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,...
Sensors & Guidance Articles
SSBN-X Subs: Congressmen Promote Refresh, Have Sub Bases in Districts
SSBN-X concept (click to view full) The US Navy needs new SSBN nuclear missile submarines. Their existing Ohio Class boats will begin to retire at a rate of 1 hull per year, beginning in 2027, as they reach the end of their 42-year operational lifetimes. Hence SSBN-X,...
NG Tapped For E-2D Updates | US Announced New Ukraine Aid | Danish Air Force Gets Thales Radars
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $31.8 million modification, which adds scope to extend software support activity (SSA) services to align with the extension of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye full rate production, Lot 11, for the Navy. SSA consists of all aspects of software...
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,...
Nigerian Air Force Receives ATAK Helicopters | Putin Deratifies Nuclear Test Ban | North Korea Provided Russia With Artillery Rounds
Americas General Atomics won a $11 million modification provides for the procurement, transportation, and installation of delta support equipment at seven operational sites, as well as associated non-recurring engineering in support of flight and strike operations of...
NG Tapped For Triton Production | Poland Received AW149 | Norway Signed Collaborative Agreement With RTX
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $543 million deal for the production and delivery of MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System Low-Rate Initial Production Lot Six, to include three unmanned aircraft (UA) for the Navy; one UA for the government of Australia; and one main...
NASA C-130 Makes 1st Flight | Jordan Asked US For Patriots | Pakistan Conducts Training Launch Of Ghauri
Americas On October 28, NASA’s C-130 Hercules successfully touched down at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, completing a crucial leg of its journey to deliver the Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO). This observatory is part of NASA’s...
The C-130J: New Hercules & Old Bottlenecks
RAAF C-130J-30, flares (click to view full) The C-130 Hercules remains one of the longest-running aerospace manufacturing programs of all time. Since 1956, over 40 models and variants have served as the tactical airlift backbone for over 50 nations. The C-130J looks...
Raytheon Sells Cybersecurity Unit | Kuwait Receives Eurofighters | Slovakia Received MANTIS
Americas American Systems won a $31.4 million modification, which exercises options to provide all required development testing, integration, delivery, and installation, as well as aircrew training and readiness for the P-8A Increment 3 Block 2 mission software...