Americas Lockheed Martin won a $185 million deal for follow-on full rate production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program AN/SLQ-32(V)6, AN/SLQ-32A(V)6 and AN/SLQ-32C(V)6 systems. The Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program or SEWIP is an...
Rolls Royce Tapped For T56 CIP | US To Provide CH-47s to Afghanistan | HMS Queen Elizabeth To Conduct F-35 Training
Americas Rolls Royce won a $69.1 million deal for the T56 Engine Component Improvement Program (CIP). The T56 Engine CIP establishes a prioritized list of projects each calendar year to include developing engineering changes to the engines, developing organizational,...
Northrop Tapped For BACN Payload Operation | Aero Vodochody Expects Doubling Of Revenues | Apache Down-Selected For Bangladesh Attack Helo
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $217.2 million modification, which provides for Battlefield Airborne Communications Node payload operation and support for payload equipment and services. Under the contract, Northrup Grumman will support payload equipment and services...
Saab Starts T-7A Production | Elbit Systems Finished Hydrop Field Demonstration | Rheinmetall Commissioned To Extend Life Of Marder IFVs
Americas Saab announced that the company had started assembly production of its section of the T-7A aircraft, the advanced trainer developed and produced together with Boeing for the United States Air Force. Production began on January 10, 2020. The Swedish company is...
Joint Riveting: Britain’s RC-135 Airseeker Electronic Snooping Planes
Nimrod R1 & E-3D AWACS (click to view full) Land and sea surveillance, and electronic surveillance, are missions no government can ignore. To keep its capabilities, Great Britain launched a parallel set of efforts to update its Nimrod fleet. One multi-billion...
INS Vikrant: India’s New Carrier
Adm. Gorshkov: Before. (click to view full) This free-to-view DID Spotlight article offers an in-depth look at India's troubled attempt to convert and field a full-size aircraft carrier, before time and wear force it to retire its existing naval aviation and ships....
Flightsafety Tapped For Pegasus Cybersecurity Efforts | Qatar Displays Apaches | Remaining Austrian Saab 105s Grounded
Americas Boeing won a $4 million contract modification for B-1 and B-52 bomber engineering services. The modification is for recurring and non-recurring engineering services to B-1 and B-52 aircraft. The B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber. It...
Progeny Systems Tapped For MK54 MOD 1 Production | Rolls-Royce Won FMS For C-130J Propulsion Support | Philippines Evaluating Gripen And F-16 For MRF
Americas United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, won a $58.4 million task order, which provides non-recurring engineering for early identification, development and qualification of corrections to potential and actual operational issues, including safety, reliability...
Billions to Upgrade and Up-arm Pakistan’s F-16s
PAF F-16A drops Mk.82s (click to view full) On June 28/06, the US DSCA notified Congress via a series of releases of its intention to provide Pakistan with a $5.1 billion Foreign Military Sales package to upgrade the F-16s that serve as the PAF's top of the line...
APKWS II: Laser-Guided Hydra Rockets in Production At Last
Hydras & Hellfires (click to view full) The versatile Hydra 70mm rocket family is primed for a new lease on life, thanks to widespread programs aimed at converting these ubiquitous rockets into cheap laser-guided precision weapons. Conversion benefits include...

