3D Printing Could Cut Down Military Hardware Maintenance Costs
With the recent successful demonstration by BAE Systems of its Tornado fighter jet fitted with metal components created on a 3D printer, the aerospace and defence industry is excited over the prospect of a technology which may reduce its spares warehousing and logistics cost. Procuring and stocking spares and moving them...
Harris, ViaSat Demo Small Tactical Terminal Extended Range Operation
ViaSat has completed demonstrations of the upgraded Small Tactical Terminal (STT) KOR-24A in combination with the Harris' high-band power amplifier for extended air to ground range operation of both Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) and Adaptive Networking Wideband Waveform C (ANW2C). The two-channel STT provides simultaneous 63-watt Link 16 and 50-watt SRW...
Raytheon Win $70 Million Advanced Countermeasures Electronic Systems Contract
Raytheon has been awarded a $70 million contract for various full Advanced Countermeasures Electronic Systems (ACES) and Line Replaceable Units (LRU) to support in-country spares software sustainment, and other activities. This award supports foreign military sales for Morocco, Egypt and Iraq
Exelis Win $76 Million Polish Air Base Radar Contract
Exelis has been awarded a $76 million contract for nine ground control approach radars 2000 Systems (GCA-2000) to be installated at nine airbases in Poland. The contractor will manufacture, assemble, test, install systems to be used for aircraft approach and landing guidance, airspace control services and support of air traffic control...
Harris Win $100 Million Falcon Manpack Tactical Radios Contract
Harris has won a $100 million follow-on contract to supply additional multiband handheld and high-frequency Falcon manpack tactical radios to the Australian Department of Defence (DoD). Harris has supplied Falcon III AN/PRC-152 handheld radios and vehicular adapters as well as Falcon II AN/PRC-150(C) high-frequency manpack radios to the Australian Defence Force...
Raytheon Wins $134 Million High-Bandwidth Satellite Terminal Contract
Raytheon Company has won a $134 million contract to develop a terminal that transmits emergency messages to aircrews during nuclear and non-nuclear missions. The Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal (Global ASNT) is part of the nuclear command and control system that allows the President of the United States to direct and manage U
Peruvian Armed Forces To Buy MI-171 Helicopters
The Peruvian Armed Forces has signed an agreement with Russia to buy 24 MI-171 helicopters, including the delivery of a flight simulator and related training equipment. It is anticipated that the first helicopters will arrive in Peru during the second half of 2014, and the balance in 2015
BAE Systems Introduce New Multi-INT Radar System
BAE Systems has developed a new small size, weight, and power (SWaP) Multi-INT system, to help allied forces in rapid real time detection and tracking of adversaries' activities. Integrating three sensor modalities, the Multi-INT is a multi-function radar system, designed to integrate with airborne intelligence gathering sensors that capture information, simultaneously giving analysts a complete picture of their surroundings
Iran Unveil New Long-Range Radar System
The Iranian Air Defense Force has unveiled a new indigenously manufactured long-range radar system, Arash, with a high target detection capability during a ceremony in Tehran. Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base brigadier general Farzad Esmayeeli was quoted by Fars News Agency as saying that the newly developed system will enhance the country's radar power in VHF, UHF and HF bands, while making its integrated radar network more powerful in any possible electronic war
Saudi Arabia To Buy MILO Range Force Options Simulators
Arotech Corporation was awarded a firm fixed-price contract to supply MILO Range simulators for use by the Saudi Arabian Defense Forces. The contract includes seven custom designed virtual weapons training simulators, to be installed at regional readiness centers across the Kingdom
CAE Wins $83 Million Worth Contracts For Full-Flight Simulators
CAE today announced that it has signed contracts for five full-flight simulators (FFS), a series of flight training devices and update services. The contracts are worth more than $83 million at list prices, and bring the total number of FFS sales announced to date for fiscal year 2014 to 38
Raytheon, Boeing Win Contracts Worth $242 Million
Raytheon is being awarded $172 million contract modification under firm-fixed-price contract for AN/TPY-2 Radar with associated spares. The work is expected to be completed by March 2016
Handcuffed and Shackled, Illegal Migrants Head Home on U.S. Military Planes
U.S. Secretary Of Defense Suspends New Contracts Amid Procurement Review
France Provided €6B in Military Aid to Ukraine since Russian Invasion
Aerovel Integrates New Heavy Fuel Engine in Flexrotor Drone
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U