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GA-ASI Integrates Leonardo Seaspray V2 Maritime Radar onto MQ-9
2022-04-28 Read More...General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has integrated the Leonardo Seaspray 7500E V2 multi-mode radar onto an MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft and performed its first test flight on April 14, 2021. The maritime-focused radar is
CaMo Program: Nexter, MOL to Cooperate on Assembly of Belgian Army’s GRIFFON
Nexter has chosen the Belgian company MOL as its partner for the assembly of the multi-role armored vehicles GRIFFON intended to equip the Belgian Army's land component from 2025 onwards, as part of the CaMo (Motorized Capability)
Safran Renews MCO Contract for French Government Helicopter Engines for 10 Years
Safran Helicopter Engines and the French Aerospace Maintenance Agency (DMAé, Direction de la Maintenance Aéronautique) have renewed for 10 years their contract to maintain the French government’s helicopter engines in operational
Raytheon Missiles & Defense Wins U.S. Navy Contract for Zumwalt Destroyer Engineering Services
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, an activation, sustainment, and modernization contract for $483 million with options, if exercised, totaling $1.68 billion across five
L3Harris to Deliver Continued Support for Royal Canadian Air Force’s CF-18 Hornet Fleet
L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a 4-year, $482 million USD performance-based contract extension (PBC), with option years, to continue in-service support of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) CF-18 Hornet fighter aircraft fleet until its
Lockheed Martin to Produce Eighth THAAD Battery for US Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Lockheed Martin has received a contract totaling $74 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The award amount covers the production of an eighth THAAD battery for the
Honeywell Demos Alternative Navigation Capabilities in GPS-Denied Environments
Honeywell has successfully demonstrated several advanced alternative navigation technologies that are intended to help ensure seamless navigation, even when GPS signals are blocked, interrupted or unavailable. Testing took place on both an Embraer
Curtiss-Wright to Support U.S. Navy Torpedo Upgrade Programs
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division, a leading supplier of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) based solutions engineered to succeed, today announced it was awarded a contract by Progeny to provide MOSA computers and digital processing
Embraer Delivers Last Modernized AF-1 Fighter Jet (AF-1B) to Brazilian Navy
Embraer delivered Wednesday the last modernized AF-1 fighter jet (AF-1B) to the Brazilian Navy. The ceremony was held at Embraer's industrial unit in Gavião Peixoto, in São Paulo state. Under the AF-1 program (the Navy designation for the McDonnell
Naval Group India Launches Sixth Kalvari-Class Submarine with Scorpene® Design
On April 20th 2022, Vagsheer was launched by the Defence Secretary of India, Dr. Ajay Kumar. Vagsheer is the last of the six P75 Scorpene® submarine entirely built by the Indian shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) based on years of
Leonardo Wins U.S. Foreign Military Sale Contract for New AW119Kx Helicopters to Israel
Leonardo received a $ 29 million US$ contract award from the U.S. Department of Defense for new AW119Kx aircraft in the framework of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Israel, with the U.S. Army Contracting Command as the contracting
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande Appointed Next Chief of Indian Army
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has been appointed as the next Chief of the Indian Army. The 28th Army Chief will be the first Officer from the Corps of Engineers to become the Chief of Army Staff succeeding General Manoj Mukund Naravane who is
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