General Dynamics Wins $111 Million Warfighter Information Network Contract
General Dynamics has won a delivery order valued at approximately $111 million to procure the next lot of Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 (Inc 2) network nodes. This U
Irish Navy Selects Kelvin Hughes' SharpEye For Fleet Radar Upgrade
Kelvin Hughes today announced that the Irish Naval Service has selected the SharpEye radar and the MantaDigital display for the incremental upgrade of its fleet. The ships of the Irish Naval Service operate in some of the harshest maritime conditions, including the North Atlantic, and the decision in favour of...
L-3 Communications Wins U.S. Defense Contracts Worth $163 Million
L-3 Communications has won a contract worth $63.4 million for the delivery of Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) COMSEC TRANSEC SYSTEM hardware to the U
Pentagon Awards Contracts Worth $279 Million To Raytheon And General Atomics
Raytheon Co. is being awarded a $230 million contract for the X-Band radar in support of the Missile Defense Agencys Sensors Program
Sagem To Build Aviation Facility In Morocco
Sagem has signed an agreement with the Hassan II Fund to build an industrial facility in Casablanca, Morocco. Sagem Maroc will start operations in early October 2013 on a temporary site during the construction work
NSA Spying Fallout: International Control of Internet Demanded
The global storm over whistle-blower Edward Snowdens expose that the US spied on countries all over the world has snowballed into a demand that control of the Internet be vested with the United Nations. Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff kicked off the demand with a powerful speech at the United Nations General Assembly last week where she called on the UN to oversee a new global legal system to govern the internet to guarantee "freedom of expression, privacy of the individual and respect for human rights" and the "neutrality of the network, guided only by technical and ethical criteria, rendering...
General Dynamics Wins $12 Million FAA Task Order
General Dynamics will provide technical support to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability laboratory. The FAA task order, under its Systems Engineering Support 2020 Program, is for five years and carries a value of $12 million
Raytheon Successfully Test AI3 Intercepts
Raytheon Company's Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 successfully destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in a flight test. The intercept was part of the second guided test flights for the AI3 program and follows its first in-flight defeat of a 107mm rocket earlier in the test series
Rockwell Collins Wins $3.1 Million DARPA Contract
Rockwell Collins has been awarded a three-year contract valued at $3.1 million to develop technology that will dramatically reduce the size, weight, power and cost (SWAP-C) of software defined radios
Thales Wins Multi-Role Radar Systems Contract For Norwegian Corvettes
Thales wins a contract to provide through-life support for six MRR (Multi-Role Radar) systems aboard Royal Norwegian Navy Skjold-class corvettes. The five-year contract with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) highlights the companys excellent relations with its Norwegian customer
Raytheon Wins Imaging LADAR Transceiver Contract
Raytheon Company has won a $10 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the research and development of the long range imaging LADAR (LRIL) transceiver. The LRIL will demonstrate the state-of-the-art in inverse synthetic aperture LADAR (ISAL) technology with the objective of producing an ISAL image from a space object in geosynchronous orbit
Pentagon Awards Worth $478 Million Contracts To Northrop Grumman And Boeing
Boeing Company has also won a $225 million modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for the procurement of six operational flight trainers, six weapons tactics trainers, two part task trainers, one training systems support center, three 10-seat electronic classrooms, and one 20-seat electronic classroom in support of the U.S
White House Seeks $7.3B for Columbia, Virginia Submarines
German Navy Completes Trials for Israel-developed BlueWhale Autonomous Submarine
Altay Tank Delivery to Turkish Military Set for 2025
Ukrainian ATACMS Attack Targets Russian S-400; Russia Developing Echeloned Defenses
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
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...