Americas General Dynamics won a $533 million deal for Lead Yard Support and Development Studies and Design efforts related to Virginia-class submarines. The deal includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the modification to...
C4ISR Articles
Saving the Galaxy: The C-5 AMP/RERP Program
C-5 Galaxy (click to view full) When it was introduced, back in 1970, the C-5 Galaxy was the largest plane in the world. It also has the highest operating cost of any US Air Force weapon system, owing to extremely high maintenance demands as well as poor fuel economy....
Raytheon Wins AIM-9X Deal | Time-on-Target Harpoon Attack Exercised During SINKEX | New Amphibious Warship For Taiwan
Americas The US Navy awarded Raytheon Technologies a $232.8 million deal to procure material and support equipment for depot maintenance facilities and unit level support equipment, as well as to provide program administrative support for non-recurring sustainment...
Raytheon’s Lot-12 AIM-9X Missile Orders
AIM-9X test launch, F-18C (click for close-up) Raytheon's AIM-9X Block II would have made Top Gun a very short movie. It's the USA's most advanced short range air-air missile, capable of using its datalink, thrust vectoring maneuverability, and advanced imaging...
Raytheon Wins AN/SPY-6(V) Support Deal | Kuwait Gets Two More Eurofighters | US Sends More Aid To Ukraine
Americas Rolls Royce won a $20 million delivery order for the procurement of four spare AE 2100D3 engines used on the KC-130J aircraft. All work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana and work is expected to be completed by March 2024. The KC-130J is a multi-role...
AMDR: Raytheon Wins Dual-Band Radar, Pending Protest
AMDR testbed (click to view full) The US Navy's Dual-Band Radar that equips its forthcoming Gerald R. Ford class super-carriers replaces several different radars with a single back-end. Merging Raytheon's X-band SPY-3 with Lockheed Martin's S-band VSR allows fewer...
Argon To Supply Tritons With Amplifier Chassis | F-15 Shoots Down Iranian Mojer-6 | Philippine Air Force Has 5 Operational FA-50PH Fighters
Americas Argon ST won a $21 million delivery order under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement for the procurement of nine amplifier chassis for the support of operations of the MQ-4C Triton with the first deployment of IFC 4-configured unmanned aircraft...
The MQ-4C Triton: Poseidon’s Unmanned Herald
BAMS Operation Concept (click to view full) The world's P-3 Orion fleets have served for a long time, and many are reaching the end of their lifespans. In the USA, and possibly beyond, the new P-8 Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft will take up the P-3's role....
Lockheed To Provide Parts For F-35s | Thales To Deliver GM403 To Iraq | Lithuania Delivered 50 M113s to Ukraine
Americas Lockheed Martin Aeronautics won an $115.4 million deal, which provides diminishing manufacturing sources parts for F-35 Lightning II program for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-US Department of Defense participants, and Foreign Military Sales...