Americas The US Missile Defense Agency's Low Power Laser Demonstrator program is moving into the design review stage. Lockheed Martin, General Atomics and Boeing are each being awarded with contract modifications, amounting to a total of $69.2 million. Under these...
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The Reaper – target locked | Navy orders Hawkeye for Super Cobras | Japan plans to integrate SM-6 capability
Americas The Air Force is procuring a number of high-definition targeting systems for its MQ-9 Reaper UAVs. Raytheon will produce 127 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B (MTS-B) turrets and will upgrade 40 DAS-1A to DAS-4 turrets. The predominantly...
Stingray goes into production | Spike missile family gets a new member | Taiwan arms itself to counter asymmetric threats
Americas The US Navy is moving ahead with its planned acquisition of the MQ-25A UAV. Boeing is being awarded with an initial fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for the delivery of four unmanned aerial vehicles. The MQ-25A is a UAV tanker that is expected to...
The US Army needs to keep the lights on | UAE upgrades its Apaches | China receives last batch of Flankers
Americas Raytheon is being tapped to provide the US Navy with logistics services needed to maintain the night-vision systems installed on its rotor and tilt-rotor aircraft. The five-year performance-based logistics contract amounts to $59.7 million and sustains the...
USS Abraham Lincoln hosts F-35Cs | The Navy’s Knighthawk gets a new gun system | Merlin embarks on HMS Queen Elizabeth
Americas Phoenix International Holdings is being tapped to provide the US Navy with the continued maintenance and operation of its Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS). The awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee modification has a value of $29.9 million and...
Britain’s AW101 Merlin Helicopters: Upgrading the Fleet
Merlin & HMS Sutherland (click to view full) As part of Britain's fiscal rebalancing, The Royal Navy is set to inherent the RAF's Merlin HC3/3A medium-heavy battlefield helicopter fleet, while simultaneously upgrading its existing set of Merlin HM Mk1s. The entire...
Triton’s Herald gets a new sensor package | Who will protect Romania’s shores? | Australia’s Boxers will carry Spike LR2
Americas Leidos is set to support the US Army's Saturn Arch program. The company is being awarded with a $26.8 million contract modification that provides for a Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) Aircraft. Saturn Arch is the Army's answer to an ever evolving threat posed...
A new pod for the F-15 is in development | MALD-X program hits milestone | Lithuania is upgrading its MANPADS
Americas The US Air Force plans to integrate a new IRST system on its fleet of F-15C aircraft. Boeing will provide the Air Force with engineering, manufacturing, and development efforts of the F-15 Legion Pod. The contract has a value of $208.2 million and will run...
Just An Ocean Away: Refits for Britain’s LPH
L12 & LCVPs (click to view full) The 22,500t HMS Ocean is similar to some of the smaller LHD designs like the 21,300t French Mistral Class. Built to commercial standards, LPH01/ L12 carries a crew of 255, an aircrew of 206, and 480 Royal Marine Commandos; an...