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All bar three NATO allies saw defence spending growth last year Most NATO member states increased defence spending last year despite the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to provisional figures for 2020 released by the alliance on 16 March. Albania, Norway and Turkey cut defence spending in 2020 but Bulgaria saw the most significant decrease (50%). Estimated overall spending of almost $1.03 trillion in 2020 represented a 2.7% increase on 2019, with the US naturally accounti...

16th March 2021 - 16:00 GMT | by Tim Martin in London RSS The first part of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy has given the F-35 programme a financial shot in the arm, but a question mark over aircraft numbers looks only to be resolved once a Command Paper is released on 22 March. The Integrated Review (IR) of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy by the UK government has allocated additional funding towards the cost of 4...

15th March 2021 - 11:57 GMT | by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez in Washington DC RSS The latest defence procurement plan for 2021-2023 includes only limited new programmes for the Argentine armed forces. Official data shows the ratio of debt to GDP in Argentina exceeded 100% in 2020 as economic activity slumped by 10%, due partly to the COVID-19 pandemic but also because of structural problems dating back decades. Against this backdrop, the government only included modest new acqu...

The Department of Defense announced on Tuesday it will be awarding Elon Musk “Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, California, has been awarded two individual firm-fixed-price task orders totaling $159,721,445 under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract,” the Pentagon said in a statement. According to the statement, work will take place in Hawthorne, Vandenberg Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The work is expected to be done by the end of ...

Avon Protection has brought to market a new lightweight portable hood that gives the wearer at least 15 minutes of protection against CBRN threats. The single-size CH15 was developed in response to an emerging requirement from specialist users for ‘instant protection from all CBRN materials when in a live threat scenario’, Avon noted in a statement. There was particular input from the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office in the US DoD. Justin Hine, global product manager at Avon Pro...

SpaceX snags two more Space Force national security launches Work for the US military is just another project that will keep the company busy in years to come. Listen - 01:25 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to carry a Space Force GPS satellite into orbit in November, 2020. US Space Force Elon Musks rocket company has secured two big-ticket missions for 2023, as has its competitor United Launch All...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated March 12 with additional details on launch sites and vehicle configurations. Artist’s illustration of a Vulcan Centaur launch. Credit: United Launch Alliance The U.S. Space Force announced Tuesday that it awarded $384 million in contrac...

If you would like to see more articles like this please support our coverage of the space program by becoming a Spaceflight Now Member. If everyone who enjoys our website helps fund it, we can expand and improve our coverage further. A Delta 4-Heavy rocket stands inside the mobile shelter on Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base ahead of liftoff later this spring. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance recently raised a Delta 4-Heavy rocket, one of four left in the...

Blue Origin, a space venture backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos “As major progress is being made on the New Glenn launch vehicle and its Cape Canaveral facilities, the schedule has been refined to match the demand of Blue Origin’s commercial customers,” the company said in a statement. “The current target for New Glenn’s maiden flight is Q4 2022. The Blue Origin team has been in contact with all of our customers to ensure this baseline meets their launch needs.” New Glenn was originall...

The scheduled launch of a rocket carrying a reconnaissance satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County that was originally scheduled for Friday and reset for Saturday was called off at T-minus 7 seconds due to a problem detected by the Terminal Countdown Sequencer Rack, according to United Launch Alliance. SPACEX Dec 3, 2018