"Slick 32" (click to view full) The US Navy's AN/SLQ-32 ECM (Electronic Countermeasures) system uses radar warning receivers, and in some cases active jamming, as the part of ships' self-defense system. The "Slick 32s" provides warning of incoming attacks, and is...
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Northrop Grumman Wins $4.8B Global Hawk Deal | UK to have Carrier Strike Group permanently available | South Korea Starts Mass Production Of KTSSM
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $4.8 billion deal for Global Hawk development, modernization, retrofit and sustainment activities for all Air Force Global Hawk variants. The contract provides for management, including program, business and technical areas;...
BAE Systems Wins Deal For Work On USS Wasp | Switzerland To Vote On Banning Funding Of Weapons | Bell Boeing To Modify Japan’s V-22
Americas The US Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has down selected L3Harris Technologies and Martin UAV for the phase two demonstration of the MI2 technology demonstration. The program’s objective is to identify unmanned air vehicles capable of...
F-35As To Be Equipped With AARGM-ER | Greece And UAE Agreed To A Strategic Partnership | US Donates TOW Missiles To Philippines
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $185.7 million deal for the A-10 Structural Integrity Program Legacy VIII. The deal provides for sustaining engineering services of A-10 aircraft. Services under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract are intended to...
NG To Procure Two Additional SSMMs For LCS | Five Countries To Collaborate On NATO’s Next Helos | Japan’s Aegis Ashore Replacement Will Cost $4.8 billion
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $10.7 million modification to procure two additional Surface-to-Surface Missile Modules (SSMM) for integration into the Littoral Combat Ship framework. The SSMM fires a Longbow Hellfire missile that will be added to the surface...
Air Force selects Kirtland AFB for AC-130J FTU | Afghanistan ordered 15 ScanEagle UAVs from Boeing Insitu | Taurus Sytems Hopes To Develop Taurus K-2 With Korea
Americas The US Air Force decided to relocate the AC-130J Ghostrider Formal Training Unit from Hurlburt Field, Florida to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This is done so that the Air Force Special Operations Command to realign its training mission under Air...
Army Seeks Proposals For Remote-Controlled Bradley Vehicle Replacement | Israeli F-35s Flew Over Cyprus In Exercise | India Received Its Ninth P-8i
Americas Bell Boeing won a maximum $36.5 million contract modification to extend the period of performance for delivery of V-22 spare consumable and depot-level repairable parts. The V-22 Osprey is a joint-service, medium-lift, multimission tilt-rotor aircraft...
F-135 Testing Resumed At Arnold AFB | Lithuania Signed For Four Black Hawks | Hungary Ordered Two C-390s
Americas Honeywell International won a $25.7 million deal for the manufacture of four parts associated with the wheels and brakes used in support of the F/A-18 aircraft. This contract includes a three-year base period with no options. F/A-18 Hornet became the...
DoD Stockpiles COVID-19-Supplies | US F-16 Moved From Germany To UAE | France Seeks Drones To Detect, Intercept Battlefield Radio Communications
Americas L-3 Communications won a $38 million contract modification for contractor logistics support of the Air Force C-12 fleet. Originally developed by Beechcraft, the Raytheon C-12 is a short-range personnel and cargo lift aircraft for the US military. Powered by...