Americas * Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $11.7 million US Navy order from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to provide Advanced Radar Processor (ARP) hardware sets in support of the service's E-2D Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft. Work on the contract...
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Three companies enter Polish sub replacement program | India launches new CIWS project to replace Russian guns | Pakistan scores in Harba test-firing
Americas * Boeing has been awarded a $193 million US Air Force contract by the Department of Defense (DoD), to provide GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Increment 1 (SBD-1) to several foreign partner nations. Saudi Arabia, Japan, Israel, the Netherlands, South Korea, and...
Norway May go Dutch with Poland on Subs
S304, KNM Uthaug (click to view full) Norway's 6 Ula Class/ U210 diesel-electric submarines were commissioned from 1989-1992, and play an important role in their overall fleet. The 1,150t design combined German design, sonar, and torpedoes with a French Thomson-CSF...
India cancels Spike missile buy ahead of Bibi’s visit | Norway suspends UAE arms sales over Yemen War | Scorpion jet integrated with US AFRL AgilePod
Americas * Textron Airland's self-funded Scorpion light attack/Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) jet has been integrated with the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) AgilePod multi-sensor reconfigurable pod at only a few weeks' notice. Work took...
A-D variant Hornets scheduled for maintenance | RAF No. 12 squadron to train Qatari Eurofighter crews | Wing Loong II hits new strike record
Americas * Lockheed Martin received last Thursday, a $20.5 million contract for upgrades and services for the AEGIS weapon system (AWS). Under the terms of the agreement, Lockheed will provide for logistics and sustainment support for the in-service AEGIS ship fleet...
Northrop receive LRP orders for MQ-4C Triton | Japan’s Aegis Ashore an affront to peace, claim Russia | South Korea ponders M-SAM test in UAE desert
Americas * Raytheon has been awarded a US Air Force (USAF) contract, totalling $659.9 million, for Lot 31 production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The contract includes foreign military sales (FMS) of the missiles to Japan, South...
Pining for Control: South Korea’s KAMD National Ballistic Missile Defense System & M-SAM Surface to Air Missile
ROK Flag South Korea continues to modernize its forces, and take steps toward full sovereign control of its defenses. PAC-2 GEM+ missiles were ordered in 2008 to be operational in 2010 and fully in place by 2012. South Korea doesn't appear to be aiming as high as...
Pentagon to sell Super Tucanos to Nigeria after Obama ban | Lockheed to join Northrop in Grey Wolf development | USAF pilots to test Taiwanese F-16Vs
Americas * The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded General Atomics a $328.8 million contract for MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft support and services. Under the terms of the agreement, GA will be tasked with "core management, logistics support,...
MDA orders THAAD Lot 9 & 10 interceptors | More Abrams slated for SEPv3 upgrades | Chinese mega seaplane makes maiden flight
Americas * The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has almost tripled its production orders for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors from the system's manufacturer, Lockheed Martin. Valued at $553.1 million, the contract modification has increased the...