Americas Teledyne Brown Engineering won a $39.2 million contract modification for the production of MK11 shallow water combat submersibles. The Shallow Water Combat Submersible (SWCS) is a manned submersible and a type of swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV). In the US...
C-27J Spartan (click to view full) When the WALRUS super-heavy cargo airship was canceled, combat commanders complained that front-line airfields were often too short for the C-130 Hercules that make up the USAF's tactical transport fleet. Delays in buying a small...
Americas The US Air Force is contracting L-3 Technologies for sustainment work on its fleet of E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft. The firm-fixed price requirements contract provides for repair and overhaul of electron tubes installed on the E-3 at a cost of $7.8 million. L-3...
Americas * Italy's Leonardo-Finmeccanica has commenced a whistle-stop tour of Latin America with their C-27J Spartan tactical airlifter. Bolivia, Panama, and Argentina will be included on the tour following earlier displays of the the aircraft's multimission...
C-27J(click to view full) Major purchases that make headline news are few and far between in Peru. How do you top the recent re-opening of the DIFAA UFO investigation department? If you're the Peruvian Air Force, you buy 2 C-27J light tactical airlifters from Italy's...
DHC-4's final approach(click to view full) Australia's 2009 defense white paper made a wide range of commitments, one of which involved replacing the outstanding service provided by Australia's gull-winged DHC-4 Caribou short takeoff light tactical transports. That...
C-27J 3-view(click to view full) In mid-2008 Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) made a $32 million budget reprogramming request in order to buy a C-27J light tactical transport plane and convert it into a small prototype AC-XX gunship, using "proven/known"...
C-27J Spartan(click to view full) In July 2011, Finmeccanica subsidiary Alenia Aeronautica announced a $200 million contract with Mexico to supply 4 of its C-27J Spartan light tactical transport to the FAM (air force), plus spare parts and ground support equipment....
C-27J: Isn't he adorable?(click to view full) Initial order drops to 3 planes. (Dec 16/10) In February 2006, Finmeccanica announced that its C-27J Spartan (aka. "Baby Herc"), developed as a joint venture between its Alenia Aeronautica subsidiary and Lockheed Martin,...
C-27J Spartan(click to view larger) Around the world, buyers of light military transport aircraft face 3 main choices: Alenia's C-27J Spartan, EADS-CASA's C-295M, or Russia's AN-32. EADS-CASA began with notable leads in orders and customers over its C-27J rival....