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Update: MD Helicopters to consolidate military platform offerings
MD Helicopters (MDH) is to consolidate the different platforms it had previously marketed to military customers, focusing instead on upgraded MD 500 and new-build MD 530...Full story -
Australia to operate two nuclear submarine types under AUKUS arrangement
The leaders of Australia, the UK, and the US have unveiled a phased ‘Optimised Pathway' that will equip Canberra with two nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) classes over...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: Chinese balloon incident prompts last-minute ISR investment
The fallout from the detection and eventual shoot-down of a Chinese high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) balloon operating in US airspace...Full story -
US RQ-4 on short-term deployment in Singapore
The United States has deployed a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Singapore.Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: Satcom coffers see increase, GPS funds cut
Pentagon budget officials are seeking a significant increase in investment to its satellite communications (satcom) portfolio in fiscal year (FY) 2024, while opting to...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: DoD funds Leader, Manpack radio procurement, tactical network funds remain static
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has called for a funding increase for the two-channel Leader Radio (LR) and the Manpackable (MP) variant of the Single-Channel Data...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: US Navy seeks R&D funds for E-2 Hawkeye upgrade
The US Navy (USN) has requested USD339.9 million in research and development (R&D) funds for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE), to replace old cockpit components, add a...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: US Navy proposal accelerates submarine tender acquisition
The US Navy (USN) is requesting USD1.7 billion in its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget proposal for an AS(X) submarine tender replacement, according to budget documents...Full story -
Aiming high: USAF plans for Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Next-Generation Air Dominance platforms
The US Air Force (USAF) is planning for a fleet of 1,000 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs) and 200 Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighters, Secretary of the Air...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: US DoD seeks USD315 billion to modernise equipment
The US Department of Defense's (DoD's) newly unveiled fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request includes USD315 billion for procurement and research, development, test, and...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: US Army slows some legacy platform upgrades
If enacted, the US Army's budget request would cut ground vehicles out of enduring programmes and reinvest in procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation...Full story -
Pentagon Budget 2024: US Navy requests funding to procure 88 aircraft
The US Navy (USN) in its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget requested USD17.3 billion to purchase 88 aircraft and helicopters, including spare parts, support equipment, and...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: US Navy requests USD3.9 billion for major aircraft carrier work
The US Navy (USN) fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request includes USD3.9 billion for Ford-class aircraft carrier construction and Nimitz-class Refueling Complex Overhaul...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: MDA seeks USD3.076 billion for strategic missile defence
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is requesting about USD3.076 billion to improve its strategic missile defence system, known as the Ground-based Midcourse Defense...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: MDA seeks USD484.7 million for THAAD, 8th battery
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has requested USD484.7 million for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) programme in fiscal year (FY 2024).Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: C4ISR spending levels see overall increase
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking a USD1.7 billion increase in proposed funding for command, control, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and...Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: Submarines anchor shipbuilding request
The US Navy (USN) is requesting about USD48.1 billion for shipbuilding and marine systems in its fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget proposal, released on 13 March.Full story -
Pentagon budget 2024: Navy requests USD11.1 billion budget increase
The US Navy (USN) department is requesting about USD255.8 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2024, or about 4.5% more than the USD244.7 billion in funding enacted for FY 2023,...Full story -
India, US explore development of enhanced M777 howitzers
India and the US are exploring the development of an extended-range, longer barrel variant of the M777 155 mm/39 calibre ultra lightweight howitzer (ULH), manufacturer...Full story -
Lockheed Martin rolls out first F-16 Block 70 for Bahrain
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first F-16 Block 70 Fighting Falcon for Bahrain during a ceremony at the company's Greenville production facility in South Carolina on 10...Full story