Thales announced Wednesday its partnership with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense (MOD) for the service of four SMART-L Early Warning Capability (EWC) radars for the nations Navy and delivery of two SMART-L EWC Ground Based systems (GB) for the Airforce. “These are unique contracts in which the services for both ground based and naval systems have been aligned and the MOD has involved a private party,” says vice-admiral Borsboom, Director of the Defense Materiel Organization in The Netherlands
Fincantieri in Partnership with Lockheed Martin announced today that its Marinette Marine Corporation (MMC) has won a $232 million modification contract for a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 21) along with advanced procurement for another ship (LCS 23) for the US Navys Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. The contract includes a priced option for one additional ship, LCS 25, to be funded in 2016
Saab announced Tuesday that it has signed an agreement to partner with Embraer for joint management of the F-X2 Project for the Brazilian Air Force. Under this agreement, Embraer will have a leading role in the overall program performance of the program
Sagem has won a contract from French defence procurement agency to Upgrade French Army's FELIN Soldier Modernization System. The French defense procurement agency Direction Générale de lArmement has announced last week that the contract for "FELIN V1
Raytheon announced Monday that it has won a $769.4 million contract to upgrade Patriot Air and Missile Defense System batteries to the latest configuration currently fielded
Saab announced today that it has received follow-on orders worth US$ 78 million (SEK 740 million) from Hindustan Aeronautic Limited (HAL), India, to produce integrated electronic warfare self-protection system for installation on the Indian Armys and Air Forces Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv. Integrated Defensive Aids Suite (IDAS) protects crew by enhancing platform survivability in sophisticated, diverse and dense threat environments
Defence minister, Manohar Parrikar, is on his maiden visit abroad to Tokyo for holding defence dialogue with his counterpart General Nakatani since Sunday. The two held the detailed dialogue yesterday, defence ministry said here in New Delhi
US Navy is moving ahead with plan to order 44 V-22 Ospreys to be assembled in Amarillo by Bell Helicopter in partnership with Boeing. The overall contract value is estimated at $3
South Korea has picked Korea Aerospace Industires (KAI), supported by Lockheed Martin, as the preferred bidder for $16.3 billion project to develop indigenous fighter jets
The ENAER Chile and Italy's Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi have signed Memorandum of Understanding in the logistical support of medium tactical transport aircraft C-27J, and the new M-345 HET (High Efficiency Trainer). The MoU was signed under the first visit to Chile Defence Minister Italy, Roberta Pinotti, the company announced in its press release on Friday