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Americas Lockheed Martin won a $22.1 million modification by the US Navy, which adds scope to provide diminishing manufacturing sources (DMS) management to include the ongoing review and identification of actual and potential DMS issues and DMS of components, parts, materials, assemblies, subassemblies, and software items; as well as recommend solutions to mitigate the issues […]View the full article

Americas Lockheed Martin won a $8.1 million modification by the US Navy to exercise options for Combat System Ship Integration and Test on Littoral Combat Ships and Large Unmanned Surface Vessels. Work will be performed in Camden, New Jersey; Pittsfield, Massachusetts; Jacksonville, Florida; Pascagoula, Mississippi; Moorestown, New Jersey; San Diego, California; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and […]View the full article

Americas Rockwell Collins won a $52 million contract for maintenance and overhaul of UH-60 Black Hawk components. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of September 24, 2029. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity. The US Air Force has unveiled a cutting-edge mobile application designed to streamline airfield assessments for aircraft operations in austere environments. Developed by the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing Innovation Team at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, this new tool promises to enhance the speed and accura…

Americas Huntington Ingalls Industries – Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, has received an $81.2 million contract modification from the USNavy. This funding continues previous work to support and maintain several types of Navy ships, including amphibious transport docks (LPD 17), amphibious assault ships (LHD 1 and LHA 6), dock landing ships (LSD 41 and 49), and an amphibious command ship (LCC 19). Most of the work (75%) will take place in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Additional technical support will be provided in Norfolk, Virginia (24%), with very small portions in San Diego, California, and Sasebo, Japan. The project is expected to be completed by May 2026.…

Deindustrialization was decades in the making, and as we are running out of time—we don’t have decades to bring it back. Never forget, this did not “just happen.” This was an intentional act by government, politicians, and people interested in money and the power it would bring them. Supporting them, and manipulated by them, were useful idiots and true believers from the usual suspects in the NGO, IO, and “non-profit” world. The lust for money, power, and sex. If you don’t first look for these three reasons for the problems around you, you’re not thinking right. When two of the three are right in front of you, you know you’re on to something. It is no exaggeration that ou…

The Philippine Air Force Research and Development Center (AFRDC) has unveiled its first homegrown armed drones, marking a milestone in the country’s Self-Reliant Defense Posture (SRDP) program. The newly revealed platforms — the Air Military Ordnance Carrier (AMOC) and the Military Air Ordnance Yielder (MAOY) — are locally developed and combat-ready, offering new capabilities to […] The post Philippines develops armed combat drones first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has unveiled its full-sized Battery Revolving Adaptive Weapons Launcher (BRAWLR) system at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) exposition, introducing a compact, multi-missile ground platform designed for mobile air defense operations. According to the company, the 7-foot-tall BRAWLR is part of its Expeditionary Adaptive Air Defense (EAAD) family of […] The post SNC unveils modular air defense launcher at AUSA first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

B-52 aircraft from the United States Air Force have arrived at Morón Air Base in Spain as part of Bomber Task Force Europe 26-1, according to information provided by the service. The bombers deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, on November 8, 2025, and will conduct multilateral training missions with Finland, Lithuania and Sweden, […]View the full article

Nine Chinese and Russian military aircraft briefly entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) on Tuesday, prompting the South Korean Air Force to dispatch fighter jets as a precautionary response, according to the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The JCS said two Chinese military planes and seven Russian aircraft entered the KADIZ sequentially […]View the full article

Multinational naval exercises “Will for Peace 2026” began on January 10 in South Africa’s territorial waters, the Russian Embassy in South Africa confirmed in an official statement. According to the embassy, the drills are taking place from Simon’s Town, the headquarters of the South African Navy. The statement said the exercises involve naval forces from […]View the full article

Russia’s defense industry has delivered a batch of Su-57 fifth-generation fighter aircraft to the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to United Aircraft Corporation, which operates under Rostec, the aircraft were produced and handed over to the Ministry of Defense as part of ongoing deliveries to the Aerospace Forces. The company said the jets were accepted […]View the full article

The United States Department of War has approved a $53 million contract modification for Lockheed Martin to support increased production of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), according to an official contract announcement. The award modifies a previously issued contract and funds tooling and test equipment needed to expand manufacturing capacity. Expanding production infrastructure is […]View the full article

Russian forces dropped nearly 8,000 guided aerial bombs on Ukraine in March, Ukrainian defense officials said. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Russian troops used 7,987 guided aerial bombs, known as KABs, during the month. The total was more than 1,500 higher than in February, which had previously been the highest […]View the full article

Two unmanned systems companies have combined GPS-denied mapping with radiation detection in a single integrated package — giving CBRN teams the ability to see inside contaminated spaces in three dimensions, in real time, without sending a person in. Emesent and Teledyne FLIR Defense announced a partnership that puts Emesent’s Hovermap LiDAR payload onto Teledyne FLIR’s […]View the full article

The U.S. Space Force expanded a contract with Geost LLC on May 13, 2026, by nearly $90 million, pushing the total value of the Oculus Host program to $196 million and extending its completion date to May 2033, a significant commitment that reflects how central space domain awareness in geosynchronous orbit has become to American […]View the full article

REGENT Craft, the Rhode Island company building what it calls an entirely new category of maritime transportation, announced June 16 that it has completed a 255,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, purpose-built for a vessel that travels like a boat, lifts onto underwater foils like a racing yacht, and then takes off to […]View the full article

Lockheed Martin has been tapped by the U.S. Department of War to build the most powerful laser weapon ever packed into a shipping container, a 500-kilowatt system designed to knock cruise missiles and drone swarms out of the sky before they reach American forces or the homeland. The Bethesda, Maryland-based defense giant announced the award […]View the full article

A Russian tank that Ukrainian and Western observers had already written off as another failed experiment in anti-drone armor may actually have done exactly what it was built to do, just not enough of it. New battlefield testimony from a combat drone specialist who spoke directly with the Ukrainian unit involved in the fight suggests […]View the full article

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Systems opened a joint exhibit at MSPO 2026 in Kielce, Poland, on September 8, presenting an expanded lineup of air defense, unmanned and artillery systems built around the company’s decade-long defense partnership with Warsaw. The two companies are sharing a stand at the exhibition, which runs through September 11, […]View the full article

Americas Longbow Ltd. won a $32.2 million contract modification for generic spare parts kits for AH-64E Apache helicopters. The AH-64 Apache is a multirole combat helicopter with integrated avionics and weapons, as well as advanced digital communications to enable real-time, secure transfer of battlefield information to air and ground forces. The E-model Apache Guardian features enhanced performance, joint digital operability, improved survivability and cognitive decision aiding, and reduced operating and support costs, Boeing officials say. Work will take place in Orlando, Florida. Estimated completion date is April 30, 2024. The US Air Force’s Air Combat Command has ap…