Americas
Sikorsky won an $8.4 million delivery order for the repair of 17 motor controls and five actuator mechanical control processors in support of the CH-53K aircraft. All work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut. This contract contains no options, and work is expected to be completed by March 2027. Annual working capital funds (Navy) in the full amount of $6,929,755 will be obligated at the time of award, and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
According to the Defense Post, the US Army is developing its new Command Post Integrated Infrastructure (CPI2) to enhance operability across the battlefield. CPI2 is a mobile command platform that is able to rapidly “tear down, move, and stand” command and control (C2) capabilities, helping the army achieve its top communications priorities while reducing command post footprint in warfare scenarios.
Middle East and Africa
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems won a $49.5 million deal, which provides technical, management, and process support to maintain the software for all H-60 aircraft variants in support of the Navy and the governments of Australia, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Greece, and Norway. Work will be performed in Owego, New York, and is expected to be completed in September 2028.
Europe
Poland has made history by becoming the first international customer to add the advanced 360-degree Lower-Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensors (LTAMDS) radar to its air and missile defense capabilities. The announcement comes after the Polish Minister of National Defense, Mariusz B?aszczak, approved a Letter of Acceptance with the U.S. Army to bolster the country’s air defense systems. This move supports Poland’s ongoing WIS?A Phase 2 program, which is an expansion of its air and missile defense capabilities. The program builds on the success of the first phase, which saw the delivery and testing of four Patriot fire units. Raytheon, an RTX business, played a crucial role in the first phase, delivering the last two fire units to Poland earlier this year. These systems are now in the System Integration and Check-Out (SICO) phase, set to conclude in October.
Elbit Systems has secured two contracts worth $200 million to provide a European country with Command, Control, Communication, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) solutions. The C4Is will be integrated with the customer’s artillery battalions and a Hostile Fire Counterattack (HFCA) platform once delivered. Work for the contracts will run until 2026 and include additional options for extensions.
Asia-Pacific
The Exercise Bright Star is underway in Egypt. Bright Star 23 is a multilateral US Central Command exercise held with the Arab Republic of Egypt across air, land, and sea domains that promotes and enhances regional security and cooperation, and improves interoperability in irregular warfare against hybrid threat scenarios. Exercise BRIGHT STAR 2023 features command-post exercise, field training exercise and senior leader seminar, held with the Arab Republic of Egypt and other partner nations. It was initially conceptualized as a bilateral biennial training exercise between the US and Egypt during the Camp David Accord of 1977.
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