North America | Al Defaiya

North America

Lockheed Martin Completes F-16 Durability Test Milestone
2015-11-06 Read More...
Lockheed Martin completed more than 27,000 hours of simulated flight time on an F-16C Block 50 aircraft and is now analyzing the data to determine the durability of the aircraft beyond its original design service life of 8,000

Lockheed Martin to Supply Seven More Q-53s to US Army
2015-11-05 Read More...
When troops need to set up and quickly track incoming threats, they rely on battlefield-proven 360-degree protection provided by the Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) counterfire target acquisition

Raytheon Submits First Proposal for Poland’s Patriot
2015-11-05 Read More...
Raytheon Company issued the first tranche of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to Polish industry to participate in Poland’s Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense

AAR Navy Vertical Replenishment Contract Extended
2015-11-04 Read More...
AAR announced Military Sealift Command (MSC) has exercised a one-year renewal option for its Airlift division to perform vertical replenishment (VERTREP) services for the U.S. Navy’s 5th and 7th Fleets in the Western Pacific and Indian

Northrop Grumman Awarded 2 U.S. Navy Contracts
2015-11-03 Read More...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) a $95 million contract for low-rate initial production of the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Increment 1 Block 1

Orbital ATK Wins Order for Munitions Fuze Program
2015-11-02 Read More...
Orbital ATK announced it has received an award totaling $426 million for first article test and qualification and production of FMU-139D/B fuzes and fuze accessories.

Textron Systems Electronic Systems Expands Commercial Line
2015-11-02 Read More...
Textron Systems Electronic Systems, a Textron Inc. business, announced the expansion of its commercial instrument line, delivering more advanced products and solutions to customers across the globe.

Raytheon Awarded USAF Order for ISR Mission Support
2015-10-30 Read More...
Raytheon Company will continue mission support for the U.S. Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) under a new $393 million

Lockheed Martin Wins Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb Contract
2015-10-30 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) received a $76 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for follow-on production of PavewayTM II PlusLaser Guided Bomb (LGB)

Sikorsky’s CH-53K Helicopter Achieves First Flight
2015-10-30 Read More...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. , announced the successful first flight of the U.S. Marine Corps’ CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter prototype, known as Engineering Development Model-1

Boeing, LM Statement on USAF Long-Range Strike Bomber Decision
2015-10-29 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) to deliver the nation's new Long-Range Strike Bomber

Harris to Supply HF, Tactical Radio Antennas to US Army
2015-10-29 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received a five-year, $12 million IDIQ contract to provide high-frequency (HF) tactical radio antennas to the U.S. Army. The award was received during the company's first quarter of fiscal

Lockheed Martin to Build Ballistic Missile Defense Radar
2015-10-28 Read More...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded a team, led by Lockheed Martin, a contract to develop, build and test the Long Range Discrimination Radar

Raytheon Wins U.S. Navy Contract for Phalanx Production
2015-10-27 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $159.9 million contract to manufacture, inspect and test Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems

US Missile Defense Agency Salutes SAMP/T Capabilities
2015-10-26 Read More...
On 6 October 2015, during its yearly Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense Conference, the US Missile Defense Agency bestowed the “Technology Pioneer Award” on the French and Italian teams behind the SAMP/T extended air defense

Lockheed Martin Wins New USAF Order for Sensor-Enhanced Sniper Pods
2015-10-26 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received $176.1 million in contracts from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) production and upgrade kits that will convert Sniper ATPs to the ATP-SE

Latest events

Iraq Security & Defense Exhibition - IQDEX 2026
11 - 14 Apr 2026Baghdad International Fairground - Iraq
SAHA EXPO International Defence & Aerospace Exhibition
05 - 09 May 2026İstanbul Expo Center - Turkey
International Exhibition for National Security & Resilience (ISNR)
19 - 21 May 2026ADNEC Centre, Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
EUROSATORY 2026
15 - 19 Jun 2026Paris Nord, Villepinte - France

Latest Issues

THE WORLD DEFENSE ALMANAC 2025