Cassidian, the recently renamed defence and security pillar of EADS, will protect the F-16 fighter aircraft of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RnoAF) against missile attacks. Cassidian Electronics has received a multi-million euro contract from RNoAF to deliver more than 100 AN/AAR-60 (V) 2 MILDS F sensors (MILDS F = Missile Launch Detection System, Fighter)
The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source fixed-price-incentive-fee modification to Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Mass
AugustaWestand which has been shown the door in the Indian Army’s $600 million deal to purchase 197 light helicopters has questioned the reasons for its elimination. The company has not been invited for the Phase II final trials which are currently going on with two manufacturers, Eurocopter and Kamov from Russia
Plans to provide troops in Afghanistan with a new generation of Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV) have passed an important milestone, the MOD announced today. Force Protection Europe has been selected as the preferred bidder, meaning contract negotiations will now begin to provide an initial order of LPPVs through the Urgent Operational Requirements (UOR) process
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order worth $560m, at list prices, for Trent 700 engines to power eight Lufthansa and SWISS Airbus A330 aircraft. The order includes a TotalCare long-term service agreement
Raytheon Technical Services, LLC, dba Raytheon, Reston, Va., is being awarded an estimated $49,800,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract for services to perform the function as a single-source integrator for the remanufacture, overhaul or repair of selected secondary repairable items
Bernard Buisson has recently been appointed Managing Director of DCNS India. At a reception held in Mumbai, India, on 9 September, Bernard Buisson, the new director, was officially introduced to the Group’s Indian partners
Lockheed Martin today announced that the first C-130J Hercules bound for India ran its engines for the first time on Tuesday, Sept 21. The aircraft are scheduled for their first flight in October
L-3 Ocean Systems announced today that it has been awarded a $24 million firm fixed-price contract from the Egyptian Navy for its Low Frequency Active Towed Sonar (LFATS) system. LFATS is a long-range active/passive variable depth sonar used by surface ships to detect modern diesel-electric submarine threats
Thales Canada has been awarded a contract to supply the Canadian Navy with dedicated UHF satellite communication (SATCOM) omni-directional antennas for four of the Halifax-class frigates that are being converted to command ships. The QHASS (Quadrifilar Helix) antenna was developed by Thales UK’s underwater systems business in Templecombe, Somerset, specifically to provide enhanced low-angle performance in the UHF SATCOM frequency band