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Raytheon Tapped For Tomahawk Modernization | Lithuania Adopts New National Defense Development Program | Denmark Updates Its T-17

Defense Industry Daily - Thu, 03/28/2024 - 14:00
Americas Raytheon won a $287 million modification, which adds scope to provide for recertification and modernization of 166 Tomahawk Block IV All-Up-Round Missiles (142 for the Navy and 24 for Foreign Military Sales customers) in support of enabling the missiles to be operational for up to an additional 15 years of service. Additionally, this modification […]
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Tomahawk’s Chops: xGM-109 Block IV Cruise Missiles

Defense Industry Daily - Thu, 03/28/2024 - 13:58
Block IV Cutaway (click to view full) Block IV Tomahawk is the current generation of the Tomahawk family of cruise missiles. The BGM-109 Tomahawk family began life in the 1980s as sub-sonic, low-flying nuclear strike weapons, before being developed into long-range RGM/UGM-109 conventional attack missiles. They’re most frequently launched from submarines and surface ships, and […]
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Argentina To Buy F-16s From Denmark | Saab’s Arexis Suite Might Be Integrated Into Eurofighters | Indonesia Commissioned Turkish Tanks

Defense Industry Daily - Thu, 03/28/2024 - 04:00
Americas The US Army’s Apache helicopter is once again facing public scrutiny after a crash Monday night at a military base in Washington state. A Boeing-made AH-64E attack chopper assigned to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade plunged to the ground while participating in a routine training exercise, injuring its two pilots. A spokesperson at the […]
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Boeing Tapped For Poseidon Tapped | Spain To Send Leopards To Ukraine | Rheinmetall Supplies German Armed Forces With Carriers

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 08:00
Americas Boeing won a $10 million modification, which adds scope to procure ancillary support for three Navy P-8A aircraft and one retrofit kit for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8A aircraft with Increment Three Engineering Change Proposal Six Capabilities. Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida (79.6%); San Antonio, Texas (10.9%); and Mesa, Arizona […]
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Life Cyle Tapped For DDG 51 IPS | Saab To Develop Concept For Next-Gen Swedish Fighter | South Korea Contracted LIG Nex1 For Missile

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 03/26/2024 - 04:00
Americas Life Cycle Engineering was awarded a $50 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the DDG 1000 Class Integrated Power System (IPS); the DDG 51 Class Flight III and New Construction IPS; the Advanced Missile Defense Radar Support Power Conversion Module IPS; and the DDG (X) Land Based Test Site IPS. Work will […]
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Adding Arleigh Burkes: H.I.I. Steps Forward for DDG-51 Restart

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 13:58
DDG-110 Construction (click to view full) In April 2009 Bath and Ingalls agreed to the Navy’s surface combatant plans, thus heralding a significant restructuring within the American naval shipbuilding community. Under the agreements, the USA would end production at 3 Graf Spee sized DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class “destroyers,” but shift all production from the Congressionally-mandated joint […]
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USAF Asks For NGAS Engines | US Tinkering With High Energy Lasers In Iraq | BAE Builds New Nuke Subs For Downunder

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 03/25/2024 - 04:00
Americas Mid-Atlantic Technical and Executive Consulting LLC won a $10.4 million firm-fixed modification to a previously awarded contract. This modification adds scope through additional contract line-item numbers for technical evaluation, proposal evaluation, cost analysis, price analysis, and negotiation support services in support of the air vehicle production and sustainment efforts for the F-35 Joint Strike […]
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USAF ASKS For NGAS Engines | Iraq Procures New Anti-Aircraft Weapons | India Created AH-64E Squadron

Defense Industry Daily - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 14:00
Americas The US Air Force is asking industry partners for engines to power its Next-Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) aircraft. A request for information (RFI) released Monday states that the service will accept new or existing propulsion systems provided that they meet all requirements. It will also consider options to modify or upgrade existing aircraft engines […]
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HII Tapped For Ford Class Switchboards | DoS Approved Javelin Deal To Morocco | DoS Approved Abrams Deal To Bahrain

Defense Industry Daily - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 04:00
Americas The dream of equipping the AC-130J Ghostrider gunship with a high-energy laser weapon system has come to an end. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has officially shelved its Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) program due to “technical challenges” encountered during integration and ground testing. The AHEL program aimed to provide a […]
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Armasuisse Started Tiger Delivery To US | Kongsberg NASAMS Delivery Times To Be Improved | Belgium Approved More Military Aid For Ukraine

