Top Gun, redux (click to view full) In the 1980s movie Top Gun, the revolutionary "MiG-28s" operated by the enemy air force were actually painted F-5E Tiger IIs, derived from a family of fighters whose design concept dates back to the mid 1950s. The F-5 family of...
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Airshow At Edwards Air Force Base | Greece To Buy F-35s | Lockheed Martin Tapped For Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target Advanced Capability-3
Americas Federal Contracting won a $92.4 million deal for a B-21 Combined Mission Operations Planning Facility and Field Training Detachment Facility. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. The B-21 is a new high-tech bomber slated to replace or...
Sikorsky Wins Black Hawk Overhaul Contract | Turkey’s Anadolu Started Sea Acceptance Tests | Saab Receives GlobalEye Order From Sweden
Americas Sikorsky won a $429.2 million deal from the US Army for maintenance and overhaul of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated...
UAE Buys Saab’s Erieye AEW&C Aircraft
Arabian/Persian Gulf (click to view full) In November 2009, Saab announced a 1.5 billion SEK (about $220 million) contract from the United Arab Emirates for 2 of its Saab 340 regional turboprops, equipped with Erieye active-array radars that can scan large airspace...
Sikorsky Gets $2.3B For Black Hawk |Djibouti Revealed Bayraktar TB2 | MBDA Introduces JFS-M For HIMARS And M270
Americas Sikorsky Aircraft won a $2.3 billion deal for procurement of 120 H-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related support for fiscal years 2022-2026, including options for an additional 135 aircraft. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. With more...
BAE Systems Tapped For ICBM | UK Swattles Mosquito Project | Asian Air Force Ordered Scorpius-SP
Americas BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services won a $12 billion deal for Integration Support Contract (ISC) 2.0. The main function of ISC 2.0 is to support the government as the lead systems integrator and augment government resources for Intercontinental...
Missile Envy: Modernizing the US ICBM Force
LGM-30G Minuteman III (click to view full) For 50 years, land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) have been part of the US primary strategic deterrence capability, the nuclear-armed triad that also includes submarine-launched ballistic missiles and long...
Raytheon Wins $78.8M Deal For ESSM | IAI Doubles Venµs Satellite’s Expected Service Life | Spain Orders 20 More Eurofighters
Americas The US Navy awarded Raytheon $78.7 million to exercise options for additional fiscal 2022 guided missile assemblies in support of the fiscal 2021-2023 Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 full rate production requirements. The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile...
Boeing Sees Potential Export Partners For Stingray | Cyprus To Replace Mi-35 With H145M | DoS Approves AGM-88E2 Sale To Australia
Americas Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control won a $130.5 million modification for the Advanced Radar Threat System – Variant 2 (ARTS-V2) systems. The contract modification is to provide for the exercise of Options 3 and 4 for an additional quantity of eight...