The United States is planning to create a defense digital utility for incorporating the nations technological community with the military. "Thats why were creating the Defense Digital Service, a new thing, which will bring in talent from Americas technology community for a specific time or a specific project," US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Wednesday in a speech at George Washington University
The UK MoD has awarded BAE Systems a contract for the delivery of the fifth Astute Class submarine, taking the total value for work on the vessel to 1.3 billion pounds The full contract covers the design and remaining build, test and commissioning activities on Anson, the fifth of seven technologically-advanced submarines in the class
The Shareholders of the Eurofighter consortium have appointed Volker Paltzo as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH. Volker Paltzo is currently the CEO of Atlas Elektronik GmbH in Bremen and he will be CEO of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH with effect from 1 January 2016
Russias sale of 24 Sukhoi Su-35 to China for US$200 million works out to approximately US$83 million per unit, a bargain price compared to some of the Western origin front line fighter aircraft in the world. In comparison, the French Rafale cost approximately US$200 million apiece in recent contracts with Egypt and Qatar and a figure close to that in an expected contract with India
Lockheed Martin's Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary munitions have completed stockpile reliability tests. All rockets were launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the company announced Wednesday
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works held a keel-laying ceremony for its 36th Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer known as Thomas Hudner (DDG 116). The keel unit is the 3,000-ton, heavily outfitted mid-section of the ship which contains its main machinery spaces, and is the "heart" of the ship
The US Department of State has approved the delivery of $110 million worth 19 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and maintenance kits to South Korea. The Harpoon is an all-weather anti-ship missile system manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space and Security that was first introduced in 1977
Raytheon has delivered latest fifth-generation hull-mounted sonar system, for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. The company announced today that it delivered the prototype of the new underwater submarine detection system for mounting it on (DARPA)'s unmanned trimaran hulls
The United States has authorized a $80 million sale of Bell 412EP helicopters to Argentina, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said on Wednesday. "The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Argentina for Bell 412EP helicopters and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $80 million," a DSCA release stated
Russia has signed a contract with China to sell 24 Sukhoi 35 multi role fighter aircraft worth US$ 2 billion. Russias state technologies corporation, Rostec head Sergey Chemezov announced that Russia and China have signed a contract, estimated to be worth $2 billion, on the delivery of 24 Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets