United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn
Lockheed Martin Corp. is being awarded a $441,938,182 modification to definitize the previously awarded Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Air System Low Rate Initial Production Lot III advance acquisition contract (N00019-08-C-0028) to a cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee contract
The Netherlands defense force has great need of extra Bushmaster protected patrol vehicles for its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. In addition to the 48 already acquired, 14 more have now been ordered, State Secretary of Defence Jack de Vries told Parliament today, at a cost of 14
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. is being awarded a $2,106,525,040 modification to definitize the previously awarded Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) air system low rate initial production Lot III advance acquisition contract to a cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee contract
An agreement in principle has been reached with Chile concerning the sale of eighteen redundant F-16 Midlife Update (MLU) fighters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, as well as a limited support package. It is intended that the contract be signed shortly
The brawl in the Cabinet concerning the Joint Strike Fighter has been provisionally calmed. An imminent political crisis concerning the purchase of the American aircraft has been averted by a complex compromise between the CDA, PvdA and the Christian Union parties
Thales has signed a contract with the Defence Materiel Organisation of Australia to provide the SOTAS IP vehicle communications system to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The SOTAS IP communications harness provides vehicle intercom, Ethernet Local Area Network and IP routing services, and allows further integration of VoIP services, Battle Management System, vetronics services, inter-platform communications, wireless LAN services, video on demand and mounted soldier systems into one rugged, reliable system
Navy and coastguard top-brass from the region and beyond will converge in Singapore to attend IMDEX Asia 2009, the premier dedicated maritime defence show serving the Asia-Pacific region, to be held at the Singapore Expo from 12-14 May. This year, the landmark maritime exhibition will be complemented by the first International Maritime Security Conference (IMSC), organised by the Republic of Singapore Navy, together with the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies and SingExhibitions
Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced that the Litening targeting and sensor pod set another milestone by becoming the first 3rd generation system to book customer orders for over 500 pods. The company's latest contract win from the United States Marine Corp and Air National Guard for the Litening G4 targeting and sensor pods placed the company over the 500 pod threshold
Rotorsim, the consortium owned equally by AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and CAE today has signed a five-year contract to provide NH90 flight simulation training to the Norwegian armed forces. Rotorsim, as the provider of full flight and mission simulation training at the AgustaWestland Training Academy in Sesto Calende, Italy, will be at the heart of initial type, recurrent and mission training for the Norwegian NH90 aircrews