Americas According to Boeing, the 20th US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet entered Boeing's Service Life Modification program for upgrades and extension of use. The SLM program adds a Block III conversion to the plane, in use since 1999, with features including enhanced...
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Air Force Announces GBSD Locations | Hungary To Conclude NASAMS Deal | Elbit To Supply South Asian Country With Air To Air Combat Training Systems
Americas Kaman Precision won a $57.3 million contract for joint programmable fuze-152. The deal provides a cockpit-selectable bomb fuze employed in MK-80 series warheads (both guided and unguided variations). The Mk 80 series of bombs are a group of heavy,...
BAE Systems Tapped For USS Preble Repair | Lockheed Martin To Build 90 F-16s | Airbus Wins Order For 2 A321LR Airliners
Americas BAE Systems won a $103.6 million contract to prepare for and accomplish repair and alteration requirements for USS Preble (DDG 88) Chief of Naval Operations scheduled depot maintenance period. This contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring...
Boeing To Deliver Harpoon Missiles | Israel Stops Attempted Cyberattack | Japan To Build A JSDF Base On Mage Islands
Americas Boeing won a $15.6 million order, which provides for the production and delivery of 25 Harpoon Block II+ captive air training missiles and 24 tactical missiles. Harpoon Block II is an over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by Boeing Defence, Space...
Sikorsky Tapped For CH-53K Helicopter Maintenance | Netherlands Resume NH90 Flights | India Approves Purchase Of 106 HTT-40 Basic Trainers
Americas Sikorsky won a $25.1 million delivery order, which provides non-recurring engineering for the development of logistics support products for the Maintenance Task Analysis Phase II, a provisioning database of technical information to include 2D drawings that...
Next-Stage C4ISR Bandwidth: The AEHF Satellite Program
AEHF concept (click to view full) The USA's new Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites will support twice as many tactical networks as the current Milstar II satellites, while providing 10-12 times the bandwidth capacity and 6 times the data rate transfer...
NGJ-MB Flew For First Time Under Right Wing Of Growler | Pentagon Investigating Attacks On US-Convoys In Iraq | Thailand To Upgrade C-130Hs
Americas The Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) flew for the first time on August 7 under the right wing of a EA-18G from VX-23. Lt. Jonathan Williams, VX-23 test pilot, says the new pod imposed negligible handling issues with the Growler. The first flight,...
COVID-19 Cases In The Military Surpass 30,000 | USAF Sends C-17 With Humanitarian Aid To Lebanon | Taiwan Launches Minelayer
Americas PoleZero Acquisitions won an $8.9 million modification, which increases the ceiling of the contract to provide for the production and delivery of up to 12 additional Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Antenna Interface Units (AIUs); 22 Very/Ultra High Frequency...
NG Tapped For Minuteman Service Life Extension | Turkey To Train 1/3 Of Somali Army | South Korea Unveiled AESA Prototype
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $21.9 million task order for the Minuteman III Fast Rising B-Plug service life extension. The LGM-30G Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, is an element of the nation's strategic deterrent forces under the...