GKN Aerospaces Fokker business and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) have signed a multi-million Euro total support agreement for a five-year period, covering standard parts supply and services for all of the RNLAFs aircraft, helicopters and multiple support systems. After the five year period the contract can be extended twice with a period of one year
Rheinmetall has won a US$6.5 million (6
Lockheed Martin is in talks with the governments of Spain, Switzerland and Belgium to sell its F-35 fighter jets. "We are talking to several other countries - Switzerland, Belgium, Spain," Jeff Babione, Lockheed Martin's F-35 programme leader, told reporters at the Avalon Airshow in Australia Friday
Future customers of F-16 fighter jets will get them shipped from the USA, a Lockheed Martin executive said implying an end to licence-manufacture of the aircraft in foreign countries. Rick Groesch, Lockheeds regional vice president, was quoted as saying at the IDEX 2017 show in Abu Dhabi yesterday, "The next customer that we sell F-16 to we will build them in the US
Germany has plans to set up a joint fleet of Lockheed Martin Corp C-130J transport planes with France as part of a move to expand European defence cooperation to be announced at NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels. The country also has plans to join a Netherlands-led fleet of Airbus A330 tanker planes,
The next lot of F-35 aircraft (LRIP 10) reflects a $728M reduction in the total price when compared to Lot 9 and marks the first time the price for an F-35A is below $100M. A Lockheed Martin statement said over the weekend that this lot includes 90 aircraft total - 55 jets for the U
Norway has selected Germany as its strategic partner for new submarines, making Thyssenkrupp the likely supplier. “Norway plans to buy four submarines and Germany two, while other NATO members such as Poland and the Netherlands may add to the order at a later stage,” Defence Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said on Friday
Raytheon was awarded a $202million contract for engineering services for the Patriot weapon systems contract to Germany, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, Spain, and Taiwan. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received
Vietnam has received the last Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarine from Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport under 2009 contract. The contract for the construction of a batch of six Project 636
Fincantieri has been designated as the preferred bidder for South Korean STX Shipbuildings French unit by a South Korean court. Fincantieri would now conduct field research on the shipyard and agree a price with the South Korean firm before signing a deal for its 66