Americas According to the US Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division has completed five weeks of integrated test evaluations of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system. The Dahlgren Division, based in Virginia, performed...
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First Flight Test For USAF Hypersonic Booster Failed | Israel’s Oron Aircraft Arrived | Greek Pilots Started Rafale Training
Americas The F-15EX variant of the F-15 series of US Air Force fighter planes, was renamed the Eagle II in a ceremony on Wednesday at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Lt. Gen. Duke Richardson announced the official designation in a rollout of the plane, which will...
XQ-58A Opens Weapons Bay Door In-Flight | UK, Qatar Expand Defense Partnership | BAE Systems Wins CMWS Contract
Americas Universal Propulsion Company won a $10.9 million contract for the manufacture of up to 5,000 cartridge initiators and thrusters used in V-22 and CV-22 aircraft. This contract includes a five-year base period with no options. The V-22 Osprey is a...
Raytheon Won An SDB II Deal | UK Acquires Second Operating Location Reaper | MHI To Take Over Mitsui E&S’s Shipbuilding Business
Americas Raytheon won a $79.4 million deal for Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) lot integration and test. This contract effort will deliver all-up round (AUR) test vehicles, perform AUR-level assembly, checkout, testing and systems integration testing; and...
Second CMV-22B Unit For US Navy | Details On Eurofighter Typhoon Offering To Finland | RMAF Team To Visit India For Evaluation Of Tejas
Americas The US Navy will establish its second CMV-22B unit and the first squadron for the East Coast, at NAS North Island this fall. The squadron will eventually relocate Naval Station Norfolk in 2023. So far, 18 C-2A pilots have completed their transition to the...
GE To Provide T-64 Engine Cores For CH-53E | Dutch Frigate Joins UK Carrier Strike Group | South Korea Buys 36 Attack Helicopters
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $195 million contract modification to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract (N0001918C1037). This modification exercises options to provide support services to include non-recurring engineering,...
USS Gabrielle Giffords Launched Naval Strike Missile | M60 Tanks Transferred To Libya | Britain’s MoD Gears Up Against Climate Change
Americas During a virtual Navy League event, Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, who heads the Air Warfare Division, said the service is unlikely to adopt the small aircraft carrier concept. “I believe the L Class ships operating with the F-35B fit that bill,” Harris was quoted...
Rolls-Royce Contracted With V-22 Engine Support | Lebanon To Sell Hawker Hunters | Japan Resumes F-5 Flights
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $67.5 million contract modification to exercise an option for the Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System (AEGIS) — Combat System Engineering agent efforts for the design, development, integration, test, and delivery of...
Lockheed Wins Army’s $2.8B GMLRS Deal | RSAF Tornado Fighters Deployed To Pakistan | Final F-16 Arrived in Romania
Americas Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control won a $2.8 billion contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead rocket pods, GMLRS Unitary Warhead rocket pods, Low-Cost Reduced Range Practice rocket pods, cybersecurity services,...