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Raytheon Receives US$652 Million Contract For Standard Missile-2 Used In AEGIS

June 17, 2017 @ 04:18 AM

Raytheon has received a $652-million contract to equip the US Navy and allied navies with the Standard Missile-2 used in the AEGIS missile defense system, the US Department of Defense announced yesterday. "Raytheon Missile Systems is being awarded a $617,633,351 fixed-price-incentive firm, firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for procurement of fiscal 2017 Standard Missile-2 full-rate production requirements and spares for US and Allied Foreign Navies," the release said on Friday
Huntington Ingalls Awarded $3 Billion For US Marines’ Amphibious Assault Ship, LHA

June 17, 2017 @ 03:53 AM

Huntington Ingalls Awarded $3 Billion Contract For US Marines Amphibious Assault Ship Huntington Ingalls Industries was yesterday awarded a US$3 billion contract for the detail design and construction of the amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA 8). Ingalls was awarded the original long-lead material contract for the third ship in the America (LHA 6) class on June 30, 2016
US Navy To Add 'Water Separater' As Solution To T-45 Trainer's Oxygen...

June 16, 2017 @ 03:09 PM

The US Navy intends to add a water separator in the T-45's Onboard Oxygen Generation System, or OBOGS among several solutions to the cockpit air problems being experienced by pilots of the trainer aircraft. The water separator is a component common in high-performance jets but not found in the training aircraft
Wreckage Of Malaysian BAE Systems Hawk 108 Jet Found

June 16, 2017 @ 02:58 PM

A Royal Malaysian Air Force's (RMAF) search team located the wreckage of its BAE Systems Hawk 108 trainer-fighter jet that crashed yesterday killing two pilots, near Kampung Yak Yah in Chukai, Terengganu state. RMAF's headquarters in a statement here said members of the search team in a EC725 helicopter spotted the wreckage at 7am after the search operation resumed today, Bernama News Agency reported
Australia Takes Delivery Of First Aegis-Equipped Air Warfare Destroyer

June 16, 2017 @ 02:51 PM

Australia accepted the delivery of first air warfare destroyer (AWD) ‘Hobart in a ceremony today at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide. Hobart will be Australias first ships to be equipped with Lockheed Martins Aegis Weapon System
Leonardo Unveils Its Lightest-ever Radar For Unmanned Aircraft: Paris Air Show 2017

June 16, 2017 @ 12:37 PM

Leonardo has unveiled its new Gabbiano TS Ultra-Light (UL) surveillance radar integrated onto the companys ‘Hero mini unmanned rotorcraft. The system will be on display at the Paris Airshow Le Bourget 2017
Electronic Warfare Drone Developed By Russia's Moscow Aviation Institute

June 16, 2017 @ 12:36 PM

Moscow Aviation Institute university has developed a new model of 'Voron 777-1' electronic warfare helicopter drone. "The MAI's 'Iskatel' Design Office has created a new model of an unmanned aerial vehicle [UAV] of the 'Voron 777-1' helicopter type,", a Russian defense industry official told Sputnik on Friday
Russia Suspects US Deploying HIMRAS Rocket Launchers in Syria To Attack Assad...

June 16, 2017 @ 12:30 PM

Russian is suspecting that United States is likely to attack Syrian soldiers with the HIMARS multiple rocket systems as Washington has earlier moved the launchers to the al-Tanf military base in Syria from Jordan. However, "the range of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is not enough to support the US-backed units of the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting against the Islamic State terror group in Raqqa," , the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday
China Develops First Microphotonic Radar Prototype For Enhanced Target Imaging

June 16, 2017 @ 11:41 AM

Scientists at Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a first prototype of microwave photonics-based radar, which analysts said could revolutionize the detection and imaging of targets for a wider range of military and civilian applications. The new radar is said to have the features of fast-imaging, high resolution and clear identification of targets, having the highest resolution among all the micro-photonic radars currently known, and is even 30 times higher than similar radars worldwide, the Institute of Electronics at Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said in a statement on its website early this week
Russia Likely To Sign Contract With China On Heavy-Lift Chopper

June 16, 2017 @ 10:31 AM

Russia's Rostec is expecting to sign a general contract to joinly develop a heavy-lift helicopter with China by end of this year. The development of a heavy-lift helicopter with a take-off weight of 38 tonnes is a respective joint project of Russia and China, Rostec's Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy Department, Victor Kladov, Rostec's Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy Department said

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