Northrop Grumman Corporation has selected Kongsberg as a strategic partner to produce 5th generation composite components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. Northrop Grumman is a principal partner of the Lockheed Martin-led F-35 industry team. The two companies signed the long-term framework agreement today. The current agreement is valued at approx. 460 million NOK, and it has a potential value of 2.5 billion NOK ($393 million) for the duration o...read more

EDA launches a groundbreaking approach to offsets on 1 July with the implementation of the Code of Conduct on Offsets. First, the Code introduces much needed transparency to offset agreements, which up until now has often been lacking. To this end, an offset portal has been launched on the EDA’s website, where for the first time ever, 26 countries that signed up to the Code, publish information on their national offset policies and practices, including na...read more

The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Contracting Center (RDECOM CC) issued requests for proposals for a $485 million contract vehicle that will streamline the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive (CBRNE) defense development cycle. The new contract vehicle will be used to support the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center's (ECBC) research, development, acquisition, analysis, experimentation, product engineering and in...read more

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced today it has selected Oshkosh Corporation to supply MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATV) for its fighting forces. Oshkosh has received an initial delivery order from the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) for 2,244 M-ATVs valued at $1.05 billion, following months of government testing on multiple production-ready vehicles. “We are proud that Oshkosh was c...read more

Procurement plans for new hardware by the Thai military were put on hold this month after the military's budget for 2010 was cut by about 10 billion baht (US$291.8 million), local media reported. All arms procurement projects with tied-over budgets will be shelved in the wake of deep defence budget cuts which are also prompting the armed forces to resort to training on simulators, army chief Anupong Paojinda was quoted as saying in the local media. Of the...read more