L-3 Link has won a contract to build 34 new Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS) simulators for the US Air Force. “The US Air Forces and US Air National Guards requirements for MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper pilots and sensor operators continue to grow, and the skills needed to complete an expanding set of missions are increasingly complex,” Frank Casano, L-3 Links vice president of programs said in a statement Tuesday
One of the Philippine Navys strategic sealift vessels being constructed in Indonesia will be subjected to the final testing process in March this year, before its handed over to the Philippines. The one of two SSVs will be subjected to a sea trial once the ships interiors are finished and its 117-member Navy crew arrives in Indonesia to conduct the test, Inquirer
The Indian Army is likely to receive 155-mm/52-caliber self-propelled howitzer, K9 Vajra-T after the gun clears the evaluation trials of the defence ministry. Although the bids were made under the ‘Buy Global provision of the defence procurement procedure, the K9 Vajra-T gun will be made at its Talegaon plant near Pune by the L&T, Indian Express news daily reported Sunday
Cubic Corp has won a $15 million contract to provide Future Study Plan (FSP)/Unified Quest (UQ) events services under the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)s Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC). Cubic will support ARCICs overall efforts for FSP/UQ events including, planning, preparation, execution, assessment and analytical integration, the company said in a statement Monday
Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth $117 million to produce 10 MH-60R Mission Avionics Systems and Common Cockpits for the government of Saudi Arabia. The modification contract includes recurring engineering and program support required to execute the production and delivery of the mission avionics and common cockpits, the US Department of Defense announced yesterday
Airbus has delivered three additional H225M helicopters to the Brazilian Armed Forces. Two are destined for the Brazilian Army and the third for the Brazilian Air Force, bringing to seven the total number of H225M delivered to Brazil in 2015, the company said in a statement Monday
India plans to acquire 10 additional C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlift aircraft to add to its fleet of six planes acquired from Boeing over the past few years. "The request for acquiring 10 additional Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft is being processed
Airbus Helicopters today delivered the first Swedish NH90 in full anti-submarine warfare (ASW) configuration to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration FMV (Försvarets Materielverk). The fully-qualified rotorcraft has an entirely customized mission system including underwater sonar, tactical radar and high cabin for improved interior space
Fokker Technologies and Aequs of India have signed a Long Term Agreement (LTA) for the supply of machined components for Boeings Chinook helicopter. Under the agreement, Aequs will supply machined detail parts which will be made in India for the Chinook heavy lift helicopter
Israels second Iron Dome interception system battery has been qualified with a new system upgrade with a new ‘software block over the past weeks. In a few weeks, the rest of the "Iron Dome" batteries, reserve and mandatory, will also be qualified