Revision Military has won a contract for PEO Soldier's Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS) Soldier Protective System (SPS), aiming to develop the US Armys next-generation helmet system. Revision's IHPS small arms helmet serves as the foundation for the company's proposed head protection system
CAE today announced that it has won contracts valued at more than $110 million to provide a range of training systems and services. The string of contracts, which add to CAE's third quarter fiscal year 2014 order intake, include a new program to provide Beechcraft T-44C aircrew training for the United States Navy, a foreign military sale contract to provide an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter simulator for the Royal Danish Navy, and a contract from Beechcraft to provide a T-6C ground-based training system (GBTS) for the Mexican Air Force
The Pentagon has ordered hundreds more FirstLook robots, a 5.2-pound, lightweight transportable robot, iRobot officials were quoted as saying by DefenseTech
DCI has won a “Naval Training Support Study” (NTSS) contract launched by the European Defence Agency (EDA), for conducting a study on the training fields regarding navigation, mine warfare and diving. The NTSS project is part of the “Pooling & Sharing” process put into place by the European Union
Northrop Grumman and the U.S
The Pentagon has allowed F-35 suppliers Northrop Grumman and Honeywell to buy and use Chinese magnets worth $2 on the aircrafts radar system, landing gears and other hardware, according to a Reuters report. Frank Kendall, chief U
The US Air Force is planning to conduct a flight demonstration of the commercially hosted infrared payload (CHIRP) follow-on technology in 2016. In an email to SpaceNews, , Space and Missile Systems Center spokesperson said the service is currently pursuing wide field-of-view options to include another flight demonstration in 2016 to inform future architecture decisions
The Russian Navy is expected to receive 40 new warships and auxiliary vessels this year, according to RIA Novosti. In addition to surface ships of various classes, the navy will also commission the third Borey-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, and a Varshavyanka-class diesel electric submarine, Rear Admiral Viktor Bursuk, a deputy commander of the Russian navy was quoted as saying in the report
Navantia and its Turkish partner SEDEF has been selected to design and build an amphibious warfare ship and four landing craft for the Turkish Navy, according to EFE. The contract, which is Navantias first foray into the Turkish market, will provide the shipyards at Fene-Ferrol and San Fernando-Puerto Real with about 800,000 man-hours of work, as well as 50,000-man-hours for its Navantia Systems subsidiary and 28,000 man-hours for Fabrica de Motores engine factory
India, in the past couple of months, has closed at least two high-profile cases involving bribery and corruption in its defense dealings thus lifting a moratorium placed on several firms over the past decade. One is the long-running investigation into the allegation that the Israeli Aerospace Industries paid kickbacks to Indian officials to win the Barak missile deal in 2001