Brazil's Embraer Tuesday said it signed a contract to modernize 12 Brazilian navy jets in the first large-scale program between the company and the navy. "Embraer is honored by the confidence of the Brazilian navy, and receives it as a new distinguished defense customer among over 20 armed forces which currently operate its aircraft around the world," Frederico Fleury Curado, Embraer's president and CEO, said at a ceremony taking place during the seventh edition of the Latin America Aero and…
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Senate and House Appropriators told Pentagon leadership on Tuesday they’re skeptical of the department’s plan to fund $350 billion of the fiscal year 2027 defense budget through the reconciliation process, […]
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Last week, Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) visited North Kingstown, R.I.-based Senesco, which is teaming with autonomous systems company Havoc to bid on the U.S. Navy’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel program. […]
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