Americas Sikorsky won a $542 million firm-fixed price modification to produce six VH-92A Presidential Helicopters. Under the terms of the contract, known as Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 1, Sikorsky will begin deliveries of six VH-92A helicopters in 2021. The...
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Northrop tapped for G/ATOR Production | Iran unveils new Defense System | China turns to Ukraine for Military Upgrades
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $958 million firm-fixed-price contract to deliver 30 full-rate production Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar systems for the US Marine Corps. The deal includes spares parts and retrofit kits. The AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR system provides...
Lockheed premiers Unmanned Technology aboard Black Hawk | Five Rafales arrive in Qatar l Czech Republic receives three Light Attack/Trainer Aircraft
Americas General Dynamics won a $25.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to produce MK 46 Modification 2 Gun Weapon Systems for use on modern Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ships. MK46 30mm all-weather, day/night, fully stabilized weapon...
L-3 tapped for Hercules Upgrade | IAI to unveil T-Heron l China launches first Sea-Based Rocket
Americas L-3 Communications Integrated Systems won a fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for aircraft avionics upgrades on 176 C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft. The deal is worth $499.6 million. The contract covers engineering and manufacturing development,...
Raytheon completed Ford SSDS Development Test | Elbit to supply German Army with E-Lynx l South Korea and New Zealand sign Defense Agreement
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $56.9 million contract modification to procure Mk 48 Mod 7 guidance and control (G&C) sections and Mk 48 Mod 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS). The company will also produce Functional Item Replacement (FIR) kits,...
“Bird Dog” Light Planes for Afghanistan
Latest updates: 22-month support contract for the Caravans. Cessna 208B to Kirkuk (click to view full) "Bird Dogs for the Iraqi Air Force" has covered the growth of Iraq's primary trainer fleet of Cessna 172 and 208Bs, alongside surveillance and even attack variants...
Lockheed tapped for USS Billings Post-Shakedown Availability | Belarus presents Berkut-3 l Insitu to deliver 34 ScanEagles to Asia
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $29.3 million contract modification to produce TB-37 Multi-Function Towed Array production units, accessories, shipping products, and spare modules for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations aboard surface warships. The TB-37, part of...
GenDyn tapped to build Viper’s Gun Turrets | Belarus presents 9M318 Prototype l Malaysia looks for S-61 Replacement
Americas The US Air Force awarded D&D Machinery a $8.9 million contract for the C-17 Globemaster program. The deal is for the Aircraft Engine Ground Handling Trailer, which is required to incorporate I-beam rails to interface with the rollers on the engine cradle....
Malaysia Ordering EC725 SAR Helicopters
EC725 SAR/SOF (click to view full) Malaysia's Bermana News reports that Eurocopter has received a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from the Malaysian Defence Ministry for 12 EC725 Cougar medium search and rescue (SAR) helicopters. Negotiations for the EC725s had been...