A visitor shows her face out of the window of a US Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a media preview day of the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition near Seoul in 2015. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images)

South Korean study finds Chinook upgrade more expensive than buying new helos

The higher upgrade cost is partly driven by the fact that Chinook manufacturer Boeing no longer produces parts for older variants, according to a lawmaker.

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US President Donald Trump holds a press conference, alongside Army Gen. Gustave Perna (L), who is leading Operation Warp Speed, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, September 18, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate hearing urged on Pentagon vaccine effort

Two Democrats on Senate Armed Services Committee members are calling on panel leaders to hold a hearing on the Defense Department’s role in Operation Warp Speed, a White House-backed effort to create and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to every American.

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A sign is posted at a Raytheon campus on June 10, 2019, in El Segundo, Calif. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Raytheon laying off 20,000 amid commercial aviation slide

Raytheon Technologies is cutting 15,000 staff and 4,000 contractor positions, largely at the company’s Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace divisions.

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The Nexter-Thales RAPIDFire gun system pictured in an artist rendering. (Nexter-Thales photo)

French warships to get new drone swarm-killing gun derived from land weapons

France’s future navy surface ships will be protected from swarm attacks by the RAPIDFire very short range weapon system developed by a Thales and Nexter consortium.

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