Raytheon Awards Contract to Spain's Sener for Patriot GEM-T Missile Component Production
Raytheon, a division of RTX, has granted a contract to Spanish engineering and technology firm Sener to develop and manufacture the electro-mechanical control section of the Patriot GEM-T missile. This contract is part of a larger initiative to support the recent procurement of up to 1,000 GEM-T missiles by the NATO...
Ukrainian Drones Mine Roads Behind Russian Lines Affecting Re-supply, Reinforcements
Ukrainian defense forces have disrupted the logistics and tactical operations of occupying forces by utilizing large unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to remotely mine roads and battle lines deep within enemy territory. According to a report from "
MD Helicopters Develop Configurable Avionics & Weapons System for AH530 Chopper
MD Helicopters has developed an avoics and weapons management system for its AH530 helicopters that will allow users to configure the chopper from a trainer to an attack helicopter in a matter of minutes. MDH exhibited the AH530 Block II precision weapons helicopter with its new Advanced Integrated Avionics and Weapons...
P&W Secures $65.8M Contract for Saudi F-15 Jet Engine Support
Pratt & Whitney, a division of RTX, has secured a $65.8 million contract to provide support for Saudi Arabia's F-15 fighter jet engines under the management of the Middle East Propulsion Company (MEPC)
Kazakhstan Sold 81 Soviet Era Fighter Jets to U.S. for Possible Transfer...
Kazakhstan has reportedly sold 81 Soviet era military aircraft, including MiG-27, MiG-29, and Su-24, to the United States via offshore entities. The equipment is in a junk state and cannot be used for its intended purpose in its current form
Boeing to Use GKN Aerospace's St. Louis Facility for F/A-18, F-15 Programs...
Boeing has finalized a deal with GKN Aerospace St. Louis and its parent company, Melrose Industries, to sustain the production of critical components for the U
Sierra Nevada Bags $13 Billion U.S. Air Force “Doomsday Plane” Contract
Sierra Nevada Corp was awarded a $13,080,890,647 contract to develop a Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) aircraft to replace the E-4B, known as the Doomsday plane due to its ability to operate during a nuclear war. Boeing, which had earlier developed the 70s era E-4B, was eliminated from the competition, according to Reuters report in January 2024
First 6 Rafales for the Croatian Air Force just Landed in Zagreb
Croatias first batch of six Rafale fighter jets landed in the country on April 25. The aircraft, part of an agreement signed in November 2021, arrived at the 91st operational base near Zagreb
RTX Wins $344M to Develop Standard Missile Variants
Raytheon, an RTX business, has won a $344 million contract for the development of two missile variants – the SM-2 Block IIICU and SM-6 Block IU – which will be based on a common guidance section, where the electronics and software that guide a missile to its target are housed. The updated variants will share a newly designed guidance section, target detection device, independent flight termination system and electronics unit
U.A.E. Receives Fourth Saab GlobalEye AEW&C Aircraft
Saab announced on Thursday that it has delivered the fourth GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the United Arab Emirates (U.A
U.S. Approves $700M Arms Sale to Netherlands for Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles...
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Chinese Fighter Jet Releases Flares in the Path of an Australian Maritime...
Russia Orders Nuclear Forces Exercise Amid Talks of Western Troops' Deployment in...
German Consortium Wins Contract for Franco-German Maritime Airborne Warfare System Study
Iran Claims 240 NATO Fighter Jets Scrambled to Shield Israeli Bases During...
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1