Defence Industry

  WASHINGTON. The State Department of the United States has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to India of items in support of a proposed direct commercial sale of six AH-64E...

PARIS. The U.S. Army Cruise Missile Defense Systems Project Office awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.6 million dollar contract to mature the Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor, evaluate its effectiveness and demonstrate manufacturing readiness as part...

  BROOKLYN, New York. Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. announce on June 13 a Growth Option 2.0 upgrade for the F135 engine, which powers the fifth generation F-35 Lighting II aircraft,...

  Hanoi. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman June 13 inaugurated the first Representative Office of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Ms Sitharaman handed over the symbolic key of the Representative Office of...

  EWA BEACH, Hawaii. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin a five-year follow-on contract option worth approximately $65 million to continue supporting the Navy’s intermediate-level maintenance activities for MK48 torpedoes at the Pearl...

OTTAWA, Ontario. Lockheed Martin Canada has been awarded a three-year extension to its In-Service Support contract for the Royal Canadian Navy's 12 Halifax Class Frigates on June 12. "We are pleased by the vote of...

  Called iFighting®, the technology is designed to optimize vehicle and crew performance by harnessing data to enable faster decision-making in combat. BAE Systems will be displaying the latest version of the CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle,...

  The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is sponsoring BAE Systems to develop software that will aid military planners in understanding and addressing the complex dynamics that drive conflicts around the world. Under...

Estonia will acquire Mistral short range air defence missiles/ man portable surface to air missiles, training missiles, simulators and testing and maintenance equipment from European missile manufacturer MBDA under a 50 million euros contract....

  Paris, France. The leading European missile systems designer and producer MBDA and unmanned vehicles manufacturer Milrem Robotics will begin developing the world’s first unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) specially designed for anti-tank purposes. The joint project...

FORT WORTH, Texas. The F-35 Joint Programme Office and Lockheed Martin delivered the 300th production F-35 aircraft, demonstrating the programme's continued progress and momentum. The 300th aircraft is a U.S. Air Force F-35A, to...

PARIS. Microsoft has selected the French Naval Group to implement Phase 2 of its immersed Datacenter venture, also referred to as Project Natick. The datacenter efficiently deployed in early June 2018 off the Orkney...

Munich/Paris. At Eurosatory, the international defence and security exhibition in Paris, the sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT is showcasing its newly developed TRML-4D radar system for ground-based air defence for the first time on June...