BAE Systems receives $23.8 million contract for MRAP maintenance
BAE Systems received a contract modification worth $23.8 million for replacement and spare parts, instructor and maintenance support and other services for Caiman Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles
Contractor Answers Nation’s Call for Mine-Resistant Vehicles
SEALY, Texas --- Conventional military wisdom holds that enemies have a vote in combat. But manufacturers of the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle have worked to disenfranchise them
RAAF C-130 Hercules - 50 Years of Outstanding Service
This weekend the Royal Australian Air Force will celebrate fifty years of outstanding achievements by its enduring work horse - the C-130 Hercules aircraft.>> Various models of Hercules aircraft have been the backbone of many of the Australian Defence Forces most important operations during the past 50 years
Lockheed Martin Awarded FRES Study Contract
LONDON, UK --- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a study contract by Atkins, the Systems House on the UK Ministry of Defence's Future Rapid Effects Systems (FRES) project, on behalf of the FRES Integrated Project Team (IPT). The study, to be delivered by January 2009, will develop performance, cost, time...
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Achieves 75,000 Flight Hours with Italian Air...
MARIETTA, Ga. --- The Italian Air Force has achieved 75,000 flight hours with its fleet of Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft, amassing an impressive record that includes the first combat missions flown in the C-130J and the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies
Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for Four C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft for Qatar...
MARIETTA, Ga. --- The State of Qatar has signed a $393
BAE Systems to debut mine resistant personnel vehicle at the AAD 2008
BAE Systems’ Land Systems OMC, has launched the RG31 Mk6E at the African Aerospace & Defence 2008 show in Cape Town. The RG31 Mk6E is the latest version of the company’s explosive mine resistant personnel carrier RG series of vehicles, which are manufactured in Johannesburg
Force Protection to Develop Lighter Cougar MRAPs
Force Protection, Inc. today announced receipt of a $7
Dutch, British Buy Australian Bushmaster Vehicles
Greg Combet, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement, today congratulated Thales Australia on its recent sale of additional Bushmaster vehicles to the Netherlands Army. “The Netherlands has ordered a further 13 Bushmaster vehicles on top of its purchase of 36 Bushmasters
Force Protection Rolls Out First Ridgback Vehicles for the British Ministry of...
Representatives of Force Protection Industries, Inc., the U
General Dynamics Awarded $24 Million for USMC Light Armored Vehicles
General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a $24.2 million contract to produce 10 LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs), three LAV logistics vehicles and vehicle components for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) to meet anticipated war-loss requirements
French DGA Orders 70 New Generation Fuel Tank Trucks
U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $756M for Hypersonic Weapon System Enhancements
Singapore’s F-16 Crash Caused by Gyroscope Malfunction
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...