Americas
Raytheon Missiles & Defense won a $52 million modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for hardware production of the AN/SPY-6(V) family of radars. Work is expected to be completed by September 2029. Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $52,981,009 will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
The US Army has contracted MSM North America, a subsidiary of Czechoslovak Group (CSG), to build an advanced large-caliber ammunition loading facility. The $632-million Future Artillery Complex (FAC) is scheduled to be completed at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant within 40 months, with commissioning and full-scale production beginning in September 2029.
Middle East & Africa
The Iranian and Russian presidents discussed Tehran’s nuclear program on Monday as European powers threaten to reimpose sanctions on Tehran over the moribund 2015 deal. Britain, France, and Germany have threatened to trigger a “snapback mechanism” to reintroduce UN sanctions that were lifted under the agreement unless Iran agrees to curb its uranium enrichment and restore cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) inspectors.
Europe
Norway will help Germany pay for two Patriot air-defense systems including missiles for Ukraine, according to the Norwegian government, with the Nordic country providing total funding for air-defense capabilities amounting to roughly $692 million. Germany will provide Ukraine two complete Patriot systems from its inventory, and Norway will help pay for their replacement, the government in Oslo said in statement on Sunday, on the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine. The United States has confirmed it will replace the two systems being donated by Germany, Norway said.
Asia-Pacific
Korean Air and LIG Nex1 have joined forces to bid on South Korea’s Block-I electronic warfare (EW) aircraft program, a $1.31 billion project to build the country’s first large-scale electronic attack platform. The companies plan to submit their proposal in early September for a modified mid-sized civilian aircraft designed to detect and analyze enemy signals while disrupting air defense and command networks during conflict.