BAE Systems, Land & Armaments L.P
Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer the “Aegis Weapon System” began a four-month testing program today at Lockheed Martin Aegis Production Test Center. When testing concludes, the full Aegis Weapon System will be ready for installation in HMAS Hobart, the first of three Australian Air Warfare Destroyers under contract
Roger Rose has been named Chief Executive - Lockheed Martin India, with responsibility for coordinating the Corporation’s relationship and ongoing program execution in India. Rose succeeds Douglas Hartwick who led the Corporation’s New Delhi office through the creation of Lockheed Martin India Private Limited and helped explore potential opportunities in all aspects of cooperation with the Indian government and corporate partners
The UK’s torpedo industry will benefit from a ten-year support contract following a £370M ($525 million) deal with BAE Systems. It covers all aspects of support and maintenance for the heavyweight Spearfish torpedoes that arm Britain’s submarine fleet and lightweight Sting Ray torpedoes which are carried on Royal Navy ships and helicopters and Royal Air Force Nimrod Maritime Patrol aircraft
India has approved 950 crore($200 million) acquisition of five Russian Kamov-31 early-warning helicopters, according to Indian media reports. The contract for Ka-31s, which will bolster Navy’s long-range capability to detect airborne and surface ship threats, is to be inked in a month or so
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded DCNS, Thales and ECA a major study contract that is expected to lead, around 2011, to a demonstrator of a new mine countermeasures solution dubbed ESPADON (Évaluation de Solutions Potentielles d'Automatisation de Déminage pour les Opérations Navales, or evaluation of potential solutions for the automation of mine clearing for naval operations.)
Raytheon Company received a $9.9 million contract to perform concept studies for the U
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the government of Trinidad and Tobago has signed a contract to purchase four AW139 medium twin turbine helicopters. Trinidad and Tobago's Air Guard (TTAG) will establish a dedicated unit to use these helicopters for search and rescue, surface surveillance, law enforcement, drug interdiction and disaster relief operations
SELEX Galileo secures orders worth 15 million Euro for its sensors solutions for the FREMM frigates of the Italian Navy. The latest contracts cover the supply of subsystems for SELEX Sistemi Integrati’s RASS surface radar
Royal Navy of Oman Vessel Al Shamikh, being designed and built by BVT Surface Fleet in Portsmouth, has today been formally named during a Launching Ceremony in Portsmouth Naval Base by His Highness AL Sayyed Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. UK Minister for Defence Equipment & Support, Quentin Davies, Rear Admiral Abdullah bin Khamis Al-Raisi, Commander Royal Navy of Oman and senior representatives from the Royal Navy were also present at the event