Defence Industry

PHILADELPHIA. Boeing recently signed a $265 million contract for nine more MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters that employees in its Philadelphia plant will assemble for the US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC). Boeing is...

  TUCSON, Ariz. A team from Boeing and the US Air Force completed the first QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target to undergo conversion from a modification line in Arizona. The aircraft was flown last month to...

  New Delhi. Ultra Electronics TCS is pleased to announce that the US Navy (PMW/A 170) has awarded a 10-year, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of above $145 million and an initial order...

As announced in January, this asset purchase is a unique opportunity to acquire a high-quality, technology-based business that augments the existing BAE Systems Electronic Systems portfolio through the addition of world-class GPS anti-jamming and...

Taufkirchen, Germany. HENSOLDT is supplying three Spexer2000 3D radars and one Z:NightOwl M camera as Xpeller module packages as part of the GUARDION overall system of ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH and its partners for...

  Washington: The US Space Force has selected Raytheon Intelligence and Space to build an advanced weather satellite prototype that can provide the military with theater weather imaging and cloud characterisation, the company announced recently. The...

  Washington: Boeing must pay another $151 million out of its own pocket for the KC-46 program, but this time the charge isn’t associated with technical problems that have plagued the tanker’s development. The company announced...

  New Delhi. Four-day virtual seminar cum exhibition ‘Military Healthcare 2020’ to discuss solutions on ensuring the readiness of our armed forces and contingency preparedness in case of a medical emergency concluded in New Delhi...

Vineyard, Utah. Armasuisse contracted Lockheed Martin (LMT) for a fleet of Indago 3 small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), with options for spares, training and tech support and additional systems for the Swiss Army. Indago provides aerial...

Marignane. The prototype of Airbus Helicopters’ VSR700 unmanned aerial system (UAS) has performed its first free flight. The VSR700 performed a ten minute flight at a drone test centre near Aix-en-Provence in the south of France. This...

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) is pleased to announce the recent award of an indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) for the Skyborg...

TOKYO. Boeing and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) recently signed a Direct Commercial Sale agreement to support upgrades to Japan’s F-15J fleet. The contract is part of a larger $4.5 billion modernization program, announced by the...

Ulm, Germany. As part of the German Army's "qualified air defence" drone defence programme, sensor specialist HENSOLDT is supplying the latest version of its "Spexer 2000 3D" radar to system integrator Kongsberg Defence &...