Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Integrated System Sector of San Diego, Calif. was awarded a $45,996,375 contract modification for the advance procurement long lead items associated with two (2) Block 30 and two (2) Block 40 Global Hawk Air Vehicles, two (2) in-line Airborne Signals Intelligence Payloads, two (2) Multi-Platform RADAR Technology Insertion Program Sensors, two (2) in-line EISS Sensors and other items and activities required to protect the production schedule for Lot 10
Flight trials of the six contenders for India’s Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) tender have had an unusual side effect on the race to sell India aerial refueling aircraft. Asked to prove aerial refueling capability, the contenders, F-16, Gripen, Rafale, F/A 18, MiG-35 and Eurofighter have had no option but use the Indian Air Force (IAF)’s existing tanker, the Il-86 mid-air refueler to prove that their aircraft is capable of meeting IAF’s requirements as regarding aerial refuelling
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif
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
International vendors will be kept out the defence information, communication technology (ICT) and net centric project areas in India as the government would like to keep this sector exclusively for Indian companies. Going by the observation of Indian minister of state for defence, Mr
India’s Arjun main battle tank could get shells containing CL-20 explosive, a powerful new explosive charge, which is claimed to be several time more potent than RDX or HMX, the conventional explosive charges used in shells. The CL-20 shell could be fired from the 120mm main gun of the Arjun tank
ockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $13,729,506 modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0028) to exercise an option for the procurement of one ruggedized repair verification radar (RVR) test set in support of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
General Atomics (GA) and General Atomics Systems Integration, LLC (GA-SI) have been awarded a one-year task order by the United States Air Force (USAF) under the F-16 Drag Brace Down Lock Redesign Program to complete the full Main Landing Gear assembly fatigue tests and drop tests to verify that the assembly, including the drag brace down lock, maintains fatigue life integrity with the increased hydraulic force of a redesigned push-pull actuator. The contract task order was issued by 417 Supply Chain Management Squadron (SCMS) at Hill Air Force Base (AFB)
Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that it has been named as the sole awardee on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for Military Sealift Command's Next Generation Wideband commercial satellite communications infrastructure and service