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 14:00
Americas The Swiss Federal Office for Armaments (armasuisse) has started delivery of 22 decommissioned F-5E/F Tiger II fighter jets to the United States. The first aircraft was picked up by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) on March 18 from Emmen Air Force Station aboard a Lockheed KC-130J transport aircraft. The sale, finalized in 2020, […]
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US Space Force Awarded Boeing For WGS Constellation | Niger Breaks Off Military Cooperation With US | Japan Approves approves Export of F-X Jet

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 04:00
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $21 million modification, which exercises an option to provide maintenance and sustainment operations of the Australia, Canada and United Kingdom Reprogramming Laboratory facilities and systems for the F-35 A/B aircraft program. Work will be performed in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and is expected to be completed in April 2025. […]
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F-35 Lightning: The Joint Strike Fighter Program

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 03:58
F-35B: off probation (click to view full) The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program may well be the largest single global defense program in history. This major multinational program is intended to produce an “affordably stealthy” multi-role fighter that will have 3 variants: the F-35A conventional version for the US Air Force et. al.; […]
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Embraer & ST Engineering Explore JVs Across Asia And South America | Naval Group Co-Develops NCMS For UAE | HII Delivers REMUS 620 To Indo-Pacific

Defense Industry Daily - Sun, 03/17/2024 - 08:00
Americas Lt. Col. Joel “Thermo” Thesing, an F-15C instructor pilot from the 123rd Fighter Squadron of the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Wing, became the unit’s first aviator to take the controls of the highly anticipated F-15EX fighter jet. This inaugural flight marks a significant step forward as the 142nd Wing prepares to transition its […]
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US Might Adopt Korean Bigung System | Fincantieri To Support Military Training Of Qatar Navy | German Military “Aging” and “Shrinking”

Defense Industry Daily - Fri, 03/15/2024 - 04:00
Americas LIG Nex 1, a South Korean defense contractor, is ramping up efforts to secure a historic arms deal with the United States. The company aims to finalize an export contract for its Bigung 2.75-inch (70mm) infrared-guided anti-ship missile system. This potential deal would mark a significant milestone, as it would represent the first time […]
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NG Tapped For Triton Systems | Safran To Support Qatar’s Rafales | Taiwan Acquires Additional SkyGuardians

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 03/13/2024 - 14:00
Americas Northrop Grumman Systems won a $19 million modification, which provides logistics and test support for mission control and operator training systems as well as associated engineering and field service representative technical support to sustain MQ-4C Triton air vehicles, ensuring continued mission-capability for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions for the Navy and the government of […]
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The MQ-4C Triton: Poseidon’s Unmanned Herald

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 03/13/2024 - 13:58
BAMS Operation Concept (click to view full) The world’s P-3 Orion fleets have served for a long time, and many are reaching the end of their lifespans. In the USA, and possibly beyond, the new P-8 Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft will take up the P-3’s role. While the P-8’s base 737-based airframe offers strong service […]
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Canada Gets Mobile User Objective System | North Macedonia Gets US JLTVs | NATO scrambles Swedish Gripens for the first time

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 03/13/2024 - 04:00
Americas The State Department has approved Canada’s request to gain access to the Mobile User Objective System service and procure associated logistics and program support services from the US government under a potential $138 million foreign military sales agreement. General Dynamics will serve as the principal contractor in the proposed FMS deal, which covers the provision of […]
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F-35 To Be Able To Carry Nukes | General Motors Finished Testing ISV For UAE | Philippines Get Guarani APCs

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 03/11/2024 - 14:00
Americas Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Joint Strike Fighter aircraft has received authorization to carry nuclear bombs. Russ Goemaere, a spokesman for the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), recently told Breaking Defense that the much-awaited certification was actually awarded several months ago but only announced now. The milestone will allow some F-35As to carry two B61-12 nuclear gravity […]
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Serious Dollars for AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 03/11/2024 - 03:58
AEGIS-BMD: CG-70 launches SM-3 (click to view full) The AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense System seamlessly integrates the SPY-1 radar, the MK 41 Vertical Launching System for missiles, the SM-3 Standard missile, and the ship’s command and control system, in order to give ships the ability to defend against enemy ballistic missiles. Like its less-capable AEGIS […]
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Triman Tapped For AEGIS Processor | Kuwait To Get More Eurofighters In The Next Months | Latvia Bolsters Border Defense

Defense Industry Daily - Sun, 03/10/2024 - 14:00
Americas Triman Industries won $21 million firm-fixed-price, for the procurement of five components of the multi-mission signal processor used in the AEGIS combat system. The ordering period is expected to be completed by November 2024. All work will be performed in Yonkers, New York. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, is the […]
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