Americas The Iowa Air National Guard has repainted an F-16A static display in a gold paint scheme. This scheme replicates the F-16C that was painted in gold back in 1996 to commemorate the 185th Fighter Wing’s 50th anniversary back then. The original F-16C #85-1565 is...
Boeing Articles
USAF Award Boeing $14.5M For KC-135 Services | Bayraktar Drone Fired Laser-Guided Missile | Slovakia To Purchase 152 CV90 MkIV
Americas The US Air Force contracted Boeing with $14.5 million for KC-135 engineering sustainment services. The contract modification provides for recurring engineering services for sustainment of the KC-135 aircraft for one option year. Work will take place in...
Supporting the USA’s F-5 Aggressor Fighters, 2008 – 2014
Top Gun, redux (click to view full) In the 1980s movie Top Gun, the revolutionary "MiG-28s" operated by the enemy air force were actually painted F-5E Tiger IIs, derived from a family of fighters whose design concept dates back to the mid 1950s. The F-5 family of...
Airshow At Edwards Air Force Base | Greece To Buy F-35s | Lockheed Martin Tapped For Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3
Americas Federal Contracting won a $92.4 million deal for a B-21 Combined Mission Operations Planning Facility and Field Training Detachment Facility. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. The B-21 is a new high-tech bomber slated to replace or...
Sikorsky Wins Black Hawk Overhaul Contract | Turkey’s Anadolu Started Sea Acceptance Tests | Saab Receives GlobalEye Order From Sweden
Americas Sikorsky won a $429.2 million deal from the US Army for maintenance and overhaul of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated...
UAE Buys Saab’s Erieye AEW&C Aircraft
Arabian/Persian Gulf (click to view full) In November 2009, Saab announced a 1.5 billion SEK (about $220 million) contract from the United Arab Emirates for 2 of its Saab 340 regional turboprops, equipped with Erieye active-array radars that can scan large airspace...
Sikorsky Gets $2.3B For Black Hawk |Djibouti Revealed Bayraktar TB2 | MBDA Introduces JFS-M For HIMARS And M270
Americas Sikorsky Aircraft won a $2.3 billion deal for procurement of 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related support for fiscal years 2022-2026, including options for an additional 135 aircraft. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. With more...
BAE Systems Tapped For ICBM | UK Swattles Mosquito Project | Asian Air Force Ordered Scorpius-SP
Americas BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services won a $12 billion deal for Integration Support Contract (ISC) 2.0. The main function of ISC 2.0 is to support the government as the lead systems integrator and augment government resources for Intercontinental...
Missile Envy: Modernizing the US ICBM Force
LGM-30G Minuteman III (click to view full) For 50 years, land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) have been part of the US primary strategic deterrence capability, the nuclear-armed triad that also includes submarine-launched ballistic missiles and long...