Americas Northrop Grumman won a $217.2 million modification, which provides for Battlefield Airborne Communications Node payload operation and support for payload equipment and services. Under the contract, Northrup Grumman will support payload equipment and services...
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Bringing Home the BACN to Front-Line Forces
E-11A BACN (click to view full) In late June 2009, the USAF awarded Northrop Grumman Defense Mission Systems Inc., of San Diego, CA an urgent requirement contract for its Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) System. Under current plans, Northrop Grumman...
BAE Systems Controls Tapped For Osprey Support | Portugal’s EMPORDEF Liquidation Complete | South Korea Participates in Sea Dragon
Americas BAE Systems Controls won a $7.7 million contract modification, which provides for non-recurring engineering for the Forward Defense Weapons Systems cockpit controls and cabin intrusion reduction effort and associated prototypes in support of the tiltrotor...
Saab Starts T-7A Production | Elbit Systems Finished Hydrop Field Demonstration | Rheinmetall Commissioned To Extend Life Of Marder IFVs
Americas Saab announced that the company had started assembly production of its section of the T-7A aircraft, the advanced trainer developed and produced together with Boeing for the United States Air Force. Production began on January 10, 2020. The Swedish company is...
USS Gerald Ford To begin ACT | Mali Receives Streit Typhoon MRAPs | India’s Su-30 Fighter Equipped With BrahMos
Americas The USS Gerald R. Ford left port in Norfolk to begin aircraft compatibility testing off the East Coast, the Navy announced. The ACT started Thursday It is meant to continue testing of systems for aircraft to launch and land on the vessel. It started in...
Raytheon Tapped For FET Development Effort | Leonardo’s Xplorer Makes Maiden Flight | Greece Deploys Patriots To Saudi Arabia
Americas Raytheon won a $442.3 million deal for the force element terminal (FET) development effort. The contract provides for the design, development, testing, integration, and logistical support of a FET system that will transition the B-52 and RC-135 hardened...
Joint Riveting: Britain’s RC-135 Airseeker Electronic Snooping Planes
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...
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...