Raytheon has won $81million modification contract for design, engineering and technical support services for the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS), SeaRAM, and Land-based Phalanx Weapon System to Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Canada, United Kingdom, South Korea, Portugal and Greece. Phalanx CIWS is a fast-reaction terminal defense against low- and high-flying, high-speed maneuvering anti-ship missile threats that have penetrated all other defenses, the US department of defense said in a statement Friday
Bell Boeing is awarded $366.6 million modification contract for the production and delivery of three CMV-22B variations in aircraft for the Navy and two MV-22B variations in quantity aircraft for the Marine Corps
Raytheon has won $434 million modification contract for the procurement of AIM-9X Lot 18 production requirements to include 766 AIM-9X Block II all up round tactical missiles for the United States and Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The contract includes AIM-9X missiles for the US Navy (138); US Air Force (197); and the governments of Israel (11); Norway (20); Qatar (40); South Korea (60); and the United Arab Emirates (300), as well as 160 AIM-9X Block II+ all up round missiles for the Navy (12); Air Force (75); and the governments of Australia (49); Israel (7); and the Netherlands (17), US department
UK-based HSBC has divested from Israeli weapons maker Elbit Systems over Palestinian human rights concerns, according to various media outlets. While HSBC had yet to officially announce the decision, sources within the UK-based bank confirmed Thursday that it had ended its investments in Elbit, one of Israels biggest military contractors, reported
The Ukrainian Air Force has inducted two refurbished Mi-8 helicopters, Mi-8MTPB and Mi-8MTPI back into service last week. The helicopters were not in operation owing to the repair work being done at the Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant, “Aviakon”, part of Ukroboronprom, Defence Blog reported on December 22
The United States administration has reportedly blocked a $500 million arms deal between Israel and Croatia after Outgoing Defense Secretary James Mattis rejected a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the sale of 12 F-16 fighter jets. "For reasons we don't fully understand, the Americans hardened their conditions and, apparently, we misread their position on the deal
Huntington Ingalls won $229 million modification contract for the purchase of additional long lead time material in support of USS Enterprise (CVN 80) aircraft carrier. The purpose of this action is to definitize efforts previously announced as an undefinitized contract action and increase the scope of the contract for additional long lead time material, the US department of defense said in a statement Thursday
The Chinese Navy is expected to receive its first operational aircraft carrier, the Type 001A in April next year on the occasion of the Navys 70th anniversary. Though this is the second carrier with the Navy, the first, a modified Ukrainian carrier, is used for testing and developing appropriate systems for carrier-based operations
Russian state-run United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has begun factory flight tests of Il-78M-90A, the upgraded variant of it's aerial refueling tanker Ilyushin II-78, at the airfield compkex Ulyanovsk-Vostochny after completing ground-level testing of the systems. The aircraft will be handed over to state trials after the completion of the factory tests, the company said Thursday
Israeli Elisra will develop electronic warfare suite for Indias Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas KM1A and upgraded MiG-29 fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF). Indias state-run Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has selected Elisra for the development of electronic warfare suite for LCA after issuing a multi-vendor tender in which around six to seven companies had participated, a unnamed senior Defence Ministry official was quoted as saying by ANI Wednesday