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P&W Upgrade to Keep B-52 Aloft into 2040 and Beyond | State Dept to Approve Contested Sale to Qatar, Kuwait | Taiwan Plans to Develop Own Engine for IDF

All Together Now: Integrating the US Army’s Disparate Air and Missile Defenses

by | Apr 20, 2016 | Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Electronics - General, IT - General, IT - Networks & Bandwidth, IT - Software & Integration, Lockheed Martin, Missiles - Air-Air, Missiles - Ballistic, Missiles - Surface-Air, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, R&D - Contracted, Sensors & Guidance, Support Functions - Other, USA

Army IBCS Concept(click to enlarge) Interim design review for IBCS completed. (April 26/10) The US Army awarded a Northrop Grumman-led team a $577 million, 5-year, cost-plus-incentive-fee/ cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop the Integrated Air and Missile Defense...
P&W Upgrade to Keep B-52 Aloft into 2040 and Beyond | State Dept to Approve Contested Sale to Qatar, Kuwait | Taiwan Plans to Develop Own Engine for IDF

Chinooks for the Dutch: The CH-47F (NL) Heavy-Lift Helicopter

by | Apr 20, 2016 | Avionics, Boeing, Contracts - Intent, Engines - Aircraft, Europe - Other, Helicopters & Rotary, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Protective Systems - Aircraft, Spotlight articles, USA

Dutch CH-47D, Afghanistan(click to view full) On Sept 27/06, the US DSCA (Defense Security Cooperation Agency) notified Congress of the Netherlands’ request for up to 9 of the newest CH-47F Chinook cargo helicopters in a country-specific CH-47F (NL) variant,...