WIN-T Increment 2 SNE Supports US Army Field Artillery Operations
General Dynamics-built Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 Soldier Network Extension (SNE) proves successful in helping a US Army field artillery team increase their communications reach and by improving their call-for-fire response time. The Soldier Network Extension(SNE) supported call-for-fire mission 'threads' during the Development Test 2 and Network Integration Evaluation 15
Sierra Nevada Wins $17M US Army Contract To Deliver Mobile Towers
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has won $17 million follow-on Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract from the US Army to manufacture Mobile Tower Systems (MOTS). The contract includes production of five AN/TSQ-135 MOTS, as well as engineering and sustainment services for the mobile air traffic service system
Cubic Wins Home Station Training Contract From Italy
Cubic Defense Applications, a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation received a follow-on option subcontract worth more than $6.5 million to enhance full spectrum training capacity for the Italian Army
Turkey's Aselsan Delivers $3.7M Worth Border Equipments To Urugay
Turkeys Aselsan has delivered $3.7 million worth of border security systems to Uruguay
Sensors Research To Enhance Soldiers Situational Awareness
The US Army scientists and engineers are advancing on sensors research to enhance Soldiers situational awareness. Medical researchers are currently investigating how physiological sensors may help Soldiers achieve superior performance on battlefields of the future
Iran Tests Phased Array Radar In Gulf of Aden
Irans 'Asr' phased array radar, which is capable of detecting and identifying targets with a radar cross section of 4 meters in a 200km distance, was tested for two months in the Gulf of Aden. Jamaran destroyer equipped with Asr radar was sent to the Gulf of Aden two months ago as part of the Iranian Navy's 32nd flotilla of warships along with Bushehr logistic and combat warship, according to Fars News Agency
FLIR To Supply CBRNE Threat Detection Systems
FLIR Systems has won a contract from the Pentagon to support the Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets, Kits, and Outfits (DR SKO) program. The contract is for FLIR's integrated chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) threat response system and related spares and services
Exelis Wins $30 Million Order For Radio Systems
Exelis has won a contract worth $30 million to provide an existing international customer single and dual vehicular radios systems along with installation kits and dismounted soldier radio systems. Under this agreement, the company will deliver the RT-1702 SINCGARS (Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System) for installation in a wide variety of military vehicles
Finmeccanica-Selex ES Sign 205.9 Million Euro Contract for NextGen Italian Air Traffic...
Finmeccanica - Selex ES and its partners have been awarded by ENAV, the Italian air navigation service provider, a 205.9 million Euro framework contract for the development of 4-Flight programme, the new generation air traffic control system in Italy
Exelis Receives $58 Million Orders For SINCGARS Radio Kits
Exelis received two international orders totalling to $58 million for radios, installation kits and spare parts The first order is valued at $28 million to provide an existing international customer with additional communications equipment, spare parts and ancillary devices. Communications equipment acquired under the contract includes the SINCGARS (Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System), with installation kits and spares to support the system
Italy, Egypt Sign Bilateral Agreement On Training And Border Control
Italy and Egypt signed a joint statement last Saturday on boosting the military cooperation in preparation for a bilateral agreement in the defense field, particularly training and borders control. The two sides have also held bilateral talks regarding international relations, addressing regional crisis such as current situations in Libya, and state of Italian-Egyptian bilateral cooperation relations
Raytheon Wins $2.4 Billion Qatar Patriots Contract
Raytheon has won $2.4 billion contract for 10 Patriot fire units with spares for the State of Qatar
Upgraded Russian Iskander Missiles Foxing Patriot Defense Systems Guarding Kyiv
Media Access to Pentagon Curbed
Ukrainian Special Forces Receive German Caracal Anti-Drone SUVs
Malaysian MoD Orders 2 Additional Thales Groundmaster Radars
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
