air Force Base, Latvia for refueling. It was the first time A-10 aircraft has landed in this National Armed Forces airfields in Latvia.

Lockheed Martin is developing a successor to the U.S. military’s legendary U-2 surveillance plane, according to a media report. Flightglobal reports that Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs, better known as Skunk Works, is planning a new version of the U-2. “Think of a low-observable U-2,” Lockheed’s U-2 strategic development manager Scott Winstead told Flightglobal. “It’s […]

WASHINGTON — In line with the Pentagon’s so-called Pacific pivot, the US Army wants to buy a new fleet of boats to replace its Vietnam-era “Mike Boat,” the service’s first major watercraft procurement in 15 years, acquisitions officials said Tuesday. The Army plans to solicit proposals for roughly two dozen multipurpose landing craft called the Maneuver Support […]

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated endurance capabilities with the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. On a planned 10+ hour flight and range out to 150 nautical miles flight from Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, the MQ-8C Fire Scout achieved 11 hours with over an hour of fuel in reserve. The long […]

The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) has awarded Oshkosh Defense, LLC, anOshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, a $6.7 billion firm fixed price production contract to manufacture the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The JLTV program fills a critical capability gap for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps by […]

Fort Worth, Texas (August 26, 2015) – Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, hosted the Secretary of the Air Force, the Honorable Deborah Lee James yesterday at the company’s global headquarters during her visit to Fort Worth. “Our partnerships with industry are as critical today as they’ve ever been,” said Secretary of the […]