Americas * Raytheon Canada will overhaul and provide in-service support for the Royal Canadian Navy's Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems. Valued at CAD$330 million (USD$260.1 million), the deal tasks Raytheon with providing "maintenance, fleet technical support, repair...
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Modernizing Canada’s Halifax Class Frigates
HMCS Montreal & sub: HMCS Windsor (click to view full) Launched between 1988-1995, and commissioned between 1992-1996, Canada's 12 City Class (now Halifax Class) frigates currently form the high end of its naval capabilities. The Canadian Navy has declined...
South Korea Launches KF-16 Fighter Upgrades Upended
ROKAF KF-16 (click to view full) In July 2009, The Korea Times reported that ROKAF was looking to upgrade its F-16C/D fleet's radar and armament, as part of the 2010-2014 arms acquisition and management package submitted to President Lee Myung-bak for approval. Under...
Third time lucky for Israel’s Arrow-3 testing | DSCA clears a series of FMS for Kuwait, Netherlands, & Finland | First HH-60W enters final assembly
Americas * Lockheed Martin said Tuesday, that its helicopter subsidiary Sikorsky is beginning final assembly of the first HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter, the latest variant of the long-serving Pave Hawk. The assembly will include the installation of a Tactical...
DoJ charge three men with supplying Hezbollah UAV parts | Seoul clears PAC-3 MSE buy for Northern missile threats | Saudis near to closing S-400 buy
Americas * Orbital ATK received on Wednesday, February 14, a $79.4 million US Navy contract for development, testing and evaluation of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Ground Launch Drone Missile (GQM-163A). The agreement will see Orbital provide the Navy...
Will US export ban SCALP Franco-Egyptian Rafale deal? | Navy awards contracts to mature FFG(X) designs | Airbus blasts Germany’s export restrictions
Americas * Five shipbuilding firms have been awarded US Navy contracts worth $15 million each to deliver conceptual designs for the Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) program—the effort for the service's future frigate. Awarded to Huntington Ingalls, Lockheed Martin,...
Indonesia finally inks Su-35 deal with Russia | Boeing begrudgingly expresses interest in Canada’s fighter comp, say source | HMS Ocean sold to Brazil
Americas * All three variants of the F-35 have been cold weather tested by the Joint Strike Fighter Operational Test Team (JOTT) at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The testing comes ahead of the aircraft's stationing at Eielson from 2020, which poses some of the...
Is India serious about the F-35? | Airbus announces A400 hit amid better than expected profits | Pentagon orders initial production for King Stallions
Americas * The Pentagon awarded Tuesday, February 13, a $126.5 million US Navy contract modification to Sikorsky for initial production of CH-53K King Stallion helicopters. Under the terms of the deal, the Lockheed Martin subsidiary will secure "long lead items in...
Industry awaits India’s upcoming fighter comps | GA announce industry partners for MQ-25, Navy pushes IOC to 2023 | Is the NH90 too much trouble?
Americas * The US Navy has pushed initial operational capability (IOC) of the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial tanker into 2026, rather than the rapid acquisition initially planned for 2020. Service officials told a Fiscal Year 2019 budget briefing on Monday that they...