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...
Americas General Dynamics won a $25.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to produce MK 46 Modification 2 Gun Weapon Systems for use on modern Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ships. MK46 30mm all-weather, day/night, fully stabilized weapon...
Americas Dyncorp is being contracted to support the Navy's fleet of TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopters. The awarded contract is valued at $152.3 million and provides for logistics support services and depot level maintenance material for about 118 TH-57 aircraft. The TH-57...
Americas * The Army is procuring fuses for its artillery shells. Action Manufacturing and Amtec Corp. are set to compete for each order of the firm-fixed-price contract worth $250,7 million. The contract provides for the manufacture, inspection, testing, packaging,...
IAF Hawk Mk.132 (click to view full) The induction of advanced jet trainers into India's Air Force has been a long and difficult process. After a number of false starts, and indigenous efforts like HAL's Ajeet that didn't quite live up to expectations, a 20-year...
Israeli A-4Ns(click to view full) After more than 40 years operating the A-4 Skyhawk, a maintenance scandal led Israel to conclude that its remaining Skyhawk's needed to be replaced as advanced trainers. That triggered a $1 billion advanced trainer competition, and a...
Americas * John McCain's threats against the next-generation B-21 strategic bomber have received stern warnings from the Pentagon. While McCain has rallied for implementing fixed-price contracts for development programs, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said...
RAAF Hawk Mk.127s(click to view full) In July 2013, the Royal Australian Air Force inked a long-term contract with BAE Systems to maintain and upgrade its 33 Hawk Mk.127 jet trainers based at RAAFB Williamtown and RAAFB Pearce. The new deal is for 5 years and up to...
Latest updates: OC2 upgrades: good news, bad news? High-end Hawk(click to view full) In 2006, Great Britain signed a GBP 450 million contract to buy another 28 advanced Hawk trainers, as the first step toward a public-private partnership that would provide military...
T-6A JPATS(click to view full) Hawker Beechcraft Corp. received a $123.8 million firm-fixed-price contract to provide 20 T-6A trainer aircraft, training devices, and technical publications to the Air Force. At this time, $69.3 million has been obligated....