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Twin-Prop Engine For European MALE Drone

August 9, 2017 @ 12:01 PM

A twin prop engine configuration has been selected for the European MALE RPAS (Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) as the basis for further trade-off studies until the upcoming Systems Requirements Review (SRR). Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation and Leonardo have provided a substantial set of data that allowed the participating nations including France, Germany, Italy and Spain to agree on the basic remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) configuration and several main design drivers for the system, after an intensive 10 months trade-off period
Raytheon Awarded $66M Standard Missile-3 Modification Contract

August 8, 2017 @ 04:48 AM

Raytheon is being awarded a $66 million modification for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) integration, test, and Aegis Ashore support under the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA contract. Under this contract, the contractor will continue efforts for engineering services, analysis, and material in support of the SM-3 Block IIA program efforts, including BMD 5
India To Sell Up To 25% Stake In Four Defense Cos To...

August 7, 2017 @ 02:25 AM

The government plans to sell 25% of its stakes from state-owned Mazagon Dock, Bharat Dynamics, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers and Mishra Dhatu Nigam to meet its Rs 72,500 ($11.38 billion) divestment target during the year to March 2018
Northrop Grumman Wins $16M ICBM Cryptography Upgrade Contract

August 3, 2017 @ 04:09 AM

Northrop Grumman has won a $16.7 million modification to previously awarded intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) prime integration contract for ICBM cryptography upgrade
US Army To Field Weapon Sight that Pairs Wirelessly With Night Vision...

August 2, 2017 @ 07:59 PM

The US Army expects to field two new systems to dismounted Soldiers that will allow for more rapid acquisition of targets, even those hidden by darkness, smoke or fog in the next 18 months. First out of the gate will be the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG) III, expected to be fielded sometime between April and June of 2018
South Korean Navy To Receive Cheonjabong Landing Ship This Week

August 1, 2017 @ 06:04 PM

South Korean next-generation landing ship Cheonjabong, capable of transporting more troops and military hardware than existing vessels, will be supplied to the Navy this week Monday. The Cheonjabong, which will be delivered Tuesday, is the Navy's second LST-II ship acquired under the next-generation landing ship project that calls for building a total of four such ships by 2018,
Russia Developing Parachute System To Airdrop Armored Vehicle With Personnel Inside

August 1, 2017 @ 09:13 AM

The Russian Airborne Force will get a new parachute system in 2018, the Bakhcha-UPDS multi-cupola, which can air-drop a BMD-4M infantry fighting vehicle with a seven-member crew inside it. "This year, the state trials of the Bakhcha-UPDS new parachute system designed to air-drop BMD-4M vehicles and other hardware from military transport planes are coming to a close
Oshkosh Wins $195M To Procure 748 Vehicles For US Army

August 1, 2017 @ 04:46 AM

Oshkosh Defense has won a $195 million modification contract to exercise available options for 748 vehicles and 2,359 installed and packaged kits. Work is expected to be completed by November 30, 2018, the US department of defense said in a statement Tuesday
Lockheed Martin To Manufacture 50 F-35 Aircraft Worth $3.6B For Partners, FMS

July 29, 2017 @ 08:52 AM

Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $3.6 billion low-rate initial production Lot 11 F-35 Lightning II advance acquisition contract to manufacture 50 aircraft for international partners and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers
US To Cut Planned Buy Of AMRAAM Missiles Over Integrated Circuit Issue

July 28, 2017 @ 04:47 PM

The United States air force and navy are cutting their planned buy of Raytheon-built AMRAAM air-to-air missiles for fiscal year 2018 due to problems developing an integrated circuit. The AMRAAMs obsolescence upgrade, called Form, Fit, Function Refresh (F3R), affects 15 circuit cards that comprise about half of the missiles guidance section, according to Air Force documents obtained by Defense News

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