Americas Boeing is being contracted to support the DoD's Protected Tactical Enterprise Service program. Awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center, the $383 million contract provides for development of a ground system that protects tactical satellite...
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Apache Helicopter Pilots Take Aim with Arrowhead
AH-64 & Arrowhead (click to view full) For much of the post-WWII era, US helicopter pilots have been trained to fly "low and fast." This was based on combat experience in Korea and Vietnam. In the urban environments of Iraq and Afghanistan, however, flying low and...
Heat Vision: US Teen Series Fighters Getting IRST
F/A-18F w. IRST F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Block IIs fighters are beginning to enter service with the US Navy and Australia, carrying significantly improved AN/APG-79 AESA radars and other electronic upgrades. Recent years have seen another spreading improvement within...
US Army orders Saab’s ULCANS | 1st European FCAS contracts to be issued in 2019 | K-SAAM to be deployed in 2019
Americas The US Army is ordering a special netting system from Saab. The Swedish company will deliver several of its Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net Systems (ULCANS) at a cost of $66 million. The ULCANS system consists of one hexagonal and one rhomboidal screen,...
US SOCOM modifies MEUAS contract | Denel accelerates Cheetah development | Vietnam joins Russian GLONASS system
Americas The US Special Operations Command is modifying a contract with Insitu. The additional $18 million cover mid-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services under the MEUAS 1.5B program. Insitu will use its ScanEagle as an advanced...
Thales set to repair the Navy’s ALFS | Belgium buys MQ-9B SkyGuardian | India opts for the Igla-S VSHORAD
Americas Thales Defense and Security is being awarded with a delivery order for the repair of the airborne low frequency sonar system (ALFS) sonar dome installed on the Navy's MH-60R helicopters. The undefinitized contract action is priced at $14 million and covers...
USAF one step closer in getting new and capable ‘small radar’ | Israel joins the club: buys advanced F-15s | Tokyo buys SM-3 variants
Americas The US Air Force's next-generation stealth bombers will be maintained at Tinker Air Base in Oklahoma and at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The B-21 Raider previously referred to as the Long-Range Strike Bomber, or LRS-B, is expected to be delivered in...
Lockheed tapped to mitigate F-35 processor obsolescence | Finland’s H-X contest completes 1st phase | Global Hawks will soar above Japan
Americas Lockheed Martin is being contracted to mitigate the upcoming obsolescence of F-35 JSF essential semiconductors. Awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command, the $41.5 million firm-fixed-price delivery order provides for procurement of new Xilinx and Intel-Altera...
More funding for Saudi MMSC acquisition | RAF F-35B completes new landing manoeuvre | Japan delays V-22 deployment
Americas Space Vector and OrbitalATK are being contracted to support the Air Force's Sounding Rocket Program-4 (SRP-4). Valued at $424 million the multiple-award IDIQ contract will be used to meet DoD's and other government agency requirements needed to accomplish the...