The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin Aeronautics an undefinitized contract action worth up to $265.96 million to support the transfer of F-16 fighter jets from Denmark to Argentina. The Foreign Military Sales deal includes updating the F-16 operational flight program, according to a Department of Defense notice. Lockheed will conduct the work in...
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Cubic Awarded Contract to Supply Live Training Systems in Indo-Pacific
Cubic Defense has secured a Foreign Military Sales contract to provide its live training systems to an unspecified country in the Indo-Pacific region. The systems will support both force-on-force and force-on-target training exercises, enhancing the partner nation’s readiness and interoperability with U.S. and allied forces. According to the San Diego-based defense firm, the contract includes...
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Corvid Books $268M Contract for US Navy, UK, Australia Suborbital Spacecraft Services
Corvid Technologies has secured a potential five-year, $268 million contract for the design, production and supply of suborbital vehicle configurations for the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales to Australia and the United Kingdom. The purchases in the firm-fixed-price contract involve 90 percent for the Navy and 5 percent each to Australia and the U.K....
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US Approves $2.7B Emergency Arms Sales to Israel
The U.S. Department of State has approved two separate emergency foreign military sales to Israel, totaling an estimated $2.7 billion in munitions, guidance kits and related support. The larger sale, valued at $2.04 billion, includes over 35,000 MK 84 or BLU-117 general-purpose bomb bodies and 4,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads. It also encompasses spare parts, transportation support, engineering...
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Saab to Boost Combat Weapons Output as New Facilities Come Onstream, CEO Says
Saab President and CEO Micael Johannson said Saab is on track to meet its annual production target of 400,000 units for all its ground combat weapons starting in 2025. He told Breaking Defense on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference that his company holds “a huge backlog” and its output is expected to increase...
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Denmark Creates Fund to Boost Defense Spending by $7B
Denmark‘s Ministry of Defence has announced the establishment of an Acceleration Fund to increase military spending by $7 billion in 2025 and 2026. The initiative has the support of the Danish government and parties regulating Copenhagen’s defense budget. The ministry said that with this funding, Denmark’s defense budget is expected to exceed 3 percent of...
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Forward Slope to Support Egypt’s Maritime Domain Awareness Capabilities
Forward Slope Inc. has secured a $15 million contract from the U.S. Navy Naval Sea Systems Command to deliver a command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system to enhance maritime domain awareness in support of the Egyptian Navy. FSI, a San Diego-based technology and services provider, outbid four other companies to win this...
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Sierra Nevada Corp. Awarded US Air Force Contract for Saudi Aircraft Support
Sierra Nevada Corp. has secured a $29.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for the long-term maintenance of the Royal Saudi Air Force’s King Air 350ER aircraft. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center awarded the firm-fixed-price contract on Friday. It involves foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia and covers the provision of field...
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General Atomics to Continue Logistics Support Contract for UK MQ-9A Program
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has received a $26.6 million modification from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center exercising an option in a previously awarded sole-source contract for the United Kingdom’s MQ-9A Contractor Logistics Support Phase IV Program. GA-ASI will continue to deliver support services for the Royal Air Force MQ-9 Reaper program...
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US Approves Major Arms Sales Worth Over $7B to Israel
The U.S. Department of State has approved two potential foreign military sales to Israel, amounting to over $7.4 billion. The first sale, valued at $6.75 billion, includes munitions, guidance kits, fuzes and related equipment. The second sale involves AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and equipment worth $660 million. The larger sale includes 2,166 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs, 2,800...