Americas The US and Japan are set to begin a feasibility study to co-produce the American AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, known as AMRAAM. This follows an agreement made in late July at a “two-plus-two” meeting of foreign and defence ministers in...
US Army Awarded Elbit For AN/PVS-14 | Sweden Clears Way For Potential Gripen Transfer to Ukraine | DoS OKs AIM-120C-8 FMS To Singapore
Americas The US Army has awarded Elbit Systems a $28-million contract for additional AN/PVS-14 monocular night vision devices. A helmet-mounted device, the AN/PVS-14 reportedly allows soldiers to move rapidly at night without the need for multiple specialized...
US Sends Another Patriot To Ukraine | DoS Approved AIM-120C Sale To Denmark | Warning Shots From South Korea As NK Soldiers Cross Border
Americas Boeing won $81 million modification, which definitizes the order and adds scope to provide continuing non-recurring engineering in support of configuration efforts for the Harpoon Coastal Defense System (HCDS), to include the Harpoon Block II Update Grade B...
Lockheed Tapped For F-35 Support | DoS Approves AIM-120 AAM FMS To Denmark | Thales Inked JV With PT Len
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $97 million contract procures aircraft armament equipment such as internal adapters and weapon umbilical cables required to employ long-range strike weapons, which allows for internal carriage and employment of the Advanced...
USAF Test-Fired AIM-120D3 | EU Agreed on More Money To Provide Arms For Ukraine | Airbus Wants To Renegotiate A400Ms Deal With Indonesia
Americas KC-46A, #17-46034, was recently painted with a tail flash to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city of Portsmouth and the 75th anniversary of the United States Air Force. It was flown to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to be painted at...
OpFires Hypersonic Missile Tested | DoS Approved AIM-120 Sale To Norway | Green Light For MK-54 Sale To South Korea
Americas DARPA’s Operational Fires (OpFires) ground-launched hypersonic missile system has successfully executed its first flight test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Lockheed Martin built the system, which includes a Northrop Grumman rocket motor, and...
First AIM-120D Missile Fired From F-15EX | Israel To Build Laser-Based Counter Rocket | SPY-7 Radar Integrated Into Japan’s Aegis System
Americas A crew from the 40th Flight Test Squadron successfully carried out the first AIM-120D missile firing from an F-15EX on January 25. The test took place in the Gulf of Mexico and a BQM-167 target drone was engaged by the air-to-air weapon. Maj. Benjamin...
Raytheon Tapped For DDG 1000 Support | DoS Approves AIM-120 Sale To Saudi Arabia | Slovakia Gets FA-50 From KAI
Americas Llamas Plastics won a $14.2 million deal for V-22 windscreens. The V-22 Osprey is a joint-service, medium-lift, multimission tilt-rotor aircraft. The aircraft operates as a helicopter when taking off and landing vertically. The nacelles rotate 90° forward...
Lockheed, Rockwell, tapped for ALCS replacement | Kongsberg schedule final JSM test for spring 2018 | DSCA clears AIM-120 sale to Japan
Americas * Pratt & Whitney has landed a $2.7 billion US Air Force contract for F117 engine sustainment support. Awarded Wednesday, work will take place at United Airlines, San Francisco, California; Columbus Engine Center, Columbus, Georgia; and Tinker Air Force...
Raytheon’s AIM-120 Gets a Boost from the F3R Program | NG & BAE Back Out of USAF T-X Competition | Iran Confirms Test of New Missile, Denies Breach
Americas * A new signal processor for the AIM-120 air-to-air missile is being developed by Raytheon. Carried out under the Form Fit Function Refresh program (F3R), the work is aimed at ensuring the continuation of AMRAAM production well into the 2020s. While little...