Northrop Grumman Completes G/ATOR Block II Preliminary, Critical Design Reviews
Northrop Grumman has completed preliminary and critical design reviews in developing the Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) mode for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR). The GWLR preliminary design review in February and critical design review in August marked the completion of the design reviews for the development of this capability,...
Northrop Grumman To Provide Navigation System for German Satellite
Northrop Grumman has won a contract from OHB System AG to supply the space inertial reference system for Germany's SARah satellite-based radar reconnaissance system. Northrop Grumman will supply its Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit-L (Scalable SIRU-L) for sensor pointing/stabilization and attitude control on the SARah satellite-based radar reconnaissance system
Belarus Receives High-Altitude Radar From Russia
Russian-made Protivnik-GE radar has entered in service with Belarusian air defense branch. "The Protivnik-GE medium/high-altitude radar has been fielded with an air defense unit of the Belarusian Armed Forces," the Belarusian Defense Ministry announced this week
Saab To Upgrade Australian Ground Based Air Defense Weapon System And Radar
Saab has signed a $25 million contract with the Australian Defence Force to upgrade the Armys RBS 70 ground-based air defence weapon system and Giraffe AMB radar. Delivered under the AIR 90 programme, the existing Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) capability of the RBS 70 and Giraffe AMB systems will be...
South Korea To Develop AESA Radar For KF-X Jets By 2020
South Korea will complete the development of the first prototype of an advanced radar system for country's indigenous fighter jets by 2020, the state arms procurement agency said Wednesday. The state-run Agency for Defense Development has begun the process of developing the active electronically scanned array radars for some 120 KF-X...
Kelvin Hughes To Supply Navigation Radar For Singapore Navy’s Littoral Mission Vessels...
Kelvin Hughes announced that it is supplying its SharpEye navigation radar for the Republic of Singapore Navy's Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) programme. The lead ship of the fleet, Independence, was delivered in May of this year equipped with two I-Band (X-band) SharpEye systems
Lockheed Martin To Provide 103 Automatic Radar Periscope Detectors For MH-60R Fleet...
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $67 million contract for the manufacture, and delivery of up to 103 AN/APS-153(V) 1 automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination multi-mode radar kits to upgrade the MH-60R fleet aircraft. Work is expected to be complete by September 2020, US Deprartment of defense said in a statement Friday
Raytheon Wins $132 Million Modification Contract For X-Band Radars
The US Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon a contract modification worth $132 million for software maintenance and Ballistic Missile Defense System test planning, execution and analysis for X-Band radars. Under this contract modification, the contractor will continue software maintenance, models and simulations, engineering support and Ballistic Missile Defense System test planning, execution and analysis for X-Band radars, the US Department of Defense announced Tuesday
LONGBOW Wins $90 Million Contract For Apache Helicopter Radar Upgrades
The US Army awarded the LONGBOW Limited Liability Company (LLC) an $89.8 million contract to upgrade the Apache attack helicopter's LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR)
Flight Trials Of E-Scan Radar On Eurofighter Typhoon Begin
Flight trials of the E-Scan radar have begun following the completion of ground tests using a UK Eurofighter Typhoon test aircraft, clearing the path towards full integration of the radar. The ground tests were carried out on Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) 5 with the detection and tracking of airborne targets at significant range, Eurofighter said in a statement Wednesday
Leonardo-Finmeccanica To Supply Friend or Foe Technology To Japan Ground Forces
Leonardo-Finmeccanica will provide the latest Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) technology for Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF). The deal, signed with a Japanese prime contractor, will see Leonardo supplying its SIT-422/5J interrogator for the JGSDF
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Q-53 Counter-UAS Radar
Lockheed Martin has demonstrated its AN/TPQ-53 counter-fire radars ability to identify and track unmanned aerial systems and pass that information to a command and control nodeto counter emerging air threats. "The demonstration showed that the Q-53 radar can provide soldiers in combat real time awareness of air threats," said Rick Herodes, Q-53 program director, Lockheed Martin Monday
French DGA Orders 70 New Generation Fuel Tank Trucks
U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $756M for Hypersonic Weapon System Enhancements
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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...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...