Revision Military has been selected to supply the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) - Troop Support with 90,000 Advanced Combat Helmets (ACH) under a new contract announced on 13 January, valued at $21 million. The order follows the companys recent selection as a development partner for the US Army's Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS), which aims to develop the army's next widely-fielded head protection system
Lockheed Martins fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for the U.S
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) is planning to develop the stratosphere endurance UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) design technology by 2017, with an estimated cost $42 million (45.2 billion won)
Thales has won a contract from the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to develop the New Generation Laser Designation Pod (PDL NG), with the production is expected to begin in 2018. Thales will develop the PDL NG that will provide the French air forces with new day/night imaging and engagement capabilities in complex theatres of operations
Lockheed Martin has won a $13.3 million contract in November to support additional integration of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) onto the Finnish Air Force F-18C/D aircraft
Revision Military has won a contract for PEO Soldier's Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS) Soldier Protective System (SPS), aiming to develop the US Armys next-generation helmet system. Revision's IHPS small arms helmet serves as the foundation for the company's proposed head protection system
The Czech government approved sale of 28 subsonic L-159 ALCA aircraft to the US, while postponing prolonged lease of Sweden-made SAAB 39 Gripen supersonic aircraft talks. The American Draken International company is interested in purchase of up to 28 pieces (24 complete and four incomplete) for $21
CAE today announced that it has won contracts valued at more than $110 million to provide a range of training systems and services. The string of contracts, which add to CAE's third quarter fiscal year 2014 order intake, include a new program to provide Beechcraft T-44C aircrew training for the United States Navy, a foreign military sale contract to provide an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter simulator for the Royal Danish Navy, and a contract from Beechcraft to provide a T-6C ground-based training system (GBTS) for the Mexican Air Force
A7 Helmet Systems today validated the extraordinary blunt-impact performance of its ASH-22 BioRmr padding system, an off-the-shelf, direct replacement for the 7-pad systems, to be used by combat helmets. A7HS contracted an accredited third party, Chesapeake Testing, to test the system in Advanced Combat Helmets (ACH) and tested it in accordance with AR/PD 10-02 Rev
The Honduran Ministry of Defense has confirmed the purchase of three radars from Israel, in a deal estimated at $30 million and will be paid through a 10-year loan. The new systems will be used to monitoring drug trafficking operations and organized crime throughout the country