A U.S. military patrol has blocked a Russian military convoy from using a main highway in northeast Syria on Monday. A number of photos released in social media have depicted American Oshkosh M-ATV vehicles interdicting and blocking Russian armored vehicles along strategic roads in northeastern Syria. A Russian military convoy attempted to go round an […]

The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) launched on 28 March from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, marking a key milestone in the ship’s construction process, it was announced today by the U.S. Navy. Fort Lauderdale is the Navy’s 12th San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship. On March 7 2020, the ship […]

The USNS Comfort, a 1,000-bed hospital ship, arrived in New York Harbor to support the national, state and local response to the coronavirus (COVID-19). While in New York, the ship will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals, and will provide a full spectrum of medical care to include general […]

Raytheon Co., one of the world’s largest defense contractors, announced on Monday that it will produce and deliver SM-3 Block IB interceptors under a $2.1 billion, multi-year U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract. It is the first multi-year contract for the SM-3 program, and covers fiscal years 2019–2023. SM-3 is the only ballistic missile interceptor that […]

General Electric, which makes some of the world’s most commonly used aircraft engines, received a $215 million contract modification for the procurement of 48 F414-GE-400 install engines and engine devices for the Navy Super Hornet F/A-18 warfare aircraft. Work is expected to be completed by August 2022. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount $215,000,016 […]

U.S. aerospace giant Boeing was awarded a $1,5 billion contract modification to build the 18 Lot 11 P-8A maritime aircraft for the Navy; the government of New Zealand; and the Republic of Korea, the Defense Department announced on Monday. The contract modification covers procure eight P-8A for the U.S Navy; four aircraft for the government of New […]

Defense division of specialty vehicle manufacturer Oshkosh Corp. has received orders to produce heavy tactical vehicles for the U.S. Army. The new contracts, from U.S. Army Contracting Command and announced on Friday, is valued at more than 344 million. Several contracts cover the production of heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks, palletized load system (PLS) trucks […]

Raytheon and L3-Harris were selected to develop the U.S Air Force’s next protected tactical waveform capable modem. According to a statement issued by the U.S. Department of Defense, Both companies have each been awarded a $500,000,000 ceiling contract with corresponding delivery orders valued at $37,639,960 for Raytheon Co. and $30,604,891 for L3-Harris. This contract provides for […]

Raytheon Co., one of the world’s largest defense contractors, was awarded a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for Tomahawk upgrade. The Department of Defense announced on Friday an agreement worth about $493 million for recertification and modernization of Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) Block IV all-up round missiles to include the integration of navigation […]

Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company and leading provider of commercial airplanes, defense, space and security systems, announced a two-week suspension of production operations in all facilities in the Seattle area amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to FOXBusiness. U.S. aerospace giant operates two commercial aviation production facilities in the Seattle area, one in Everett and […]