Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Clearfield, Utah, was awarded a $41,989,171 contract modification for the Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) warm line fiscal 2011 production requirement. With the completion and shutdown of the Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP), Congress expressed the desire to maintain the critical skills and infrastructure associated with PRP through low rate production of Minuteman III PRP configured SRMs
General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies received a $40.7 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to build two additional 34-meter (112-foot wide) beam waveguide antennas as part of NASA's modernization and transformation plan to continue scientific studies of the Earth as well as explore distant bodies in the solar system
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The Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis – INEGMA is proud to announce a 70% reservation of the exhibiting space at the second edition of the Security Middle East Show – SMES to take place on 7-9 April, 2011 at BIEL, Beirut, Lebanon. This year’s SMES is offering all its exhibitors exclusive facilities which include stand contracting, shipping services and accommodation packages to help them benefit the most from this pioneer event
International companies winning defence contracts in India will no longer be required to invest in direct defence equipment to fulfil offset obligations. An amendment to the policy made public today includes civil aerospace and internal security equipment too besides allowing offsets banking
In recent years, the Indian MoD has been able to ensure improved results in the delivery of warships and submarines. During 2009-2010, these numbers stood at 120 vessels for the Indian Navy, Coast Guard and coastal states
India’s Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Danish company Terma signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on cooperation in various fields of defense technology. The signing ceremony took place under the patronage of the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms Lene Espersen, who is in India this week
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has completed trails of five aircraft shortlisted for the basic trainer contract and the evaluation report is expected to be submitted to the MoD by the end of December or early January. The five aircraft which participated in the trials are the American Hawker Beechcraft T-6C, the Pilatus PC-7 MkII, the Korean Aerospace Industries KT-1, EADS PZL-130 Orlik TC-II from Poland and Grob 120TP from Germany
Has Brazil made up its mind to buy the French Rafale fighter and thus give its maker, Dassault its first foreign sale? This question is uppermost following the publications of several reports in Brazil and Sweden during the past two days quoting the outgoing Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula told TV Brasil that it would be up to the government of his successor, Dilma Rousseff, to decide the issue
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