by Emily Erhold | Apr 15, 2019 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas The Navy tapped Boeing with $93.6 million to supply eight Wideband Satellite Communication (SATCOM) kits for the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The deal includes the manufacture as well as test, installation, integration and qualification of the kits. The Wideband...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 15, 2019 | Asia - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Bases & Infrastructure, Budgets, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Intent, DCNS, Europe - Other, France, Indonesia, Issues - International, Middle East - Other, Other Corporation, RFPs, Rosoboronexport, South Korea, Submarines
KRI Cakra (click to view larger) Indonesia sites astride one of the world’s most critical submarine chokepoints. A large share of global trade must pass through the critical Straits of Malacca, and the shallow littoral waters around the Indonesian archipelago....
by Emily Erhold | Apr 12, 2019 | Daily Rapid Fire
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $3.2 billion order from the US Navy for 24 more E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The E-2D is the latest variant of the E-2, the Hawkeye carrier-based AEW&C aircraft. It is an all-weather airborne early warning aircraft that provides...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2019 | Contracts - Intent, Helicopters & Rotary, Other Corporation, Saudi Arabia, United Technologies, USA
Latest updates: Fleet upgrades to UH-60L; Final helis make Saudi Arabia one of the last UH-60L customers. UH-60L: Leaving the LZ (lick to view larger) On July 20/06, the US DSCA announced Saudi Arabia’s official request to buy 24 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters,...
by Joe Katzman | Apr 12, 2019 | Australia & S. Pacific, BAE, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Europe - Other, Other Corporation, Rockets, Sensors & Guidance
ADF training (click to view full) Guided, portable anti-tank weapons have become a ubiquitous feature of the modern battlefield, but there’s still a role for good old fashioned panzerfaust rockets. For a soldier who needs to take out light vehicles at close...
