Americas Northrop Grumman won a $60 million modification, which adds scope to procure long lead parts and associated support for two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye plus up aircraft for the Navy. Work will be performed in Syracuse, New York (25.06%); Rolling Meadows, Illinois...
USAF Could Use More Money For F-35s | DoS Approves AH-1Z Sale To Nigeria | Document Reveals Backlog of US Defense Transfers To Taiwan
Americas The US Air Force (USAF) has told Congress it could use additional dollars for more F-35 Lightning II fighters, hypersonic weapons testing, and munitions if the funds are available in fiscal year (FY) 2023, according to the service's unfunded priority list....
Lockheed And Keysight Test 5G Solutions | Bell Textron To Provide AH-1Z Training Device For Czech Republic | IN Received 4th Scorpene Class Sub
Americas Kampi Components won a maximum $9.7 million deal for hose assemblies supporting the Army AH-64 D & E Longbow helicopter. The AH-64 Apache is a twin-engined army attack helicopter. The AH-64D Longbow is fitted with the Longbow millimetre wave fire control...
First AH-1Z Flight With Link-16 | Rheinmetall Started UK Boxer Production | Japan To Launch Loyal Wingman From F-X Fighter
Americas Airbus US Space & Defense won a $119.8 million contract modification for an extension of contractor logistics support services for the UH-72 Lakota. The UH-72A Lakota is a light utility helicopter. UH-72A Lakota helicopters were acquired to replace the...
ANG Test C-130H Precision Airdrop With Litening Pod | First AH-1Z Enters Final Assembly For Bahrain | Taiwan Launches Amphibious Vessel With Anti-Ship Missiles
Americas Bell Boeing won a $143.2 million delivery order from the US Navy for the logistics and repair support of MV-22B, CMV-22 (Navy) and CV-22 (Air Force) Osprey components. The Navy is planning to use the CMV-22 variant as a replacement of the Grumman C-2...
Pentagon seeks to decrease F-35 sustainment costs | Bahrain set to buy AH-1Z’s | Hawk Trainer deal falls through
Americas * The Pentagon seeks to drastically decrease the sustainment costs of it F-35 Lightning II program. The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program is considered to be the largest single global defense programs in history. This major multinational program...
Textron to Provide APCs to Colombia & Iraq Through FMS | Kuwait Signs Deal for 28 Eurofighters | FMS Approves 9 Add’l AH-1Zs to Pakistan
Americas * Textron Systems will provide a number of Commando Select armored personnel carriers (APCs) with 40/50 turrents as a foreign military sales contract to both Colombia and Iraq. The $65 million deal will see each country receive 54 of the APCs each, alongside...
AH-64E Apache Block III: Evolving Battlefield Roles
AH-64 in Afghanistan (click to view full) The AH-64 Apache will remain the US Army's primary armed helicopter for several more decades, thanks to the collapse of the RAH-66 Comanche program, and the retirement sans replacement of the US Army's Armed Reconnaissance...
V-22 Osprey: The Multi-Year Buys, 2008-2021
(click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new...
NG Tapped For Triton Systems | Safran To Support Qatar’s Rafales | Taiwan Acquires Additional SkyGuardians
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $19 million modification, which provides logistics and test support for mission control and operator training systems as well as associated engineering and field service representative technical support to sustain MQ-4C Triton...