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Military pauses Osprey flights again after near crash

December 11, 2024
The Pentagon is temporarily pausing flights again of its fleet of V-22 Ospreys after weakened metal components possibly played a role in another near crash, the latest setback for an embattled aircraft whose safety problems have grown. The pause was recommended last week “out of an abundance of caution” by Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, the head of Naval Air Systems Command, which runs the Osprey…
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Defense tech firms establish AI-focused consortium

December 11, 2024
Palantir and Anduril, two leading defense technology firms, announced today they’re creating an industry consortium to address what they see as hurtles impeding the Defense Department’s adoption of AI. “Our goal is to deliver the technological infrastructure, from the…
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Drones spotted near 3 bases used by US Air Force in England

November 26, 2024
LONDON — The U.S. Air Force says a number of small drones were detected last week around three bases in eastern England that are used by American forces. The drones were spotted between Wednesday and Friday near RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell. They were…
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Air Force awards Boeing $2.4 billion contract for KC-46 tankers

November 26, 2024
The Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.4 billion contract Thursday to buy 15 more KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers. The KC-46 award, which covers the tankers’ 11th lot, will bring the number Boeing has on contract to 168 worldwide, the company said in a release. Boeing has delivered 89 KC-46s to the Air Force since 2019, as well as another four to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Israel is buying…
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Pentagon, Lockheed reach handshake deal for next F-35s

November 26, 2024
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have reached a handshake agreement for two more lots of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. The initial agreement will cover production of lots 18 and 19 of the stealth fighter’s air vehicle, Lockheed and the F-35 Joint Program Office said in a…
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Marine Corps F-35C notches first overseas combat strike

November 22, 2024
Marines recently carried out the service’s first combat strikes using the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter during air missions against Houthi targets near the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Launching from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 9 and 10, the…
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US Army fires Precision Strike Missile in salvo shot for first time

November 21, 2024
In a first, the U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin fired two new Precision Strike Missiles, or PrSMs, in a salvo test shot as part of production qualification flight testing at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Lockheed announced. The testing proved PrSM’s capability to be fired one after another from the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, launcher, per Army doctrine that…
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Kongsberg wins biggest-ever missile contract from US Navy, Marines

November 15, 2024
PARIS — Norwegian defense firm Kongsberg won a five-year contract from the US Navy worth around US$900 million to supply anti-ship missiles, in what the company says is its biggest missile contract ever. The company will provide its Naval Strike Missile, which is being installed on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships and Constellation-class frigates, the company said in a statement on…
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