Battelle Memorial Institute, MRIGlobal, and Southwest Research Institute have each been awarded a maximum $28 billion multiple award research and development contract for the competed Pool 3 unrestricted full and open chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) labs for Defense Technical Information Center. The location of performance is not known at this time and will be cited on individual delivery orders
Russian Rostec and Citadel have established a research and production company, ‘Kryptonite, which will create civilian IT products based on military developments in the field of information security. Initial investment in the creation of the joint venture will amount to more than 4 billion rubles (US$64 million), the company said in a statement Thursday
Fluor Marine Propulsion has won $1.2 billion contract for naval nuclear propulsion work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory
Slovakia has selected Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets over a competing bid from Saab's Gripen to replace its agein MiG-29 fleet. Slovakia will buy 14 F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft for an estimated1
South Koreas next-generation fighter aircraft will reportedly be equipped with an indigenous, air-launched, long-range cruise missile, modelled after the Taurus KEPD 350, manufactured by the German-Swedish firm Taurus Systems, according to Defense News. The Agency for Defense Development, or ADD, is expected to finalize a local partner company by September for exploratory development of the missile for the countrys next-generation Korea Fighter-Experimental (KF-X) program
Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are each being awarded contract with a minimum amount of $10,000 and a maximum amount of $4.1 billion to provide autonomous acquisition and persistent precision tracking and discrimination to optimize the defensive capability of the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system and counter evolving threats
The Indian Defense Ministry has received six bids for the Request for Information for the manufacture of 110 fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The deadline for the RFI issued in April ended on 6 July
Indias state-run Goa Shipyard has signed a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian shipyard INACE to design three of four future Tamandare corvettes for the Brazilian navy if it won the tender. The collaboration between the two companies will allow technology transfer from the Indian partner to INACE and also allow the creation of regional production base in Ceara covering most of the GSLs products, Brazilian news daily
India and South Korea are likely to discuss procurement of KT-1 jet trainers for the Indian Air Force during the South Korean President Moon-Jae-ins visit to India on Monday. Trainer aircraft ‘KT-1 of Korean Aircraft Industries of South Korea could be considered for the Indian Air Force (IAF), as it was one of the shortlisted aircraft in 2011
Boeing and Embraer today announced they have signed a MoU to set up a joint venture comprising the commercial aircraft business of Embraer that would strategically align with Boeings commercial development, production, marketing and lifecycle services operations. Under the terms of the agreement, Boeing will hold an 80 percent ownership stake in the joint venture and Embraer will own the remaining 20 percent stake