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GA-ASI Announced Upgrade To Reaper Drones | Jordan Announced “Eager Lion” Military Exercise | Chinas Fujian Finished Maiden Sea Trials
Americas The US Army is testing the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle-mounted Modular Turreted Mortar System (MTMS) prototype. Trials have been ongoing since January to ensure the expected performance from the system before an upcoming demonstration at Fort Moore, Georgia, in September. “We are diligently verifying its advertised capabilities and making sure it is safe for the […]
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CAES to Support US Army’s Long Range Precision Fires | Ukraine Gets US HIMARS Boost | Safran To Design Engines For GDAT
Americas Marvin Land Systems won a $14.7 million deal for M1 Abrams tank auxiliary power units. The ordering period end date is September 19, 2024. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2023 through 2024 Army working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Warren, Michigan. […]
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Boeing Tapped For V-22 | DoS Approved HARM FMS To UAE | Australia Further Upgrades Military Infrastructure
Americas Bell Boeing won a $14 million modification to provide continued post-production systems engineering and program management support for the V-22 Common Configuration Readiness and Modernization retrofit program for the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania; and Fort Worth, Texas and is expected to be completed in September 2024. Naval Air […]
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Boeing Tapped For F-15 System | First RAF Personnel Graduate As Protector Crews | Craig Provides Armor For Australian Defense Forces
Americas Boeing won a $19 million modification for the F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $824,669,013. Work will be performed at Nashua, New Hampshire, and is expected to be completed by December 31, 2026. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air […]
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US Army Tests Future Mine Clearing Strategy | UK Navy Procures Remus Vehicles | DoS Approved Sniper Sale To Malaysia
Americas The US Army tested a remote landmine detect and diffuse system featuring a drone and a mortar-equipped land vehicle. The Ground Obstacle Breaching Lane Neutralizer (GOBLIN) concept was designed to neutralize a mine from a standoff range, reducing risk for breaching forces. It comprises a mortar-based launcher system integrated on a vehicle platform, a […]
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USAF Formed 2 New EW Squadrons | Israel Builds A Cyber Dome | Denmark To Raise Its Defense Spending
Americas The Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, recently completed restoring a retired Douglas A-4M Skyhawk to its former glory for static display. This project provided a special opportunity for FRCE’s artisans, many of whom had never worked on an A-4. The last A-4 Skyhawk was retired by […]
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NG Wins $7B Bradley Deal | New Bradley Variant Revealed | Germany Handed Over Skynex To Ukraine
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $7 billion deal for B-2 modernization and sustainment. This contract provides for B-2 enhancements, sustainment, logistics elements including sustaining engineering, software maintenance, and support equipment. Also included is programmed depot maintenance of the fleet and other interim contractor support. Work will be performed at Palmdale, California; with performance at other […]
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Thomas Instrument Tapped For B-2 Overhaul | Finland to Join NATO’s Air Shielding Mission in Romania | New Zealand Not Close To Decision On Joining AUKUS Pact
Americas Thomas Instrument won a $43.7 million deal for overhaul of the B-2 weapons bay door power drive unit. This contract provides for the overhaul of five units per year for five years. Work will be performed in Brookshire, Texas, and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2029. This contract was a competitive […]
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EagleEye Gets Upgrade | DoS Greenlights FMS To Saudi Arabia | Hangor II Subs For Pakistan Launched
Americas General Atomics’ EagleEye multi-mode radar is being upgraded with the addition of an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna and associated software. The drop-in antenna will more than double the radar’s range of 80 kilometers. “The increased range and optimized multi-mode performance of the radar are perfectly tailored to provide deep sensing capability in […]
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Timely Defenders: Keeping Patriots in Shape
DID's FOCUS Article covering the Patriot anti-air missile system, including all development & contracts during the FY 2007 time frame...
