Americas Raytheon won an $11.9 million delivery order for the procurement of 101 spare part units across nine assemblies used in support of the F-18 APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system. The AN/APG-79 AESA radar is an airborne radar made for F/A-18...
A-Darter model, 2012 (click to view larger) There's a new advanced dogfighting missile coming to town, and it won't be coming from any of the standard players. Denel Pty Ltd.'s missile/UAV subsidiary Denel Dynamics has entered into a joint development agreement with...
Americas Boeing won a $2.6 billion contract modification for Lot 5 production KC-46 aircraft, initial spares, and support equipment. The deal provides for the exercise of an option for an additional quantity of 15 KC-46 aircraft, data, two spare engines, five wing...
E-8C JSTARS: Before (click to view full) The USA's E-8 JSTARS is a Boeing 707-300 derivative that provides a picture of the ground situation analogous to the E-3 AWACS' picture of the air situation. JSTARS aircraft use their radars to determine the direction, speed...
Scorpene cutaway (click to view full) India's submarine fleet currently consists of 16 boats: 10 Russian SSK Kilo (Sindhugosh) Class, 4 locally built SSK U209 (Shishumar) Class, a leased nuclear-powered Improved Akula Class SSN from Russia (INS Chakra), and its own...
MH-60R & ALFS, Bermuda (click to view full) The AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low-Frequency Sonar (ALFS) will equip the US Nay's new MH-60R multi-mission helicopters, serving as their primary anti-submarine sensor. The new FLASH sonar operates using lower frequencies and...
(click to view full) Right now, in many American ships beyond its Navy's top-tier AEGIS destroyers and cruisers, the detect-to-engage sequence against anti-ship missiles requires a lot of manual steps, involving different ship systems that use different displays. When...
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $16.5 million contract modification to procure consumable parts and material, technical publications and engineering services in support of the C/KC-130J aircraft. The KC-130J is an aerial refueling tanker and the latest in the line of...
T-27: Smoke & Mirror (click to view full) Brazil has kicked off the LAAD 2013 expo with a pair of announcements related to their Super Tucano fleet. The first is a 5-year, BRL 252 million (about $127.4 million) contract for Embraer to support the FAB's 92...
Americas CPI Aerostructures won a $65.7 million deal for T-38A/B/C sustainment. The contract is for structural and fastener kits. The T-38 Talon is a twinjet supersonic jet trainer. It was the world’s first supersonic trainer and entered service in 1961. Since then,...