Americas L-3 Communications won a $38 million contract modification for contractor logistics support of the Air Force C-12 fleet. Originally developed by Beechcraft, the Raytheon C-12 is a short-range personnel and cargo lift aircraft for the US military. Powered by...
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GD Tapped For Virginia Sub Development Studies | MD Helicopters To Provide Support For Afghanistan AF MD-530Fs | VAQ-131 Completes 1st Expeditionary Deployment
Americas General Dynamics won a $23.1 million deal for additional fiscal 2021 development studies, design efforts and material for Virginia Class submarines. The contract modification provides additional development studies and design efforts related to...
US Navy Buys TH-73As In $171M Deal | Italy, Qatar Ink Agreement For Military Pilot Training | France Selects MHT/MLP Missile For Tigers
Americas Honeywell International won a $72.9 million deal for the repair of six weapon repairable assemblies in support of the V-22 aircraft. The V-22 Osprey aircraft, made by a joint venture between Boeing and Bell, is a multirole model designed for both vertical and...
USAF Trades In Humvees For JLTVs | Israel’s F-35I Test Jet Touched Down In-Country | Austrian Eurofighter Fraud Investigation Ends
Americas The US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile Combat Support Directorate started the process of replacing its existing inventory of High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), also known as Humvees, with the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle...
US Army Tests XM915 20mm Gun On AH-1W | DoS Approves F-35, MQ-9-Sale To UAE | Japan Demonstrates Submarine-Hunting Plane
Americas A US Marine Corps AH-1W gunship now retired to Picatinny Arsenal. It will be used as a laboratory for the XM915 20mm Gatling gun. The Bell AH-1W Super Cobra was flown from NAS Joint Reserve Base New Orleans to Picatinny Arsenal by Marines Lt. Col. Mark Diss...
US Army Test Fired LOWER AD | Poland Signed EDCA | First S-70is Arrive In The Philippines
Americas The US Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command announced that it has test fired its Low-Cost Extended Range Air Defense (LOWER AD) missile interceptor. The LOWER AD is part of the Army’s roadmap to modernize its air defense system. The interceptor is...
USAF Received First Two HH-60Ws | Israel’s INS Magen Will Arrive in December | New Su-30SMs Arrived in Kazakhstan
Americas The US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $17.5 million contract modification to exercise options to provide design agent engineering services for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) electronic systems and computer programs. The modification is for software...
USN Wins $9.5B Deal For Two Columbia Class Submarines | DoS Approves Possible SM-2 Sale To Canada | Ukraine Unveils Sokol-300
Americas The US Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $9.5 billion contract modification for the construction and test of the lead and second ships of the Columbia Class. The contract modifies a $5 billion deal awarded in 2017. It exercises an option to test...
SSBN-X Subs: Congressmen Promote Refresh, Have Sub Bases in Districts
SSBN-X concept (click to view full) The US Navy needs new SSBN nuclear missile submarines. Their existing Ohio Class boats will begin to retire at a rate of 1 hull per year, beginning in 2027, as they reach the end of their 42-year operational lifetimes. Hence SSBN-X,...