Americas
Boeing won a $129.2 million contract for the F-15 Japan Super Interceptor program. This contract provides for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to incorporate engineering change proposals. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; El Segundo, California; and Hunt Valley, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by Jan. 31, 2030. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
Raytheon won a $185 million delivery order for the repair, upgrade, or replacement of 160 parts in two of the 13 major subsystems of the Aegis Weapon System: the MK99 fire control system, and the Army Navy Joint Electronics Type Designation Systems Water/Surface Ship, Radar, Surveillance and Control Transmitter Group. The contract includes supply response time performance metrics. Work is expected to be completed by December 2026. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity.
Middle East & Africa
Elbit Systems reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024, accumulating a 5.2% increase in its order backlog, to $2.2 billion, a trend in line with other local defense companies supplying weapons for Israel’s war against Hamas and Hezbollah. The Israeli company booked fresh deals recently, including a $127 million contract to supply Iron Fist active protection systems for US Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and a $335 million contract to supply PULS rocket launchers and Hermes 900 drones to a European country that company officials did not to name.
Europe
The US State Department Approved a Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine. for Blanket Order Sustainment of US Army Supplied Systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $100 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress. Ukraine has an urgent need to strengthen local sustainment capabilities to maintain high operational rates for U.S.-provided vehicles and weapon systems. This sustainment support will directly contribute to battlefield effectiveness, overall operational rates, logistics, and reduction of financial burdens as a result of a more resilient and rapid repair cycle.
Asia-Pacific
The United States Department of State has approved a potential sale of equipment and services to South Korea to upgrade the country’s F-15K fighter fleet amid increasing hostility with North Korea. Raytheon Technologies, Boeing, and BAE Systems will be the main contractors for the proposed foreign military sale (FMS), which is expected to cost about $6.2 billion. The agency, a division of the Defense Department, is responsible for implementing the Foreign Military Sales initiative.
