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...
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Electric Boat Tapped For Virginia Class Support | DoS Approves FMS To Kuwait and Tunisia | Norwegian F-35s Face Issue With Drag Chute
Americas Electric Boat Corp. won a 434.4 million deal for lead yard support and development studies and design efforts regarding the Virginia Class submarines. The Virginia Class replaces Los Angeles Class submarines as they retire. The Virginia Class has several...
Raytheon Wins Delivery Order In Support of APG-79 | Finland Received Torpedo System 45 | Pakistan Procured 60 CM-400AKG in 2017-18
Americas Raytheon won an $11.9 million delivery order for the procurement of 101 spare part units across nine assemblies used in support of the F-18 APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system. The AN/APG-79 AESA radar is an airborne radar made for F/A-18...
BAE Systems Tapped For Continued Production Of BFVs | Netherlands Want More F-35s | RAAF To Equip Super Hornets With AN/ASG-34 podded IRST
Americas The US Army awarded BAE Systems a contract modification worth up to $269 million for continued production of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the company announced in a press release. The deal for additional 168 Bradley A4 Infantry Fighting Vehicles is part of...
GBU-69/B In Trials With Gray Eagle | Netanyahu Wants to Boost Israel’s Defense Budget | Babcock International Wins GSA-9 Support Contract
Americas The US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (ARSOAC), together with the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), has performed a series of complex launch trials with the Dynetics baseline and Block I variant GBU-69/B Small Glide Munitions (SGMs) from an...
USN Retired Its Hornets | Iranian Army Unveiled Labeik Guidance Upgrade | Lithuanian Air Force Started Testing NASAMS
Americas The US Navy has retired its fleet of Boeing F/A-18A-D Hornet combat aircraft from active service. The USN announced on October 2 that the final flight took place out of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The retirement of the ‘classic’ Hornets brings 35...
Lockheed Martin Won An LCS Program Contract Modification | Germany Likely To Replace Tornados with Super Hornets | DoS Approves FMS To Ukraine
Americas United Technologies won a $325.2 million fixed-price-incentive-firm contract to provide material and support equipment for depot maintenance facilities, non-recurring sustainment activities, supplies, services and planning for depot activations as well as two...
GE Tapped For Super Hornet Engines | South Africa And Brazil Finish A-Darter AAM Development | North Korea Tests New Type of SLBM
Americas General Electric won a $10.6 million contract modification that exercises an option to procure two F414-GE-400 production install engines, five engine devices, and 29 engine device K-seals in support of Lot 23 engine production for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet...
South Africa, Brazil’s A-Darter SRAAM Hits Target
A-Darter model, 2012 (click to view larger) There's a new advanced dogfighting missile coming to town, and it won't be coming from any of the standard players. Denel Pty Ltd.'s missile/UAV subsidiary Denel Dynamics has entered into a joint development agreement with...