Americas Raytheon announced the delivery to the US Air Force of the first high-energy laser system to counter drone threats. The company received a $23.8 million contract in August to build two high-energy laser systems, as well as a $16 million contract for a...
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Northrop Grumman Tapped For MQ-4C Support | Development Of South African AHRLAC Back on Track | Russia To Market Export Variant of MiG-35
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $18.3 million contract modification for the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System. This order procures material kits and retrofit labor to incorporate the Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) 4.0 configuration into one...
USN P-3C Orion Returns From Final Deployment | EuroDASS Details Self Protection Update Bid For Eurofighters | Taiwan’s F-16 Update Back on Track
Americas The US Navy completed the process of transitioning from P-3C Orion to the P-8A Poseidon earlier this month as the “Fighting Marlins” of Patrol Squadron FORTY returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. The conclusion of a six-month rotational...
Lockheed & Mitsubishi’s F-2 Fighter may be replaced with ATD-X (X-2)
Mitsubisihi F-2s (click to view full) Japan already produces F-15J Eagle aircraft under license from Boeing, and in 1987 they selected Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jet as the basis for a "local" design that would replace its 1970s era F-1s. The aim was to produce a...
Raytheon Tapped For Super Hornet Support | Oshkosh Defense To Produce FMTV For Israel | Bangladesh Interested In AH-64
Americas Raytheon won a $17.9 million order that procures Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared special test equipment updates to the Windows 10 operating system in support of the F/A-18E/F Super Horner aircraft. The Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared...
Lockheed Tapped For Mk21A RV Program | F-15s and Apaches Carry Out „Show-Of-Force“ in Syria | Afghanistan Receives Final Two Mil Mi-24s
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $108,3 million deal for the Mk21A Reentry Vehicle program. The contract is to conduct technology maturation and risk reduction to provide a low technical risk and affordable RV capable of delivering the W87-1 warhead from the Ground...
Sikorsky Tapped For CH-53E Production Kits | Saudis And Russians Discuss Defense Co-Operation | Raytheon and Korean Air Partner Up
Americas Sikorsky won a $7.9 million firm-fixed-price delivery order that procures 36 improved nacelles production kits in support of the CH-53E in-service aircraft. The CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy-lift helicopter. It was developed from the CH-53 Sea Stallion...
BAE Systems Unveils RAVEN | Turkey’s Hisar-A Will Enter Mass Production | China Reveals Details About Z-20
Americas BAE Systems has unveiled the RAVEN Countermeasure System that will protect combat vehicles from missile threats. Ryan Edwards, business development manager for Soldier and Vehicle Electronics at BAE System, says the RAVEN, which is a directable infrared...
Sikorsky Showcases New Combat Rescue Helicopter| Turkey Launches Offensive Into Northeastern Syria | South Korean Army Cuts Back on Personnel
Americas Sikorsky showcased its next generation Combat Rescue Helicopter during a ceremony at its Development Flight Center in West Palm Beach, Florida last week. The HH-60W is manufactured by Sikorsky, a unit of Lockheed Martin, and is designed to replace Air Force’s...