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The NATO maritime live exercise (LIVEX) Steadfast Defender 2021 began off the coast of Portugal on May 20, featuring the first deployment of the United Kingdom’s newest aircraft carrier. The […]

Naval forces from several NATO members began the Exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 21 live-fire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) exercise off the west coast of Scotland on May 15. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] delivered an initial order of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles to Sweden in April, the company said May 10. The State Department originally […]

The State Department on Monday approved a potential $1.7 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of the Aegis Combat System (ACS) to Canada for use in its new Canadian Surface Combatant […]

The commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) told a Congressional panel last week that funding will still flow to Afghanistan security forces after a withdrawal of U.S. troops but it […]

Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $447 million order on Monday to produce and deliver 12 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for South Korea. This contract, under a previously […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $610 million contract for Phase II work under a Foreign Military Sale to continue efforts in a sale of the […]

The State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of five P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft to Germany for $1.77 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of […]

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Japan are developing the capability for Japan to use the SPY-7 missile defense radar on an Aegis-capable ship after the country canceled plans […]

The U.S. Navy and Japan Self-Defense Force are undertaking the computer-based Resilient Shield 2021 missile defense exercise from Feb. 22-26 in Japan, the Navy said Feb. 22. Resilient Shield is […]