Fire! On October 6, 2006, Saab Bofors Dynamics and the Polish companies MESKO and BUMAR signed a contract for production of the RBS15 Mk3 anti-ship missile. MESKO and BUMAR are procuring the RBS15 Mk3 on behalf of the Polish Ministry of Defence, and the contract value...
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The Growler is receiving AEA enhancements | Saudi Hawk jet trainer crashes ! | Germany is restarting the SMArt artillery shell program
Americas Dyncorp is being contracted to support the Navy's fleet of TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopters. The awarded contract is valued at $152.3 million and provides for logistics support services and depot level maintenance material for about 118 TH-57 aircraft. The TH-57...
HII on the way to redefine naval engineering | IAI plans to expand its business in North America | Will Taiwan opt for the Fire Scout ?
Americas Rolls Royce is being contracted to support the US Air Force's Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability (ATTAM). The awarded IDIQ contract is valued at $100 million and enables the company to develop, demonstrate and transition advanced...
DoD grounds all F-35s | Lockheed Martin & Rheinmetall pitch Black Hawk to Germany | China’s new stealth-bomber is making progress
Americas Parts of the global F-35 fleet are currently grounded in the wake of one of the aircraft crashing in South Carolina two weeks ago. The initial investigation that followed the incident, concluded that the crash was caused by a faulty fuel tube. The DoD's Joint...
USAF spends $2.3b on its EELV program | Lockheed will continue THAAD Field Support | Pakistan tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Americas The US Air Force is awarding a series of contracts for the development of a Launch System Prototype for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The contracts are part of a portfolio that aims to leverage commercial launch solutions to meet National...
The US Army integrates DeepStrike | The Zephyr is being eyed by the US Futures Command | “S-300 is not a match for the F-35i”, claims Israeli official
Americas The US Army is introducing a more lethal long-range missile to its inventory. The service is now able to fire Raytheon's DeepStrike missile from its M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS launchers. The launchers are now outfitted with a launch pod missile container. This...
Zephyr Ultra-Long Endurance UAVs
Zephyr Flight (click to view full) QinetiQ's Zephyr is a very high-flying, ultra-light solar powered UAV designed to break existing flight length records. It's one of the contenders in DARPA's Vulture program, which eventually expects to field an aircraft whose flight...
The US Army is requesting a new TOW engine | SB-1 Defiant will soon make its maiden flight | Chinese UAVs are popular in the Middle-East
Americas Raytheon is being contracted to develop a new propulsion system for the US Army's TOW missile. The contract is valued at $21 million and covers three years of research and development necessary to make required performance improvements to the tube-launched,...
US Air Force designates its hypersonic research rocket | Russia plans to launch a trainer competition | Japan will develop own CEC system
Americas The US Air Force is designating its hypersonic research rocket. Formerly known as GOLauncher1, the vehicle now carries the official military designation of X-60A. The rocket is flown by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Aerospace Systems Directorate,...