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MBDA Awarded £400 Million Contract For Brimstone Missile Capability Sustainment

March 28, 2018 @ 10:58 AM

The United Kingdom has awarded MBDA a £400 million contract for the capability sustainment programme (CSP) of the advanced Brimstone air-to-surface missile, to extend its service life beyond 2030. Under the CSP effort, MBDA will manufacture new Brimstone missiles for the UK Armed Forces in order to replenish the countrys inventory and to maintain the UKs battlefield edge into the future
Aerovironment Unveils Upgraded PUMA Tactical Reconnaissance UAV

March 27, 2018 @ 10:07 AM

AeroVironment, Inc. unveiled on Monday an upgraded Puma small unmanned aircraft system this week at the AUSA Global Force Symposium, which is now available for export orders
Raytheon To Begin Work On $600M Contract To Modernize US Army Strategic...

March 26, 2018 @ 02:49 PM

Raytheon will begin work on the $600-million, three-year contract to sustain and modernize missile defense and other strategic systems operated by the US Army, after the protest was withdrawn in February since the deal announcement in June 2017. Within the next 30-60 days Raytheon will begin accepting directions from the Army to conduct software sustainment and system engineering services for critical systems including THAAD, AN/TPY-2 radars, the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System, the Sea-Based X-Band Radar and Upgraded Early Warning Radars
Russia to Replace Tu-160 Strategic Bomber Fleet With New Aircraft, Upgrades

March 22, 2018 @ 11:11 AM

Russia will replace existing Tu-160 strategic bomber fleet will all-new versions of the aircraft besides upgrading operational aircraft to the level of new planes. "We are going to purchase the entire fleet of our strategic Tu-160 bombers in their new version and carry out heavy upgrade of operational aircraft where only the fuselage will remain while all the onboard radio-electronic equipment and engines will be replaced
Indonesian Air Force Receives Final F-16 Fighter Aircraft Delivery

March 16, 2018 @ 03:32 PM

The Indonesian Air Force marked the complete delivery of new fleet of 24 F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitneys F100 engines, during a ceremony at Iswahyudi Air Force Base on February 28, as part of a grant from the United States. Significant upgrades to Indonesias military infrastructure were carried out, additional bases were stood up with enhanced support capability, and years of training were conducted in support of this milestone
Raytheon Wins $20 Million US Navy Next Generation Jammer Spiral Upgrades Contract

March 8, 2018 @ 06:33 AM

Raytheon has won $20 million US Navy contract for the Air and Missile Defense Radar and Next Generation Jammer spiral upgrades and scalable x-band radar development. Work is expected to be completed June 8, 2020, US department of defense said in a statement Wednesday
China Stations 3.5 Gen Fighter Jets in Tibet to Counter India's 3rd...

February 21, 2018 @ 11:31 AM

China has stationed J-10 and J-11 fighter jets in the Western Theater Command covering Tibet which it claims are third generation plus aircraft to counter India's third generation fighters. India has prepared its air base in the North Eastern part of country bordering Tibet so that its front-line its Su-30MKI fighter jets can operate there
Boeing Awarded $61 million Contract to Upgrade Japanese E-767 AWACS

February 13, 2018 @ 03:28 AM

Boeing has been awarded a $60,903,323 contract for the mission computing upgrade installation and checkout of four Japanese E-767 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft and associated ground systems. Work will be performed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; San Antonio, Texas; and Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be complete by Dec
Rheinmetall and Sikorsky Team-up to Offer CH-53K for Germany's New Heavy Lift...

February 6, 2018 @ 12:44 PM

Rheinmetall and Sikorsky signed a strategic teaming agreement for competing in the German Air Force "Schwerer Transporthubschrauber" (STH) Program. "With Rheinmetall as the strategic partner for Sikorsky, we are convinced that together we provide the best possible state-of-the-art aircraft for the German Air Force as successor for the legacy CH-53G fleet," said Armin Papperger Rheinmetall CEO
US Army Plans to Expand Wingman Program to M113 Armored Personnel Carriers

February 2, 2018 @ 04:42 PM

Army engineers aim to qualify an autonomous combat vehicle on a gunnery range in the coming months, as part of a new program they say is the first step toward weaponized robotics. Under the "Wingman" Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, or JCTD, program, engineers have already been able to autonomously pilot a specially-configured Humvee and hit targets with its on-board 7

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