U.S. Central Command identified the B-2 among the aircraft employed during the operation’s first 72 hours, when American forces struck more than 1,700 targets.
Lockheed Martin plans to invest $8 billion to $9 billion to expand U.S. munitions production as demand for missile systems continues to grow.
About £6 billion will be invested over the Spending Review period to expand shipbuilding, reactor manufacturing and specialist supply-chain capacity.
The aircraft offers flight times of up to eight hours and a maximum range of 480 km, depending on its payload and operating conditions.
The mission highlighted Washington’s stated commitment to European security and NATO’s ability to project combat power across the region.
Australia’s MQ-4C Triton has achieved Initial Operational Capability, giving the Royal Australian Air Force a new long-range surveillance capability across the country’s primary area of military interest.
Increment 2 adds a multimode seeker designed to engage moving land and maritime targets, expanding the missile beyond its existing long-range precision-strike role.
The facility will produce 155mm propellant charges and base bleed units and is expected to create close to 400 jobs over seven years.
The agreement responds to rising demand for key missile components needed for current operations and future combat requirements.
Finland has taken its first practical step into a European F-35 sharing arrangement after one of its pilots flew the aircraft in Europe for the first time.
The company views endurance, maneuverability and production capacity as the measures that will determine whether hypersonic weapons become usable elements of conventional deterrence.
More than 50,000 American service members deployed across the Middle East to support the campaign.
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