Americas DynCorp International won a $306.6 million contract from the US Air Force for aviation command and control and maintenance services. The deal includes air traffic control, airfield management and maintenance support in the Air Force Central Command's area of...
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University of Dayton tapped for Studies on F-15 Sustainment | Serbian Army to receive two new Malyutkas | Philippines expect Super Tucanos in February
Americas The University of Dayton Research Institute won a $28.5 million firm-fixed price contract for studies of the F-15 sustainment engineering. The contract includes systems/structural engineering field and programmed depot maintenance support, reliability and...
Gift Horses: Afghanistan’s C-130 Fleet
Afghan C-130H (click to view full) When a USAF program to refurbish 20 Italian C-27A light tactical transport planes for the Afghan Air Force formally imploded at the end of 2012, the American looked for a longer-term plan B. At the high end, the proposal was to hand...
Lockheed wins Support Contract for FFG(X) | Russia to Purchase two Yasen Class Subs | USS Montgomery Deploys to Pacific
Americas The US Navy tapped Lockheed Martin with a $7 million contract for Combat System Ship Integration and testing on the next generation of Guided Missile Frigate or FFG(X). The work includes integration engineering support and test planning as well as waterfront...
Digital Raven: Hand-Launched UAV Goes Binary
Latest updates: USAF to use RQ-11Bs at bases worldwide. RQ-11B Raven (click to view full) The RQ-11 Raven is a 4.2-pound, backpackable, hand-launched UAV that provides day and night, real-time video imagery for "over the hill" and "around the corner" reconnaissance,...
Insitu nets $390.4M for Blackjack and ScanEagle Drones | Honeywell to produce J7 for Abrams Vehicles | Meggitt to develop new Generator System
Americas Insitu won $390.4 million to supply Blackjack drones for the US Marine Corps US Navy, as well as Blackjacks and smaller ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles, for three foreign allies. The contract provides for up to 63 RQ-21A Blackjack attrition air vehicles plus...
SSGN “Tactical Trident” Subs: Special Forces and Super Strike
From these... In the aftermath of the START-II arms control treaty, some of the USA's nuclear-powered Ohio Class SSBN nuclear missile submarines were converted to become long range conventional strike and special operations SSGN "Tactical Tridents." Four...
Boeing nets $47m for Apache Helicopter Enhancement | DoS approves F-16 Sale to Morocco | Indian Air Force to take part in Joint Exercise with France
Americas Boeing won a $47.7 million contract modification in support of the Apache Attack Helicopter AH-64E production line and Apache Longbow Crew Trainers. The deal provides Version 6/Improved Drive System enhancement cut-in. The AH-64E is a variant of the...
For the Third Time, India Restarts Aerial Tanker Competition
Air India A330 (click to view full) By the early 2000s, India's Air Force was expressing interest in buying modern aerial tankers, AWACS radar planes, maritime patrol aircraft, and other long-range, high-value aircraft. Things always take a longer time than they...