The US Army is considering upgrading the Iraqi armys M1A1 tanks with rotating, remotely operated machine guns to attack snipers as well as to detect roadside or suicide-bomb vehicles. The tank upgrades built by General Dynamics could also include belly armor; lightweight reactive armor tiles; improved night-vision sensors from Waltham, and Raytheon Co
Thailand's Air Force is focusing on upgrading and maintenance of F-5 Jets, instead of procuring new fighter jets in the next budget year. Preliminary plans call for upgrades to the air force's fleet of F-5 jets at the Nakhon Sawan-based Wing 4 division
Exelis has won a contract worth $30 million to provide an existing international customer single and dual vehicular radios systems along with installation kits and dismounted soldier radio systems. Under this agreement, the company will deliver the RT-1702 SINCGARS (Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System) for installation in a wide variety of military vehicles
Exelis received two international orders totalling to $58 million for radios, installation kits and spare parts The first order is valued at $28 million to provide an existing international customer with additional communications equipment, spare parts and ancillary devices. Communications equipment acquired under the contract includes the SINCGARS (Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System), with installation kits and spares to support the system
Russia will receive 55 Sukhoi PAK-FA (T-50) fighter aircraft by 2020, said Vladislav Goncharenko, the deputy director of the United Aircraft Corporation's (UAC's) combat aircraft department. "The number of prototypes is increasing; the state trial programme is being conducted as per schedule," Goncharenko was quoted as saying by Echo of Moscow Radio on 16 December
QinetiQ has won a contract from the US Army on December 18 to build, refurbish and modernize two TALON IV military robots. The military robots is used extensively in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq
Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) selected Lockheed Martin's Athena IIS rocket as its launch vehicle of choice for small and medium lift missions from the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) on December 15. Lockheed Martin and AAC will work together to define and implement rocket and launch pad upgrades to support a wider range of government and commercial payloads on an Athena vehicle launched from KLC
CAE announced today that it has won a series of contracts worth more than $98.5 million to provide a range of simulation products and upgrades and other support services
BAE Systems has completed the acquisition of Perimeter Internetworking Corp., which trades as SilverSky, a commercial cyber service provider
Lockheed Martin has won two F-35 modification contracts worth $556 for the US armed forces. Lockheed Martin in a contract worth $64 million has to modify 14 F-35A air vehicles for the U