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The Portuguese Air Force (PRT AF) has officially announced its intention to join Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) in collaborative studies to explore potential adaptations of the KC-390 Millennium for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. This development represents a…
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The US State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Philippines for 20 F-16 Block 70/72 multi-role fighter aircraft at an estimated cost of $5.58 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) delivered the required certification notifying Congress…
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Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin have officially revealed the Global Mobile Artillery Rocket System (GMARS), a next-generation precision-strike platform designed to meet the evolving demands of modern battlefields. The announcement was made during an international summit in Europe, which brought together defense officials…
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“[C]onceivably, based on where we are buying long-lead parts for Lot 21 we could make that happen,” said J.R. McDonald, Lockheed’s vice president of business development for the F-35 program.
“The next priority for production is Europe,” Lockheed’s Tim Cahill told reporters. “I would say the Middle East is the next area of direct priority and interest, both on the part of the countries and the part for us to produce….
The US State Department agreed to a potential sale of up to 18 of these helicopters to Israel in 2021, and Israel eventually went ahead with a deal for an initial 12 estimated at around $2 billion in 2022.
“We’ve been flying a prototype for quite some time,” said Steve Parker, Boeing’s interim defense unit CEO. “And we won the program. So that is a maturity stamp that I’ll give you right then and there.”
Boeing’s selection to produce the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter is a game-changer for the company’s challenged defense arm.
The company is examining “all offers that’re out on the market today to make that decision, so it’s not going to be a quick choice,” Lockheed’s F-35 program manager Chauncey McIntosh told Breaking Defense.
Lockheed Martin now has its own air vehicle offering that could compete for a follow-on effort to the Enterprise Test Vehicle program.