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Northrop Grumman Corporation today said it will enter the competition as a prime contractor for the U.S
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded the contract by the Ministry of Defence of Brunei Darussalam to provide a Joint Operations Centre command and control capability for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF). The contract, which will be undertaken by Northrop Grumman UK, will include the supply of an integrated Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) headquarters system and a deployable Joint Operations Centre (JOC) together with the provision of training and in-country support
Patria Aviation Oy received an order from the Finnish Air Force for a cockpit and avionics upgrade of 18 BAE Systems Hawk Mk66 jet trainers on 31 December 2009. The upgrade is similar to the one ordered earlier for Mk51 and Mk51A trainers
CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded a $100 million task order to continue providing technical, engineering, logistics, business, and program support services to the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications Tactical (PEO C3T) Program Manager Battle Command family of products. The contract, for two base years and an eight-month option, was awarded under the Army’s Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) contract vehicle
India has reportedly canceled a tender to buy six new mid-air refueling aircraft for fighter jets in which the EADS Airbus A-330 MRTT (multi-role tanker transport) was a top contender. ‘‘The RFP (request for proposal) will be re-floated and will go to EADS, Boeing (US) and Ilyushin (Russian), among others, for a global competition now,’’ an unnamed Indian defence ministry official was quoted by a leading Indian newspaper
The Brazilian MoD may be falling shy of announcing a winner in its fighter aircraft competition but there are indications that the Swedish manufacturer SAAB may have emerged as the winner in the technical evaluation which was officially acknowledged as completed by the Brazilian Air Force command. SAAB Gripen, Boeing F-18 and Dassault Rafale are the three contenders in the race to equip Brazil’s Air Force with modern fighters
SELEX Galileo of Finmeccanica announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ATMOS Sistemas (ATMOS) Ltda of Brazil. The MoU marks the beginning of a relationship between SELEX Galileo, key player in the Defense Electronic market, and ATMOS Sistemas and outlines the way for the collaboration in airborne AESA radar support and development
Babcock, the through-life defence support specialist, has been awarded a long-term contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide in-service support to Eddystone, the Communications Electronic Support Measures (CESM) system for submarines. The award re-confirms Babcock as the UK centre of excellence for the support of CESM capability
Greg Combet, the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, announced today the award of a contract to BAE Systems to support the Australian Army Black Hawk helicopters for the remainder of their service. “The Black Hawk is a critical asset supporting Australian soldiers