Lockheed Martin received six contracts, with awards totaling $198.4 million, to improve training for C-130 airmen and operators around the world
The inter-governmental agreement between Poland and Czech Republic on cooperation in cross-border interventions of their military aircraft might be signed in 2018, Prague Defense Ministry said. "At present, an inter-governmental agreement with Poland on cooperation in the military aviation is being prepared
Finlands Ministry of Defense plans to invite bids for the purchase of 64 new fighter jets for replacing its Boeing F/A-18 Hornets fleet for an approximate 7-10 billion euros. The ministry said it will send out tender invitations in early 2018 to Boeing and Lockheed Martin from the US, Saab from Sweden, Dassault Aviation in France and the British-European BAE Systems
The first of Australias 12 Offshore Patrol Vessels that will be built in Australia will commence production in the fourth quarter of 2018. The Malcolm Turnbull Government announced that the Australias AUD4 billion OPV project will be designed and built under prime contractor Germany's Lurssen Werft shipyard
Elta has been awarded a not-to-exceed $39 million contract action for counter unmanned aerial system supplies. This contract provides counter unmanned aerial system in support of US Strategic Command joint emergent operational needs, the US department of defense said in a statement Thursday
Japan and UK are likely to team up to build an improvised version of MBDA Meteor air-to-air missile. The weapon will incorporate radar system developed by Japans Mitsubishi Electri into European MBDAs Meteor missile
Russias western military district will receive a combat squadron of Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets which will replace the existing Mikoyan MiG-29SMT fighters under the rearmament program in 2018. The aviation unit will get fighter jets for the new squadron in the Kursk Region from the Irkut Aircraft Corporation, the Districts press office report was quoted by
Russias state arms program bill for 2018-2025 comes to 19 trillion rubles ($321.2 billion) is almost ready
Lockheed Martin has won $22.7 million modification contract to exercise an option for class services in support of Littoral Combat Ship program for Saudi Arabia
UK based Kelvin Hughes has won a contract to supply its SharpEye Doppler radar system to the second of the Pakistan Navys Agosta 90B-class (also known as the Khalid-class attack submarine) upgrade program. Working with Turkish defence contractor STM, the main contractor for the refurbishment programme, Kelvin Hughes will supply the SharpEye system to the first submarine in 2018 and the second in 2019