Day: June 25, 2019

Deployments Middle East Naval 

U.S. Navy’s Boxer Amphibious Ready Group Arrives in U.S. 5th Fleet

June 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, Middle East, U.S. 5th Fleet, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Boxer (LHD-4)

The U.S. Navy’s Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet

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Air Americas 

Sikorsky Wins $542M Contract to Build Six VH-92A Presidential Helicopters

June 25, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Helicopter, Marine One, Presidential aircraft, Sikorsky, Sikorsky VH-92A Presidential Helicopter, USA

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, has been awarded a $542 million contract, on June 10, to build six VH-92A Presidential

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Air Americas 

U.S. Marine Corps Receives Final RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Aircraft System

June 25, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack, MCAS Cherry Point, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) took delivery of its final RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) at Marine Corps Air

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Air Americas 

U.S. Navy Blue Angels to Receive Ex-RAF C-130J Super Hercules as “Fat Albert” Replacement

June 25, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Blue Angels, C-130T 'Fat Albert', Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, Royal Air Force (RAF), U.S. Navy (USN), UK, USA

The U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, Blue Angels will receive an Ex-Royal Air Force (RAF) C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifter

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Air Deployments Middle East 

British F-35B Lightning Stealth Fighter Jets Complete First Operational Missions

June 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments F-35B Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Iraq, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Operation Shader, Royal Air Force (RAF), Syria, UK

The UK’s newest and most advanced fighter jet, the Lightning F-35B, has successfully completed its first operational missions. F-35s have

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Europe Military Exercises 

Indian, French Air Forces to Conduct Bilateral Exercise Garuda-VI in France Next Month

June 25, 2019June 27, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Garuda, France, French Air Force, India, Indian Air Force (IAF), Mont-de-Marsan Air Base

The Indian Air Force and the Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) are participating in a bilateral exercise, named Exercise

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Americas HLS 

Peraton Awarded $185.8M Tactical Aerostat Systems Contract for US-Mexico Border Surveillance

June 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aerostat, Border control, Mexico, Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US Border Patrol (USBP), US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), USA

Peraton was awarded the Tactical Aerostat Systems (TAS) contract in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs

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Industry Middle East 

Saudi Arabian Military Industries Acquires Riyadh-based Advanced Electronics Company

June 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Advanced Electronics Company (AEC), Mergers and Acquisitions, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI)

Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) announced the signing of a Term Sheet Agreement to acquire 100 percent ownership in Advanced

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

U.S., Indonesian Air Forces Execute Exercise COPE West 19

June 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Cope West, Indonesia, Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU), Military exercise, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. and Indonesian air forces officially began flying operations in support of COPE West 19, following an opening ceremony

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Americas Ballistic Missiles 

Lockheed Martin Receives $561.8 Million Contract for ATACMS Missiles

June 25, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Bahrain, Lockheed Martin, MGM-140 ATACMS, Poland, Romania, Surface-to-surface missile (SSM), U.S. Army, U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), USA

Lockheed Martin received a $561.8 million production contract for Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles for the U.S. Army and

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