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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's inspector general is launching an investigation as to whether the U.S. Air Force improperly certified SpaceX launch systems, it announced Monday. 'Our objective is to determine whether the U.S. ...

For instructor pilot Maj. Kinsley 'Trigger' Jordan, the first clue that something had gone seriously wrong was when he suddenly tasted something metallic. Jordan was in a T-6 Texan II, ...

PARIS – France's Naval Group and Australia on Feb. 11 signed a $35 billion contract to build 12 Attack-class submarines for the Australian navy. ...

WASHINGTON — The French Air Force chief of staff provided top cover for the future Franco-German fighter at a time when the French defense industry is increasingly concerned that cooperation with Germany could curtail its ability to export the system. ...

While the German decision last week to remove the Lockheed Martin F-35 from consideration as a replacement for 90 aging Tornado fighters solidifies Franco-German industrial cooperation, it could come at the expense of making Germany's Luftwaffe a less capable air force until at least 2040, ...

In recent years, robust dialogue and billions of dollars have been devoted to modernizing the nuclear triad, the three weapons systems that provide second-strike capability to deter adversaries from a nuclear attack on the United States. Yet, ...

WASHINGTON — The Air Force has found an architect to run its uber-complicated Advanced Battle Management System program, which will replace JSTARS ground surveillance planes with a network of existing and new air and space-based sensors. Will Roper, the service's top acquisition official, ...

COLOGNE, Germany – The French and German defense chiefs announced a contract award to Airbus and Dassault on Wednesday to narrow down the two governments' vision of a common, sixth-generation aircraft. The announcement moves the ambitious Future Combat Air System project further along, ...

JERUSALEM — The U.S. Army plans to buy a limited number of Iron Dome batteries, evaluating the option for protecting U.S. military service members against a wide variety of indirect fire and aerial threats. In the long term the U.S. is still assessing a variety of other options, but the U.S. ...

COLOGNE, Germany РІР‚' The French Air Force has successfully practiced a nuclear strike mission, sending aircraft on an 11-hour mission to sneak a nuclear-capable cruise missile through simulated enemy air defenses and nail it into the sands of a test range south of Bordeaux. The Feb. 4 mission, ...

NEW DELHI РІР‚' India's defense budget for 2019 included a marginal 6.87 percent bump to $49.68 billion, which is unlikely to meet modernization demands or 'Make in India' manufacturing increases. Out of the total allocation, $16. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' L3 Technologies, Triumph Group Inc. and Collins Aerospace are among the companies that will work alongside Boeing to create the U.S. Air Force's T-X trainer. Boeing was previously tight-lipped about its industrial collaborators on T-X, ...

GE beat the Advanced Turbine Engine Company РІР‚' a Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney team РІР‚' to win the $517 million awaprd for the engineering, manufacturing and development phase of the Improved Turbine Engine Program, or ITEP. ...

PARIS вЂ' The Organization for Joint Armament Co-operation, OCCAR, has signed a €1.7 billion contract on behalf of the DGA French procurement agency with Chantiers de l'Atlantique and Naval Group for four Italian-designed logistic support ships. ...

ROME РІР‚' A series of diplomatic rows between France and Italy, culminating in the exchange of insults between leaders, is casting doubt on naval industry cooperation between the countries. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' Even after years of updates and improvements, the F-35's logistics system continues to be beset by data gaps and bugs that make it more difficult for maintainers to keep the joint strike fighter mission-ready, stated the Pentagon's chief weapons tester in a new report. ...

WASHINGTON РІР‚' If the U.S. Air Force takes two years to conduct a light-attack experiment РІР‚' made possible in part by industry investments РІР‚' and then abandons it, why should defense contractors buy into the next one? ...

HELSINKI РІР‚' Finland's HX-FP multirole fighter replacement program has advanced to the next stage as five aircraft manufacturers have tendered their proposals to the Finnish Defence Forces' (FDF) Logistics Command office. The proposals include preliminary quotations on cost. ...

COLOGNE, Germany ― Germany's Ministry of Defence has officially ruled out the F-35 joint strike fighter as a choice to replace its aging Tornado fleet, Defense News has learned. An official from the ministry confirmed that the F-35 is not a finalist in the competition, ...