Americas Boeing won a $116 million hybrid deal for Apache logistics support. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2025. Fiscal 2024 Army working capital funds in...
Remote Weapons Systems Articles
AH-64E Apache Block III: Evolving Battlefield Roles
AH-64 in Afghanistan (click to view full) The AH-64 Apache will remain the US Army's primary armed helicopter for several more decades, thanks to the collapse of the RAH-66 Comanche program, and the retirement sans replacement of the US Army's Armed Reconnaissance...
GA Tested SDS Using SeaGuardian | France Delivers Carriers And Missiles To Ukraine | New Aussie Boeing Facility For Ghost Bat
Americas General Atomics Aeronautical Systems won a $561 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Gray Eagle technical services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated...
ER/MP Gray Eagle: Enhanced MQ-1C Predators for the Army
ER/MP, armed (click to view full) Its initial battles were fought within the Pentagon, but the US Army's high-end UAV has made its transition to the battlefield. The ER/MP program was part of the US Army's reinvestment of dollars from the canceled RAH-66 Comanche...
MQ-9 Reaper: Unfettered for Export
0 Reaper, ready... (click to view full) The MQ-9 Reaper UAV, once called "Predator B," is somewhat similar to the famous Predator. Until you look at the tail. Or its size. Or its weapons. It's called "Reaper" for a reason: while it packs the same surveillance gear,...
Raytheon Tapped For Tomahawk Modernization | Lithuania Adopts New National Defense Development Program | Denmark Updates Its T-17
Americas Raytheon won a $287 million modification, which adds scope to provide for recertification and modernization of 166 Tomahawk Block IV All-Up-Round Missiles (142 for the Navy and 24 for Foreign Military Sales customers) in support of enabling the missiles to be...
Tomahawk’s Chops: xGM-109 Block IV Cruise Missiles
Block IV Cutaway (click to view full) Block IV Tomahawk is the current generation of the Tomahawk family of cruise missiles. The BGM-109 Tomahawk family began life in the 1980s as sub-sonic, low-flying nuclear strike weapons, before being developed into long-range...
Argentina To Buy F-16s From Denmark | Saab’s Arexis Suite Might Be Integrated Into Eurofighters | Indonesia Commissioned Turkish Tanks
Americas The US Army’s Apache helicopter is once again facing public scrutiny after a crash Monday night at a military base in Washington state. A Boeing-made AH-64E attack chopper assigned to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade plunged to the ground while participating...
Boeing Tapped For Poseidon Tapped | Spain To Send Leopards To Ukraine | Rheinmetall Supplies German Armed Forces With Carriers
Americas Boeing won a $10 million modification, which adds scope to procure ancillary support for three Navy P-8A aircraft and one retrofit kit for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8A aircraft with Increment Three Engineering Change Proposal Six Capabilities....