Americas Sikorsky won a $2 billion modification by the US Navy, which adds scope for Lots 7 and 8 block buy contract for a combined quantity of 35 CH-53K full-rate production aircraft, 27 for the Marine Corps and eight for the government of Israel, as well as provides...
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NG Tapped For Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems | Norway To Send F-16s To Ukraine | Indonesia Buys F-15s And Black Hawks
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $83.1 million order, which provides for retrofit of two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (B9 and B10) and one main operating base (MB-6P) to an Integrated Functional Capability Four, multiple-intelligence configuration for the...
Lockheed Martin Tapped For F-35 Parts | DoS Approves Apache Sale To Poland | DoS Approved HIMARS Sale To Australia
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $606.8 modification, which procures long lead time materials, parts, components, and efforts in support of maintaining on-time production and delivery of 173, Lot 19, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for Foreign Military Sales (FMS)...
US Army Tapping Industry For Short-Wave Infrared Laser | Iran Built Mohajer-10 | Netherlands Double Its Fleet Of MQ-9As
Americas Oshkosh Defense won a $40.1 million modification by the Army for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an estimated completion date of August 29, 2025. Fiscal 2022, 2023 and 2024 other procurement, Army funds;...
JLTV: Oshkosh Wins, Lockheed Protests
Ultra APV demonstrator (click to view full) In an age of non-linear warfare, where front lines are nebulous at best and non-existent at worst, one of the biggest casualties is... the concept of unprotected rear echelon vehicles, designed with the idea that they'd...
Israel’s Arrow Theater Missile Defense
Arrow test concept (click to view full) In a dawning age of rogue states, ballistic missile defenses are steadily become a widely accepted necessity. Iran is widely believed to be developing nuclear capabilities, and Israeli concerns were heightened after Iranian...
Boeing Tapped For CH-47s | MD Helicopters To Provide Middle Eastern Country With 6 Cayuse Helos | Sweden And Ukraine To Jointly Produce CV90
Americas Fairchild Air Force Base, located in Washington state, has taken a significant step in enhancing its training capabilities with the creation of the KC-46 Weapons Instructor Course (WIC). This initiative involves the recruitment of experienced KC-46 Pegasus...
KC-46A Pegasus Aerial Tanker Completes Firsts
KC-135: Old as the hills... (click to view full) DID's FOCUS articles cover major weapons acquisition programs - and no program is more important to the USAF than its aerial tanker fleet renewal. In January 2007, the big question was whether there would be a...
Raytheon Tapped For TOW 2B Missiles | Brazilian Army Requested Self-Propelled Artillery System | Netherlands, Denmark Provide Ukraine With F-16s
Americas Raytheon has clinched a $323-million contract to produce tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) 2B top-attack missiles for the US Army. The weapons will reportedly be used in anti-armor, anti-bunker, anti-fortification, and anti-amphibious...