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ERAPSCO Wins $203 Million To Supply Sonobuoys To US Navy

October 18, 2016 @ 01:28 PM

ERAPSCO is being awarded $203 million contract for the procurement of up to 141500 sonobuoys for the US Navy. The contract includes 6,000 AN/SSQ-36 sonobuoys; 95,000 AN/SSQ-53 sonobuoys; 15,500 AN/SSQ-62 sonobuoys; 10,000 AN/SSQ-101 sonobuoys; and 15,000 AN/SSQ0125 sonobuoys, the US department of defense said in a statement Tuesday
CAE Wins Multiple US Training, Support Services Contracts

October 18, 2016 @ 01:22 PM

CAE has won more than a C$100 million worth defense contracts, including the one to continue KC-135 tanker aircrew training services for US air force. Similarly, US Navy has exercised a contract option for CAE USA to continue providing T-44C aircrew training services, the company announced today
Indonesia Trains Marines Corps With Ukrainian BTR-4 APCs

October 18, 2016 @ 01:00 PM

Indonesia has commenced training its Marines Corps (KORMAR) with amphibious BTR-4 8x8 armored personnel carriers (APCs), acquired recently from Ukraine. The training will be held from 14 to 24 October at Kormar base in South Jakarta, IHS Janes reported Monday
Pakistani Air Force Pilot Killed In Mirage Jet Crash

October 18, 2016 @ 12:21 PM

A Pakistani Air Force pilot was killed as the Mirage aircraft he was in crashed near Karachis Musharraf colony. PAF Mirage jetbearing tale number 921 took off from Masroor Base, before it crashed near Musharraf Colony
Israel Planned 'Rumors' Of Striking Iran From Saudi Base In 2012: Wikileaks

October 18, 2016 @ 12:11 PM

Israel had plans of spreading rumors about a leak that it would use a military base in Saudi Arabia to strike Iran as one of its effors to counter Iran's nuclear buildup, according to th latest Wikileaks tranche of emails released Saturday. A July 2012 correspondence between a former adviser and then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton cited Israeli officials as saying that while Israel was unprepared for a full-scale war with Iran, rumors of an IDF strike could “persuade the world they mean business
Lockheed Martin Wins $743 Million For Lot 9 F-35 Fighters

October 18, 2016 @ 11:40 AM

Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $743 million to the previously awarded low-rate initial production Lot 9 F-35 Lightening II Joint Strike Fighter advance acquisition contract. This modification provides additional funding and will establish not-to-exceed (NTE) prices for diminishing manufacturing and material shortages redesign and development, estimated post production concurrency changes and country unique requirements, US department of defense said in a statement Monday
Seoul Plans Chinook MH-47 Acquisition For Special Ops In North Korea

October 18, 2016 @ 10:22 AM

The South Korean military plans to expand the capabilities of its special forces to strike Norths command facilities using hardware, such as the Boeing MH-47 series choppers, compact satellite links and advanced small arms. The MH-47 series helicopter under consideration for deployment in the Army are variants of the battle-tested Chinook choppers operated by the South Korean and U
US Navy To Equip MQ-8C Fire Scout With Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s Osprey Radar...

October 17, 2016 @ 08:35 PM

US Navy will be equipping its newly-upgraded unmanned helicopter MQ-8C Fire Scout with Leonardo-Finmeccanicas Osprey electronically scanned radar, helping expand crews surveillance capabilities aboard US combat ships. The helicopter will be launched from the decks of US naval combat vessels to keep watch for distant threats
Germany To Nearly Double Defense Spending

October 17, 2016 @ 07:06 PM

Germany will be increasing its defense spending to 2 per cent from their economic output in line with an agreement that NATO states reached in 2014. “Germany would drastically increase defense spending in the coming years to move towards the NATO target for member states to spend 2 percent of their economic output on defense,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday
Leonardo-Finmeccanica Exhibits 'Naval Cockpit' For Integrated Ship Managment At Euronaval 2016

October 17, 2016 @ 03:56 PM

Leonardo-Finmeccanica is exhibiting a “naval cockpit” that enables the integrated management of ship-board operations with a vessels combat system at the ongoing Euronaval 2016. The new Combat Management System features a modular and reconfigurable open architecture that can be customized depending on the demands of a given mission

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