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Safran, Thai Aviation Industries To Support Thailand’s Helicopter Engines

July 3, 2019 @ 07:47 AM

Safran and Thai Aviation Industries (TAI) have signed an agreement with the government of Thailand to enhance the scope of support and services for the Arrius and the Arriel turboshaft engines, for the helicopters used by the countrys armed forces. This new agreement includes supporting helicopter engines used by Royal Thai Armed Forces and Thai parapublic operators
India To Get French Rafale Fighters In September

July 2, 2019 @ 05:00 PM

The first of French-origin Rafale fighters will be handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in a ceremony planned to take place in France in September this year. The first batch of four jets armed with SCALP missiles having a range of over 300km is expected to be ferried to India by May next year,
Lockheed Martin To Integrate, Test Combat System On New Guided Missile Frigates

July 2, 2019 @ 06:13 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $7 million contract for Combat System Ship Integration and Test on Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) new-construction ships. The work executed under this contract includes combat system (CS) ship integration engineering support and test planning, conducting a waterfront CS ship integration and test program, post-delivery engineering support to government test teams, engineering services for CS ship integration and test and developing test program documents for FFG(X) ships, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Monday
DSCA Approves $240.4M Support Package for Moroccan F-16s

July 1, 2019 @ 12:49 PM

The US State Department has approved a $250.4 million sustainment and support package contract for Moroccos fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters
Apple May Leave Russia as Moscow Considers Forcing Local Apps on Smartphones

July 1, 2019 @ 12:30 PM

While China is locked in a trade war with the US over Huawei, another may be brewing between Washington and Moscow in the telecom field. Smartphones made by international manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei may be forced to pre-install applications made by local vendors if they want to sell in Russia according to a proposal initiated by the Kremlin
Norway To Spend 10,000 Working Hours To Estimate Cost Of F-35s After...

July 1, 2019 @ 11:00 AM

A core team consisting of ten people will be assigned 10,000 working hours to estimate the price of the F-35 aircraft after a Norwegian newspaper alleged in April that the government inflated the cost of the fighters by NOK 16 billion (almost $1.9 billion)
Japan, US Navy To Get Raytheon’s RAM Guided Missile Launching System

June 29, 2019 @ 08:26 AM

Raytheon has won a $36.7 million contract to supply Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) to Japan and the US Navy
Boeing’s Insitu To Supply RQ-21A, ScanEagle Drones To US, Poland, Canada, Oman...

June 29, 2019 @ 07:02 AM

Boeings Insitu has won a $390 million contract to supply RQ-21A Blackjack drones and ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) meant for the US Marines, US Navy and governments of Canada, Poland and Oman respectively. According to the contract announced by the US Department of Defense on Friday, the company will supply 63 RQ-21A attrition air vehicles for the US Marine Corps and US Navy
Germany to Buy US-made Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles for $122M

June 29, 2019 @ 06:25 AM

The United States State Department yesterday approved a possible sale to Germany of 91 AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) Tactical Missiles, and up to eight AGM-88E AARGM Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM) for an estimated $122.86 million
India's $14.4B Nuclear-Powered Sub Project Kicks Off

June 26, 2019 @ 05:15 AM

India's $14.4 billion (INR 1 lakh Crore) project to build six indigenous nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) for its navy has kicked off after the government green signaled the project four years ago, with work on special alloy meant for the hull having begun

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