Americas General Dynamics won a $967.2 million modification for lead yard support and development studies and design efforts related to Virginia Class submarines. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut; McLeansville, North Carolina; Newport News, Virginia; and...
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UN Approves Haiti Force | Aeronautics Secured GCS Contracts For Orbiter UAVs | Chinese Defense Companies Tapping Into Serbia’s Market
Americas Design West won a $21 million modification to exercise options to procure launch sequencers and associated kitted material in support of the MK 41 Vertical Launching System. This modification combines purchases for the Navy; and the governments of Finland,...
Naval Swiss Army Knife: MK 41 Vertical Missile Launch Systems (VLS)
MK 41s in action (click to view full) The naval MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) hides missiles below decks in vertical slots, with key electronics and venting systems built in. A deck and hatch assembly at the top of the module protects the missile canisters...
France’s Rafale
Dassault Rafale (click for cutaway view) Will Dassault's fighter become a fashionably late fighter platform that builds on its parent company's past successes - or just "the late Rafale"? It all began as a 1985 break-away from the multinational consortium that went on...
US Navy’s Trident II Programme Bolstered By $2B Deal | Nigeria Trains Personnel On MPVs | Additional Howitzers For Ukraine
Americas The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory won a $2 billion deal for technical and engineering support necessary to maintain and sustain the Trident II Strategic Weapon System Mark 6 Guidance Subsystem and support the strategic guidance, navigation, and control...
Honeywell Tapped For Black Hawk Overhaul | Germany And Israel Inked Arrow 3 Deal | NATO Wants To Increase Presence in Kosovo
Americas Honeywell International won a $95 million deal by the US Army for maintenance and overhaul of UH-60 Black Hawk starters. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated...
Brazilian Defense Minister To Negotiate C-390 Sale To Sweden | NATO Deploys Surveillance Planes In Lithuania | US Considers Space Force Command Post In Japan
Americas Brazilian Defense Minister Jose Mucio has announced plans to travel to Sweden next month to negotiate a potential sale of Embraer’s C-390 Millennium military cargo aircraft to the Nordic nation. The move comes as Brazil explores the possibility of selling...
The JAS-39 Gripen: Sweden’s 4+ Generation Wild Card
South African JAS-39D (click to view full) As a neutral country with a long history of providing for its own defense against all comers, Sweden also has a long tradition of building excellent high-performance fighters with a distinctive look. From the long-serving...
Columbia Tapped For Chinook Maintenance | Turkey Handed Over Babur-Class Corvette To Pakistan | German Navy Finish LWD Sea Trials
Americas Columbia Helicopters won a $54 million deal for maintenance and overhaul of the CH-47 Chinook rotor head. The Chinook CH-47 is a multi-mission helicopter manufactured by American aerospace and defense firm Boeing for the US Army and international defense...