Americas General Atomics Aeronautical Systems won a $29.3 million contract modification for performance based logistics support on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System. The General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAS. It was...
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General Electric Wins Engine Contract For CH-53K | IWI Announces New ARAD Rifle | Philippines Push Back AH-1 Delivery
Americas General Electric Aviation won a $143.7 million contract modification for 24 low rate initial production Lot 3 T408-GE-400 turboshaft engines and three Lot 2 T408-GE-400 engines for the CH-53K helicopter. The deal also provides for associated engine and...
Lockheed Tapped For Ship Integration and test of the AWS | RAF Typhoons Head East | BAE Systems To Supply Bundespolizei with 57mm Guns
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $50.3 million contract modification for the Aegis Weapon System (AWS). The deal is for ship integration and test of the AWS for AWS Baselines through Advanced Capability Build 16. The contract provides for Aegis shipboard integration...
Lockheed’s THAAD System Demonstrated Remote Launcher Capability | Iran Unveils Kian Attack Drone | Eight Apaches Joined IAF Today
Americas Lockheed Martin announced that its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target on August 30 in a missile defense test. The test was led by the US Missile Defense Agency with support...
Lockheed Martin Tapped For Aegis BMD 6.0 Work | Big Lizzie To Undertake Operational Trials | Taiwan To Buy New Reconnaissance Pod For F-16s
Americas Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems won a $327 million firm-fixed-price contract, under which it will design, develop, integrate, test and certify the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense or BMD 6.0 capability. Aegis BMD 6.0 will provide an increased BMD...
Northrop Grumman Tapped For E-2D Support | Raytheon Wins FMS To Kuwait For PATRIOT Training | Taiwan To Retire UH-1H in October
Americas Meggitt Defense Systems won a $22.2 million firm-fixed-price contract in support of the Apache AH-64. The deal is for magazine assemblies. Boeing’s Apache is a twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem...
Fly and Listen: The AN/AQS-22 ALFS Sonar System
MH-60R & ALFS, Bermuda (click to view full) The AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low-Frequency Sonar (ALFS) will equip the US Nay's new MH-60R multi-mission helicopters, serving as their primary anti-submarine sensor. The new FLASH sonar operates using lower frequencies and...
Rolls-Royce Tapped For C-130J Propulsion Sustainment | USAF Awards Boeing $500M for Qatar Air Force Training | Estonia Signs MUGS Deal
Americas Rolls-Royce won a $48 million delivery order for C-130J propulsion long-term sustainment. The Lockheed Martin C-130 is the US Air Force’s principal tactical cargo and personnel transport aircraft. The C-130J Hercules features a glass cockpit, digital avionics...
Raytheon Wins ESSM Block II Deal | Babcock Ahead In Type 31e Competition | DoS Approves SM-3 FMS To Japan
Americas The US Army awarded Triumph Engine Control Systems a $7.5 million firm-fixed contract in support of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The deal is for the overhaul of a minimum of the fuel control main for the chopper. The CH-47D Chinook helicopter transports...