Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a $159 million task order on the General Services Administration (GSA) Alliant contract to streamline the US Armys tactical and data network capabilities. Booz Allen will assist with standardizing processes, reducing overhead, improving security, and increasing efficiency for PD Net E as well as the firms other Army C4ISR clients – ultimately helping to strengthen the reliability of the networks on which deployed Soldiers depend
Russian arms and services will see 70 to 100 per cent increase in the share of modern weaponry that include planes, helicopters, surface ships, submarines, auxiliary ships and armored vehicles by 2021. “The Russian Defense Ministry plans to buy about 70-100 planes and more than 120 helicopters and up to 30 surface ships, submarines and special and auxiliary ships and 600 armored vehicles a year,” the chief of Russias General Staff Valery Gerasimov was quoted as saying by Tass during a news briefing for foreign military attaches in Moscow on Monday
The South Korean government is under pressure to restart its fighter jet program KF-X and cancel the purchase of F-35 stealth fighters if needed. Growing uncertainties to procure technology transfer from the US is stated as a major reason for demands from some politicians and critics to restart the program entirely to develop a fighter jet all by itself, Korea Times reported Monday
Amid confusion over denial of four critical technology transfers for the KF-X program US has promised to support Republic of Korea (ROK) in its stealth fighter program. “The U
Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems (EOS) have set up a space object tracking facility in Australia to detect possible debris in orbit, ranging from spent rocket parts to pieces of defunct satellites. The new space object tracking site will give satellite operators a clearer picture of the debris that could damage their networks and how they can avoid potential collisions, the company said in a statement Wednesday
Work on building the Rafale aircraft for Qatar will not start until the Gulf nation first pays a deposit for the 6.3 billion Euro deal to purchase 24 fighter aircraft including 2 billion Euro worth weapons
Sikorsky has completed the VH-92A Presidential Helicopter Replacement Program Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The company also announced Wednesday that it has completed the integration and performance testing of mission communications system (MCS) components, and Sikorsky's acceptance of the second S-92Aaircraft for the program
Malaysia has signed a US$126.8 million worth agreement to buy two Agusta Westland AW139 helicopters
The Indian Government is likely to to set up a co-ordination center to curb cyber-crime costing Rs 500-crore (US $76 million). The center will also have an advanced application to monitor social media activities related to Ministries of Home, External Affairs, Defense and other government organizations, PTI reported Tuesday
Turbomeca (Safran) has delivered the first Arrius 2R engine to Bell Helicopter in August 2015, on schedule. Selected to power the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, the Arrius 2R is the only turbine in the 500 shp range to feature a dual-channel FADEC, the company announced today