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Czech F-35 Fighters to be Assembled in Leonardo’s Piemonte Site
The Piemonte site, the heart of the F-35 programme‘s European production activity, was chosen by the United States government and Lockheed Martin as the aircraft’s only Final Assembly and Check-Out (FACO) line in Europe, the second wing assembly line (the only one outside the U.S.) and the Euro-Mediterranean regional heavy airframe Maintenance,Continue Reading
RTX awarded $677 million US Navy contract for Seven additional SPY-6 radars
Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $677 million contract to continue producing AN/SPY-6(V) radars for the U.S. Navy. This is the third option exercised from the March 2022 hardware, production, and sustainment contract, which is valued up to $3 billion over five years. Under this contract, the U.S. Navy will receiveContinue Reading
Lockheed Inaugurates HIMAS Sustainment Center in Romania
Continuing its Eastern European push, Lockheed Martin and local Aerostar S.A. have inaugurated Europe’s first certified HIMARS Sustainment Centre. This new facility strengthens the existing relationship between global defense and aerospace company Lockheed Martin and Aerostar S.A., which have partnered on similar sustainment activities for Romania’s Black Hawk and F-16 fighterContinue Reading
Ukraine to Receive 3 More HIMARS Systems
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible emergency Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and related elements of logistics and program support for an estimated cost of $30 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification, notifyingContinue Reading
Netherlands to Increase Air-to-Air Capabilities with 174 AMRAAM Missiles
The State Department has decided to approve a Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Netherlands of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles-Extended Range and related equipment for an estimated cost of $678 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. TheContinue Reading