Thales wins contract to build the Jason-3 satellite
Thales Alenia Space announced to have signed with French Space Agency (CNES), the contract to build the Jason-3 satellite. The Jason-3 operational oceanographic mission involves a quadripartite collaboration between the two meteorological organizations Eumetsat and NOAA, acting as the leaders of the program, and CNES and its American counterpart
L-3 Communications wins $250 million contract for Maritime Security Enhancement Program
L-3 Communications announced today that its MPRI division has been awarded a $58 million order with the government of Equatorial Guinea to establish a Maritime Security Enhancement Program (MSEP). This task order is the first part of a multi-year contract, with a potential value of approximately $250 million
Boeing wins $138 million contract for BGT Modernization from U.S Army
Boeing today announced that it received a contract from the U.S
Raytheon wins $886 million contract for Satellite work from U.S
Raytheon was awarded an $886,440,679 contract which will provide for command, control and mission support for the Block II and Block III family of satellites; support existing and new interface; and support the evolution of the systems to a net-centric paradigm. At this time, $300,000 has been obligated
Lockheed wins $76 million contract for AH-64 Sensor Arrowhead kits from
Lockheed Martin Missiles and fire control was awarded a $76,578,606 contract on Feb. 5, 2010
BAE Systems, Cobham team up for US Navy's next generation jammer system
BAE Systems and Cobham have formed a strategic alliance on a proposal for the U.S
iGov Technologies wins $150 million for US special forces Tac LAN
iGov Technologies of McLean is the current contractor for the USSOCOM Tactical Local Area Network contract providing TACLAN family of system acquisition, design, integration, production, and delivery in support of Special Operations Forces' mission requirements. This sole source effort is to increase the TACLAN contract maximum from $300,000,000 to $450,000,000
Rafale orders boost Thales results for 2009
The Board of Directors of Thales met today to close the financial statements for 2009. Thales Chairman and CEO, Luc Vigneron, commented: “In a persistently depressed global economic environment, our revenue growth and robust order intake are testimony to the solid foundations of our customer base, primarily governments and infrastructure operators
Thales to supply approach radar systems to Taiwan
Thales Australia today announces that it has won a contract to supply two Approach Radar Systems at Kaohsiung and Magong airports. The systems will help increase safety and air traffic management efficiency, and are based on proven technologies with established track records
UK MOD has awarded £19 million contract to SELEX Galileo for Seaspray
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a $10M contract for Seaspray 7500E Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars which will be fitted to King Air 350ER Multi-role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Customs and Border Protection (US CBP). Follow on contracts for additional SELEX Galileo AESA radars should be finalised within the next few months
Sweden to receive the IP-based communication infrastructure from Thales
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has awarded Thales a contract to equip the Swedish Armed Forces with a next generation IP-based tactical communication infrastructure under the KomNod Programme. The Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF) is on its way to implement an IP-based communication infrastructure
Lockheed receives $49.5 million contract for TAD/PNVS support
AgustaWestland has awarded Lockheed Martin a $49.5 million sustainment and support contract for the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the U
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