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UK Awards $238 Million Contract To Buy ASRAAM Missiles To Equip F-35

August 16, 2016 @ 12:48 PM

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a £184 million contract to ensure the UKs new supersonic stealth combat aircraft will continue to be equipped with air-to-air missile. Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) is a heat-seeking weapon which will give Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy F-35B Lightning II pilots, operating from land and the UKs two new aircraft carriers, the ability to defeat current and future air adversaries, the MoD said in a statement Tuesday
Leonardo-Finmeccanica Resumes Flight Tests Of AW609 Tiltrotor Prototypes

August 12, 2016 @ 11:33 AM

Leonardo-Finmeccanica has resumed flight testing of its AW609 tiltrotor prototype following the fatal October 2015 crash in Italy. AW609 titlrotor prototype AC1 arrived in Philadelphia Thursday, the company said in a statement
Lockheed Martin To Install Aegis Ashore Equipment In Poland

August 11, 2016 @ 11:19 AM

Lockheed Martin has won $36 million to install Aegis Ashore equipment in Poland. The contract covers installation, integration and testing of Aegis Ashore equipment in a deckhouse and deckhouse support building
Saab To Develop Electronics For Leopard 2 Tanks

August 10, 2016 @ 02:33 PM

Saab has received an order from the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann to develop new vehicle electronics for the Leopard 2 tank for an approximate $15 million. The order encompasses design and development of vehicle electronics, delivery of vehicle electronics units and cables, as well as training and documentation
Raytheon Wins $129 Million To Provide TOW Missiles To Bahrain And Morocco

August 9, 2016 @ 09:34 AM

Raytheon has won a $129 million contract for procurement of tube launched optically tracked wireless guided (TOW)missiles for the US Marine Corps, US Army, Bahrain and Morocco. Work will be completed with an estimated completion date of Aug
Lockheed Martin Wins F-35 Software Testing Contract Worth $101 Million

August 5, 2016 @ 09:25 AM

Lockheed Martin has been awarded the US Navy contract worth $101 million for F-35 software data loads for laboratory testing. “Lockheed Martin Corp
Northrop Grumman Wins US Navy Contract For Second Japanese E-2D Early Warning...

August 4, 2016 @ 09:36 AM

Northrop Grumman has received a US Navy contract to begin production of a second Japanese E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning (AEW) and surveillance aircraft. The first Japanese E-2D is in production and will be delivered in 2018
Raytheon Wins $524 Million To Deliver 47 SM-3 Block IB Missiles

August 3, 2016 @ 07:16 AM

Raytheon is being awarded a $524 million contract to procure material, fabricate, test and deliver 47 SM-3 Block IB missiles for fiscal 2016. This contract action is an option exercise that was previously announced on Dec
Pakistan Reduced Defense Equipment Imports By 90 Percent In Last Three Years:

August 1, 2016 @ 10:03 AM

Pakistan has reduced imports of defence equipment by 90 per cent during the last three years, Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanveer Hussain said. Hussain while talking at a seminar organized by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) last Thursday said that the Pakistani government had curtailed the number of No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) issued for import of defense items and different equipment by 90 per cent in the last three years
Boeing To Provide 80 Mission Computers To Support Australian F/A-18 And EA-18...

July 29, 2016 @ 10:04 AM

Boeing is being awarded $41 million to procure 80 advanced capability mission computers and associated non-recurring engineering in support of the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft for the Navy and the government of Australia. Work is expected to be complete by August 2018, US department of defense said in a statement Friday

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