Americas
Lockheed Martin won a $1.4 billion deal from the US Air Force for the C-130J mission sustainment support effort. This contract provides for contractor logistics support and sustainment of the C-130J aircraft fleet. The C-130J is equipped with a Honeywell dual-embedded global positioning system/inertial navigation system (GPS/INS), an enhanced traffic alerting and collision avoidance system (E-TCAS), a ground collision avoidance system, SKE2000 station keeping system, and an instrument landing system (ILS). Work will take place in Georgia. Expected completion date is January 31, 2032.
General Dynamics won a $20 million contract modification to support Virginia and Columbia Class efforts detailed design (Phase 3) efforts. The Virginia Class is a class of nuclear-powered attack submarines for deep ocean anti-submarine warfare and littoral (shallow water) operations. The Columbia Class is an upcoming class of nuclear subs. Work will take place in Connecticut. Expected completion will be by September 2024.
Middle East & Africa
Israeli company Rafael said it has completed development of the latest generation of the Sky-Shield family of Electronic Attack (EA) Pods. The pod is now undergoing extensive flight trials on a 4.5 generation fighter aircraft for an undisclosed customer & will soon provide unprecedented capabilities, according to the company.
Egypt ordered K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers built by South Korean company Hanwha Defense. The deal is worth $1.65 billion. According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the contract includes the production of K9s in Egypt and a technology transfer. The agency did not reveal how many howitzers will be delivered to Cairo
Europe
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) handed over the fourth and final F125 frigate “RHEINLAND-PFALZ” to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) in Hamburg last week. With that, all four ships of the F125 class, which TKMS built together with the NVL Group in the ARGE F125 consortium, have been successfully delivered, the company said in a release.
Asia-Pacific
Apollo Information won a $29.7 million deal, which procures up to 1,966 Fortinet FortiGate license subscriptions in support of continued services to meet security communication requirements in support of the P-8A Poseidon Program for the Navy, the government of Australia, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will take place in California. Estimated completion will be by January 2027.
Today’s Video
Watch: K9 Thunder Self-Propelled Howitzer / Why is it so successful?
