Nimrod R1 & E-3D AWACS (click to view full) Land and sea surveillance, and electronic surveillance, are missions no government can ignore. To keep its capabilities, Great Britain launched a parallel set of efforts to update its Nimrod fleet. One multi-billion...
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Lockheed To Provide Modular Masts For Virginia Block V | Gripen Engine Serviced At Trollhättan | IN Cuts Back Some Of Its Procurement Plans
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $19.4 million contract modification to exercise options for the procurement of eight multi-function modular masts for new-construction Virginia Class submarine Block V hulls. Virginia Class subs are designed for a broad spectrum of...
Raytheon Tapped For AMRAAM Lot 33 Spares | Canada Contributes CF-188 For Reassurance | Lockheed Tapped For Taiwan’s F-16 AESA
Americas Raytheon Missile Systems won a $10.6 million contract modification for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile Production Lot 33 spares. The modification provides for the production Air Force and Navy spares. The AMRAAM missile is a versatile and proven...
AugustaWestland Tapped For TH-73A Production | Kuwaiti Eurofighter Makes Maiden Flight | Japan Dispatched P-3s To Middle East
Americas AugustaWestland won a $176.5 million deal for the production and delivery of 32 TH-73A aircraft, initial spares, peculiar support equipment, flyaway kits, hoists, sling loads, data in excess of commercial form fit function/operations maintenance instructional...
Boeing Tapped For Flight Control Surfaces Support On Hornets | UK Reports Nuclear Infrastructure Costs Increase | DoS Approves F-35 FMS To Singapore
Americas Boeing won a $14 million delivery order for spare items in support of the Flight Control Surfaces utilized on the F/A-18 aircraft. The F/A-18 Hornet is a single- and two-seat, twin engine, multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft that can operate from either...
US Army To Buy SPIKE NLOS For Apaches | Russian Tiltrotor Drone Shown To Putin | LCA Lands On INS Vikramaditya
Americas Boeing won a $42.3 million modification, which exercises an option for integrated logistics services and site activation support of P-8A aircraft for the Navy and the government of Australia. The P-8A Poseidon is an aircraft designed for long-range...
INS Vikrant: India’s New Carrier
Adm. Gorshkov: Before. (click to view full) This free-to-view DID Spotlight article offers an in-depth look at India's troubled attempt to convert and field a full-size aircraft carrier, before time and wear force it to retire its existing naval aviation and ships....
King Stallion Engine Issues Resolved | Germany To Withdraw Some Troops From Iraq | China Hints At Plans For Airborne Laser Attack Weapon
Americas Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling, and management, was successfully installed on the F-16 fighter within 45 days by the US Air Force. It is part of an initiative by the Pentagon to improve...
UK OPVs: Bridge Over the River Class
River Class (click to view full) The UK's forthcoming Ocean Class 90m+ Offshore Patrol Vessels stem from a shipbuilding sector agreement that the UK MoD signed with BAE in November 2013. Britain needed to find an affordable bridge-buy that kept its naval shipyards...