Americas
Boeing won a $10 million modification for F-15C and F-15E Mission Training Centers (MTC). The contract modification provides for updates to the F-15 MTC training systems in order to achieve training service objectives. Boeing is upgrading USAF F-15C and F-15E MTCs with the Suite 9.1 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System. Work will take place in Idaho, North Carolina, Nevada, Japan and England.
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) tested its three-setting 2,000-pound (nearly 910 kg) Dialable Effects Munition (DEM) recently. The Air Force says that this capability will give it the ability to prosecute targets more effectively in high-end fights, which equates to greater mission flexibility. On July 28, an F-16 from the 96th Test Wing released a single DEM onto the target area as part of the tests. Prior to the weapon’s release, the pilot programmed the DEM to conduct a precise lethal footprint attack from the cockpit. The precise lethal footprint attack focuses the weapons effects to a limited area where collateral damage could be a concern.
Middle East & Africa
Vertex Aerospace won a $10 million modification, which exercises an option to provide organizational and intermediate depot maintenance, logistics and supply support for three KC-130J aircraft for the government of Kuwait. Additionally, this modification provides limited repair of common support equipment. The country ordered three KC-130Js in 2010. The tanker is designed for mid-air refueling of military aircraft to extend their range and loitering time. Work will be performed in Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, Kuwait, and is expected to be completed in August 2022.
TUSAS Engine Industries Inc. (TEI), a subsidiary of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GE Marine to explore opportunities pertaining to production of engines for warships. The MoU was signed during the ongoing IDEF 2021 exhibition in Istanbul.
Europe
The Russian Ministry of Defense will order weapons for $6.8 billion at the Army 2021 military-technical forum to be held next week. “We are planning to sign 45 government contracts worth 500 billion rubles,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in an interview with a local newspaper.
Asia-Pacific
South Korea’s Defense Agency for Technology and Quality has cleared the indigenous Cheongung II air defense missile system for mass production. Recent testing were carried out at the Anheung test site of the National Defense Science Research Institute. The system utilizes the 9M96 interceptor missile used on the Russian S-350E and S-400 systems.
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