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BAE Tapped For MK 41 | Zimbabwe Gets 12 Super Mushshaks | MBDA NCMs Performed Simultaneous Firing
Americas BAE Systems Land & Armaments won an $18 million deal to exercise options for MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems Mechanical Design Agent. This modification combines purchases for the Navy, the government of Australia; the government of Japan; the government...
The C-130J: New Hercules & Old Bottlenecks
RAAF C-130J-30, flares (click to view full) The C-130 Hercules remains one of the longest-running aerospace manufacturing programs of all time. Since 1956, over 40 models and variants have served as the tactical airlift backbone for over 50 nations. The C-130J looks...
NG Tapped For Global Hawk | Boeing Buys GKN Factory In Hazelwood | DoS Approves FMS To Poland And Netherlands
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $387.5 million definitized contract action for Global Hawk (RQ-4) aircraft sustainment. The contract provides for contractor logistics support services. The locations of performance are Sacheon Air Base, Republic of Korea; Osan Air...
RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs
RQ-4A Global Hawk (click to view full) Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV has established a dominant position in the High Altitude/ Long Endurance UAV market. While they are not cheap, they are uniquely capable. During Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the system...
USAF Conducted IPOP Exercise For F-35 | Saab Delivered 4th GlobalEye To UAE | India To Develop VSHORAD
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won an $8 million order provides engineering and logistics sustainment support in support of the E-2D Hawkeye aircraft transition from production to sustainment. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Florida and is expected to be...
F-35 Lightning: The Joint Strike Fighter Program
F-35B: off probation (click to view full) The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program may well be the largest single global defense program in history. This major multinational program is intended to produce an "affordably stealthy" multi-role fighter that will...
Raytheon Tapped For Advanced Hawkeye | British Helicopters To Exercise With Finnish Air Force | FMS F-35 pilots Will Begin Training At Ebbing
Americas Raytheon won a $8,8 million deal for the procurement of 11 receiver mainframe assemblies in support of the E2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The contract does not include options. All work will be performed in El Segundo, California. Work is expected to be...
E-2D Hawkeye: The Navy’s New AWACS
(click to view full) Northrop Grumman's E-2C Hawkeye is a carrier-capable "mini-AWACS" aircraft, designed to give long-range warning of incoming aerial threats. Secondary roles include strike command and control, land and maritime surveillance, search and rescue,...