Americas Bell Boeing won a $218.7 million contract modification for performance based logistics and engineering support for the V-22 platform. Using customers are Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Foreign Military Sales to Japan. The V-22 Osprey was developed to carry...
Lockheed premiers Unmanned Technology aboard Black Hawk | Five Rafales arrive in Qatar l Czech Republic receives three Light Attack/Trainer Aircraft
Americas General Dynamics won a $25.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to produce MK 46 Modification 2 Gun Weapon Systems for use on modern Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and Landing Platform Dock (LPD) ships. MK46 30mm all-weather, day/night, fully stabilized weapon...
The Growler is receiving AEA enhancements | Saudi Hawk jet trainer crashes ! | Germany is restarting the SMArt artillery shell program
Americas Dyncorp is being contracted to support the Navy's fleet of TH-57 Sea Ranger helicopters. The awarded contract is valued at $152.3 million and provides for logistics support services and depot level maintenance material for about 118 TH-57 aircraft. The TH-57...
US Air Force designates its hypersonic research rocket | Russia plans to launch a trainer competition | Japan will develop own CEC system
Americas The US Air Force is designating its hypersonic research rocket. Formerly known as GOLauncher1, the vehicle now carries the official military designation of X-60A. The rocket is flown by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Aerospace Systems Directorate,...
The US Army is taking aim with JETS | The Air Force boosts its AETP program | Egypt receives 2nd Gowind-2500 corvette
Americas The US Navy is ordering propulsors and tailcones for its next batch of submarines. The $37.5 million contract modification enables BAE Systems Platforms & Services to procure and manufacture four ship sets of fixed propulsor, tailcone and associated...
50% remaining – CVN 79 is making progress | Super Tucanos will soar over Afghanistan | Lockheed Martin and Tata are teaming up
Americas The US Air Force needs to overhaul the digital countermeasure receivers installed on the B-2 Spirit bombers. Lockheed Martin will be responsible to repair and modernize a number of those receivers under this $47.5 million firm-fixed-price requirements...
The Navy is strengthening its IT infrastructure | The Super Tucano is grounded | Qatar adds Hawk jet trainers
Americas * The Army is procuring fuses for its artillery shells. Action Manufacturing and Amtec Corp. are set to compete for each order of the firm-fixed-price contract worth $250,7 million. The contract provides for the manufacture, inspection, testing, packaging,...
Pentagon seeks to decrease F-35 sustainment costs | Bahrain set to buy AH-1Z’s | Hawk Trainer deal falls through
Americas * The Pentagon seeks to drastically decrease the sustainment costs of it F-35 Lightning II program. The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program is considered to be the largest single global defense programs in history. This major multinational program...
Hawks Fly Away With India’s Jet Trainer v2 Competition
IAF Hawk Mk.132 (click to view full) The induction of advanced jet trainers into India's Air Force has been a long and difficult process. After a number of false starts, and indigenous efforts like HAL's Ajeet that didn't quite live up to expectations, a 20-year...
DSCA clears Chinooks for Spain, F-16s for Slovakia | Aero Vodochody peddles L-39NG trainers to Senegal | CV-22s begin Japan deployment one year early
Americas * Indian media reports that both Chile and Peru are interested in procuring the Brahmos cruise missile, a joint development by both Russia and India. According to the Financial Express citing anonymous officials, “The Chilean armed forces are interested in...

