General Dynamics has delivered seven D-VEX next-generation, end-to-end digital video exploitation systems to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and will showcase the same at 2014 Singapore Airshow, February 11-16. The man-portable version of the D-VEX system extends the operational efficiencies of the 20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition (20STA) Regiment Royal Australian Artillery and improves the reporting capabilities of the forward-deployed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) specialist team
General Dynamics has won a $72.7 million under an existing contract to upgrade 12 US Army M1A1 Abrams tanks to the M1A2 Systems Enhancement Package (SEP) V2 configuration
India and Japan are in talks to finalize a $1.65 billion amphibious aircraft deal from ShinMaywa Industries
Arcturus UAV has for the first time integrated GeoDragon sensor system, capable of high resolution 2-D and 3-D image capture, in its T-20 Tier II unmanned aerial vehicle. The GeoDragon system can create 3-D reconstructions in near-real time and output high-resolution digital elevation models, LIDAR-like datasets, and wide area maps
Raytheon Company has signed a contract with BAE Systems in support of upgrading the Republic of Korea's fleet of more than 130 KF-16C/D Block 52 aircraft. As a key subcontractor to BAE Systems, the company will provide an integrated solution that includes the Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACR), ALR-69A all-digital radar warning receiver, advanced mission computing technology and weapon systems integration
General Dynamics delivered three ground stations for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) to the US Navy. The MUOS ground stations act like cell phone switches, receiving radio calls relayed through MUOS satellites from service members around the globe and connecting them to ground-based Department of Defense communication networks in just seconds
Exelis has won a contract valued at more than $13 million from the U.S
Lockheed Martin has completed Tranche 1 of the Field Deployable geospatial intelligence (FDG) under PICASSO programme, and the system has been declared with Initial Operating Capability (IOC) by the UK Ministry of Defence. The PICASSO programme provides strategic to tactical level mapping and digital geographic information and imagery derived intelligence to UK forces
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has awarded a €15.7 million contract to Jenoptik to supply electro-mechanical turret and weapon stabilisation systems for the Leopard 2 main battle tanks (MBTs) and Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000) self-propelled howitzers
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first two EC135 helicopters to the Spanish Army Airmobile Force (FAMET) early this week, under a contract signed for eight in total on December 27, 2013. The contract also includes a logistics package that will support fleet sustainability in the coming years