Exelis Wins $73.4 Million Two US Air Force SENSOR Support Contracts
Exelis has won two US Air Force contracts worth $73.4 million for has been awarded a System Engineering and Sustainment Integrator (SENSOR) support projects of Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Pave Phased Array Warning System (BPP) and Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS)
Raytheon Wins $90 Million USAF Contract For Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems
Raytheon has won the US Air Force contract worth $90 million for the production of 39 Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS). “Raytheon Co
Optex Awarded Laser Periscopes Contract For US Army’s Abrams Vehicles
Optex Systems has received $841,000 in orders for its laser protected periscopes with an option for an additional $841,000 from the US Army Contracting Command. Optex's periscopes will be installed in the Abrams US military land vehicles, which are main battle tanks used by the US Army
Raytheon To Develop Next Generation Jammer For Boeing EA-18G Aircraft
Raytheon has won a contract worth $1 billion from the US Navy to develop 15 Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) engineering development model pods for the EA-18G aircraft. “Raytheon Co
CONTROP Bags Indian Army Contract For Optronic Sensors
CONTROP has announced the supply of hundreds of FTA Optronic Sensor Systems for the Air Defense Systems program for the Indian Army. The FTA was chosen by the Indian Army to be part of an Air Defense Systems program with the modern upgrade of the L-70 Air Defense Gun, providing day/night...
Virginia-Based Firm To Develop Water Sensor Systems For Japan and US Navy
Virginia-based Systems Planning and Analysis Inc. has won a contract worth $13 million to develop above water sensor systems for the government of Japan and for the US Navy
Finmeccanica Wins SEER Radar Warning Receiver Contract For Indonesian Air Force
Finmeccanica has signed an agreement with Singapore-based prime contractor Aptronics PTE Ltd to provide its SEER radar warning receiver for the Indonesian Air Force. SEER is a self-protection system which detects and identifies potential radar threats and alerts the pilot
India Plans Laser Wall Along Pak Border
Pakistan-India border in Punjab will be covered by the laser wall technology to prevent cross-border infiltration, according to media reports. “All these riverine stretches located in Punjab will be covered by the laser wall technology developed by Border Security Force (BSF) to completely eliminate the chances of breach of the international border by Pakistan-based terror groups,” a Home Ministry official was quoted as saying by NDTV
Angola Selects Selex ES To Supply Radars, Communication Systems
Selex ES has won a contract to provide diverse radar stations, repeaters, and communications systems to Angola. The agreement signed by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on December 23, is to procure the equipment, major components, and support services necessary for the design and installation of a national center and three regional centers for maritime surveillance, Forecast International reported Thursday
Lockheed Martin To Upgrade Apache Helicopter Display With Color
Lockheed Martin has won $54.3 million US Army contract to upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) on the AH-64E Apache helicopter, bringing color to the cockpit for the first time
Exelis Wins SENSOR Weapon Systems Contract From US Air Force
Exelis Inc has won a $14 million US Air Force contract for sustainment posture of the System Engineering and Sustainment Integrator (SENSOR) weapon systems. Exelis will provide SENSOR Eglin, Globus II, Distributed Space Command and Control - Dahlgren, Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System and Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System, and Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System sustainment support projects, the US Department of Defense announced Thursday
Turkey's Aselsan To Develop Active Protection System For $57 Million
Turkey's Aselsan has signed an agreement to develop Active Protection System (AKKOR) for the Turkish Land Forces (TLF) for US $57 million. The delivery of the AKKOR will be made in 2020, the company said in a statement Monday
Turkish Military Orders 12 Hurjet Block-1 Aircraft
Argentina gets U.S. Nod to Buy Basler BT-67 Aircraft
Netherlands, Czech Republic to Purchase Ammunition for Ukraine
First Batch of Modernized Dutch Apache Echo Helicopters Now Combat-Ready
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
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...
How Indian MQ-9B SkyGuardian Acquisition Plan Changes Drone Equation in South Asia
India has recently gained U