Americas The US Navy will establish its second CMV-22B unit and the first squadron for the East Coast, at NAS North Island this fall. The squadron will eventually relocate Naval Station Norfolk in 2023. So far, 18 C-2A pilots have completed their transition to the...
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GE To Provide T-64 Engine Cores For CH-53E | Dutch Frigate Joins UK Carrier Strike Group | South Korea Buys 36 Attack Helicopters
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $195 million contract modification to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract (N0001918C1037). This modification exercises options to provide support services to include non-recurring engineering,...
USS Gabrielle Giffords Launched Naval Strike Missile | M60 Tanks Transferred To Libya | Britain’s MoD Gears Up Against Climate Change
Americas During a virtual Navy League event, Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, who heads the Air Warfare Division, said the service is unlikely to adopt the small aircraft carrier concept. “I believe the L Class ships operating with the F-35B fit that bill,” Harris was quoted...
Rolls-Royce Contracted With V-22 Engine Support | Lebanon To Sell Hawker Hunters | Japan Resumes F-5 Flights
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $67.5 million contract modification to exercise an option for the Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System (AEGIS) — Combat System Engineering agent efforts for the design, development, integration, test, and delivery of...
Lockheed Wins Army’s $2.8B GMLRS Deal | RSAF Tornado Fighters Deployed To Pakistan | Final F-16 Arrived in Romania
Americas Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control won a $2.8 billion contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead rocket pods, GMLRS Unitary Warhead rocket pods, Low-Cost Reduced Range Practice rocket pods, cybersecurity services,...
Nothing but Netz: Used F-16s for Romania
MiG-21 'Lancer' (click to view full) The MiG-21 is reaching the end of its service life, but it can still be effective for a little while. India's refurbished MiG-21 'Bisons' combined Russian, Indian and Israeli technology to excellent effect in the COPE India 2004...
Sikorsky Wins $94M Black Hawk Medevac Helicopter Production Option | First Nigerian JF-17 Delivered | Royal Navy Welcomes Madfox
Americas Sikorsky won a $94.3 million deal to support an option exercise of six Program Year 5, Lot 45 HH-60M aircraft. The HH-60M Black Hawk features an integrated MEDEVAC equipment package kit intended to support casualty evacuation missions at daytime or nighttime...
The USA’s E-6 Fleet: Take Charge, And Move Out!
E-6B TACAMO (click to view full) The USA's E-6 Mercury (aka. TACAMO, as in TAke Charge And Move Out) "survivable airborne communication system" airplanes support their Navy's SSBN ballistic missile submarine force and overall strategic forces. With the advent of the...
VH-92A Being Tested | Sikorsky Contracted For Delivering 25 Black Hawks To Saudi Arabia | Japan Commissioned Final Soryu Class
Americas HMX-1 and the White House Military Office is testing the VH-92A at Joint Base Charleston this week. The military says this is part of operational testing for Marine Helicopter Squadron One. It is unknown how much longer the process will last. The new Marine...