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UPDATED: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 17:17 CET
The Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $1,781,413,723 firm-fixed-price contract for a modification is a Foreign Military Sales requirement for the Indian Air Force. Ten C-17 aircraft will be procured for the IAF. The location of the performance is Long Beach, Calif. Work is expected to be completed by Jul. 28, 2014. ASC/WLMK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity .
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In an effort to protect its coastline and monitor daily maritime traffic coming in and out of
the country's ports, The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has purchased four helicopter-
mountable, laser mine detection systems from Northrop Grumman. Making this the first direct commercial sale of Northrop Grumman Corporation's Airborne
Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) to an international navy. Donna Carson-Jelley, ALMDS program manager for the U.S. Na...read more
Dassault’s MMRCA feat means big for Thales Avionics, which equips the Rafale combat
aircraft with the Thales RBE2 radar and other systems. Meaning Thales will account for
approximately one third of the total value of each of the 126 aircrafts that is supplied to
India as part of the MMRCA deal. Last year, Thales announced that it is currently working on an RBE2 active electronically
scanned array (AESA) variant that has been validated on the Rafale Ai...read more
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon Company with a $38.1 million contract
to provide engineering support to its Command, Control, Battle Management, and
Communications (C2BMC) program. Lockheed Martin, Raytheon's Intelligence and Information Systems business will, under
the subcontract, provide engineering support in the areas of communications, systems
architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, system analysis and sensor...read more
It was announced today that Russia's Interior Troops will switch to a new type of armored
vehicle that allows for swift deployment whose duties include dispersing mass protests. A new light wheeled vehicle, Medved (The Bear), which is currently in the testing phase will
be used by the Interior troops, a part of the Interior Ministry, only after
Special permission is granted by the traffic police for the armoured personnel carriers to
travel the city s...read more
Raytheon Missile Systems of Tucson Arizona has awarded BAE Systems Australia with a
$31 million contract for the continued production of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)
components. This latest contract ups the value of the ESSM business awarded to BAE Systems Australia
to more than $370 million, and will guarantee continued production work in Australia until
the end of 2014. BAE Systems Chief Executive, David Allott said, “The Australian Governmen...read more
Miltec Corporation, a subsidiary of the Ducommun Incorporated announced today it had
successful test flight of the U.S. Army's unique Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW), the
first-of-its-kind glide vehicle, designed to fly long range within the earth’s atmosphere at
hypersonic speed. Anthony J. Reardon, President and CEO, said, “We are very proud to have played a key
role on this government-industry team. Flying a hypersonic glide vehicle from the Pacif...read more
BAE Systems and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems have, over the last 12
months, been maturing the guided mortar technology that will see tactical demonstrations
sometime this year. The two companies have been developing, demonstrating, and
producing the 81mm Roll Controlled Guided Mortar (RCGM), an affordable 81mm precision
mortar round. The 81mm RCGM uses the current UK L41 round and US M734A1 fuze, but incorporates GPS
guidance and Ge...read more
Dassault Aviation is preparing to hold discussions with the Indian MOD's contract negotiations committee (CNC) in the coming weeks to freeze the Rafale aircraft architecture as the next step in its quest to sign the estimated $12 billion contract. A source from Dassault told Defenseworld.net that teams from Dasault and the CNC will decide on the aircraft's final architecture following which the terms of the transfer of technology(ToT) will be decided. "A ...read more
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