Americas Armtec Countermeasures Co. won an $11.7 million deal for RR-196 countermeasure chaff for the F-22. This contract provides for the impulse cartridge program and is used by F-22 aircraft for combat and training purposes. Work will be performed in Lillington,...
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MQ-9 Reaper: Unfettered for Export
0 Reaper, ready... (click to view full) The MQ-9 Reaper UAV, once called "Predator B," is somewhat similar to the famous Predator. Until you look at the tail. Or its size. Or its weapons. It's called "Reaper" for a reason: while it packs the same surveillance gear,...
Boeing Tapped For Super Hornet Repair | Turkey And Spain In Talks Over Aircraft Exchange | Ukraine Gets 2nd Batch of Novator-2
Americas Standard Aero won a $44.8 million deal, which will provide depot repair of T56-A-427A engines, including the repair of the power section, torque meter, gearbox, and accessories for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. Work will be performed in San Antonio,...
E-2D Hawkeye: The Navy’s New AWACS
(click to view full) Northrop Grumman's E-2C Hawkeye is a carrier-capable "mini-AWACS" aircraft, designed to give long-range warning of incoming aerial threats. Secondary roles include strike command and control, land and maritime surveillance, search and rescue,...
Super Hornet Fighter Family MYP-III: Contracts
Breakthrough... (click to view full) The US Navy flies the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighters, and has begun operating the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare & strike aircraft. Many of these buys have been managed out of common multi-year procurement (MYP) contracts,...
DoS Approved Billions In Weapons Sales To Israel | Poland Signed LOA For Apaches | North Korean Hackers Infiltrated South Korean Defense Contractor
Americas The Canadian military will be confronted with significant challenges when it begins operating its upcoming MQ-9B Reaper drones in the Arctic. Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) documents seen by Ottawa Citizen suggest that the icy, -30 Celsius weather in the...
Canada Builds F-35 Facility For NORAD Missions | Finland/Latvia Award Patria CAVS Deal | Sierra Nevada To Restore Uzbekistan Pilatus PC-12
Americas Boeing won a $264 million deal, which provides inspections, modifications, and repairs to the F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G aircrafts to include inner wing panel repairs in support of remanufacturing efforts to restore the inner wing panel service life projections to...
Lockheed Tapped For F-35 Training Devices | Iran’s Guards Navy Added Missiles And Drones | Thailand Intends To Procure China’s QBZ-195T
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $29.7 million modification, which adds scope to procure training systems and simulation design, development, integration, test, production, deployment, modifications, upgrades and sustainment services to improve and sustain F-35 training...
Boeing And USAF Finalize $2B E-7A Deal | Elbit To Supply Iron Fist To European Country | DoS Approved HIMARS FMS To Norway
Americas Boeing won a $2 billion modification for E-7A Rapid Prototyping. The modification is for the definitization of the UCA. Work will be performed in Tukwila, Washington, and is expected to be completed by August 28, 2029. There are no funds being obligated at...