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BAE Tapped For MK 41 | Zimbabwe Gets 12 Super Mushshaks | MBDA NCMs Performed Simultaneous Firing
Americas BAE Systems Land & Armaments won an $18 million deal to exercise options for MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems Mechanical Design Agent. This modification combines purchases for the Navy, the government of Australia; the government of Japan; the government of Germany; the government of the Netherlands; and the government of Korea, under the Foreign […]
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NG Tapped For Global Hawk | Boeing Buys GKN Factory In Hazelwood | DoS Approves FMS To Poland And Netherlands
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $387.5 million definitized contract action for Global Hawk (RQ-4) aircraft sustainment. The contract provides for contractor logistics support services. The locations of performance are Sacheon Air Base, Republic of Korea; Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea; Misawa Air Base, Japan; Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy; and San Diego, California; and […]
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RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs
RQ-4A Global Hawk (click to view full) Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV has established a dominant position in the High Altitude/ Long Endurance UAV market. While they are not cheap, they are uniquely capable. During Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the system flew only 5% of the US Air Force’s high altitude reconnaissance sorties, but […]
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USAF Conducted IPOP Exercise For F-35 | Saab Delivered 4th GlobalEye To UAE | India To Develop VSHORAD
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won an $8 million order provides engineering and logistics sustainment support in support of the E-2D Hawkeye aircraft transition from production to sustainment. Work will be performed in Melbourne, Florida and is expected to be completed in April 2025. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. The […]
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Raytheon Tapped For Advanced Hawkeye | British Helicopters To Exercise With Finnish Air Force | FMS F-35 pilots Will Begin Training At Ebbing
Americas Raytheon won a $8,8 million deal for the procurement of 11 receiver mainframe assemblies in support of the E2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The contract does not include options. All work will be performed in El Segundo, California. Work is expected to be completed by April 2027. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, […]
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E-2D Hawkeye: The Navy’s New AWACS
(click to view full) Northrop Grumman’s E-2C Hawkeye is a carrier-capable “mini-AWACS” aircraft, designed to give long-range warning of incoming aerial threats. Secondary roles include strike command and control, land and maritime surveillance, search and rescue, communications relay, and even civil air traffic control during emergencies. E-2C Hawkeyes began replacing previous Hawkeye versions in 1973. […]
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Lockheed Tapped For AEGIS Updates | MSI Drones To Help US Forces In The Middle East | Germany Buys GL-40 Launchers From Steyr
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $9 million modification to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm-target), cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract. This modification increases the contract ceiling to procure the necessary hardware and associated technical engineering, management and logistics support for fabrication, assembly, test, and delivery of eight AN/APR-39 D(V)2 Radar Warning Receiver/Electronic Warfare Management Systems, and […]
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Raytheon Tapped For Zumwalt Modernization | Iran Unveiled Bavar-373 | Spain Acquires Additional NASAMS from Kongsberg
Americas Raytheon Missiles & Defense won a $212.5 million for an option exercise of combat system engineering, miscellaneous material, and travel supporting combat system installation, integration, development, testing, correction, maintenance, and modernization of ZUMWALT class mission systems and mission system equipment. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Rhode Island (40%); Tewksbury, Massachusetts (33%); San Diego, […]
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The USA’s DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class Program: Dead Aim, Or Dead End?
67% of the fleet (click to view full) DID’s FOCUS Article for the DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class “destroyer” program covers the new ships’ capabilities and technologies, key controversies, associated contracts and costs, and related background resources. The ship’s prime missions are to provide naval gunfire support, and next-generation air defense, in near-shore areas where other large […]
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Flexible G/ATORs: The USMC’s Multi-Mission AESA Ground Radars
G/ATOR diorama (click to view full) The US military’s long run of unquestioned air superiority has led to shortcuts in mobile land-based air defenses, and the US Marines are no exception. A December 2005 release from Sen. Schumer’s office [D-NY] said that: “Current radar performance does not meet operational forces requirements… consequences could potentially allow […]
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