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June 16, 2025
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Patria Hosts Opening Ceremony for F-35 Manufacturing Facility in Jämsä, Finland.

Patria hosted the opening ceremony for its new F-35 assembly plant at the Halli facility in Jämsä, Finland. The new production line will play a critical role in the...

Curtiss-Wright Lands $7.7 Million IDIQ Deal from Tyonek Aircraft Overhaul for Ruggedized Flight Recorder Solutions.

Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions has announced a $7.7 million contract award from Tyonek Aircraft Overhaul, LLC—a subsidiary of Tyonek Services Group, Inc. and Tyonek Native Corporation. The company will supply...

Safran and Trillium Form Strategic International Partnership to Grow Electro-Optical Product Lines.

Safran Electronics & Defense and Trillium Engineering, a U.S.-based leader in compact electro-optical solutions, announced an international partnership during the opening of the Paris Air Show. The collaboration will...

Sustainment Solutions Delivered for Australia’s F/A-18F and EA-18G Operations.

The U.S. State Department has approved a proposed $2.0 billion Foreign Military Sale to the Australian Government for sustainment and support of its F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler...

Thales Launches the State-of-the-Art RSM NG / IFF Secondary Surveillance Radar for Concurrent Civil and Military Air Traffic Management.

As global air traffic is forecast to increase significantly in the years ahead, airspace will become more crowded and shared between civilian and military users. This growth brings the...

Initial B61-13 Unit Completed Ahead of Original Production Schedule

The B61-13 gravity bomb program has reached a key milestone, with its first production unit completed nearly a year ahead of schedule. Sandia National Laboratories, the lead systems integrator...

Italy Invests in Next-Generation Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile Systems

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to Italy involving Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) and associated equipment valued at $211 million. The Defense Security...

Contract Signed with MBDA to Advance FULGUR Missile for Italian Land Forces

MBDA has secured a development contract to provide the Italian Army with a next-generation very short-range air defence (VSHORAD) system. The agreement, announced at the Paris Air Show (June...

$31 Million IDIQ Contract Awarded to Curtiss-Wright for Triton UAV Components by US Navy

Curtiss-Wright Corporation has secured a $31 million IDIQ contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) to provide Airborne Mission Processors (AMP) and spare parts for the U.S. Navy’s...

Portugal Moves Ahead with Sixth KC-390 Buy, Considers Ten Further Acquisitions

Embraer announced at the Paris Air Show that the Portuguese government has opted to expand its KC-390 Millennium fleet with the addition of a sixth aircraft. The initial agreement,...