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Air Systems / Contracts / UAV
AgustaWestland completed a demonstration of its Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System / Optionally Piloted Helicopter (RUAS/OPH) to the Italian Ministry of Defence. The trials were conducted to evaluate modern remote controlled rotorcraft technology and its...
The bids are in. Poland opens the tenders for their AJT competition, and reveals the amounts of the bids. Only Alenia Aermacchi fell within the PZL 1.2 billion ($387.5 million) budgeted, but the contract also...
A major new Development Contract which will pave the way for continuous capability enhancements of the Eurofighter Typhoon has been signed by Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA)....
Harris, has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin work on the seven-year, $150 million Data communications Network Services (DCNS) element of its Data Communications Integrated Services (DCIS) program. DCNS will help...
The UK government and a number of industry partners established the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership (DCPP) to combat the emerging cyber threat. The DCPP will look to increase the awareness of cyber risks within...
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that it has received a $16 million order for its Recon B2-FO integrated dual-channel thermal binoculars from an Asian government customer strategically allied with the United States. This longstanding FLIR...
DRS Tactical Systems has secured a potential $455 million deal to help the U.S. Army install new equipment on vehicles, Military and Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. DRS will produce mounted components for C4ISR equipment...
ThalesRaytheonSystems signed a €136 million contract with NATO to produce and deploy a Theater Ballistic Missile Defense capability to be integrated with the NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS). This is a great...
Eurofighter (EADS, BAE, Finmeccanica, INDRA) offered a $2.0 billion investment sweetener as it seeks to edge out US rivals for a contract to provide 60 advanced fighter planes to South Korea. The consortium announced...
“This technology represents the trending future for current and new electronic warfare systems operated by our military.” John Fratamico, SAIC senior VP and group GM. “the ARC solution that will potentially mitigate future advanced...
HeliVert, the Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland joint venture, will deliver to Exclases Russia five AW139 helicopters which will be assembled at the HeliVert plant in Tomilino near Moscow. This contract, which includes a mix...
FLIR Systems, Inc. has received an order to support the U.S. Coast Guard valued at $23 million. The order is for the Coast Guard’s Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) configuration of FLIR’s commercially developed military...
Air Systems / Contracts / Policy / TADIC
Italian Center of AirForces Military Studies (CESMA), May 14, at the Aviator’s House, in Rome, organized a conference with prof. Michele Nones on the theme: “F35: a scapegoat.” The debate was moderated by Gen...
DRS Technologies, Inc., has been awarded a $15.5 million contract by the U.S. Army for an advanced targeting system. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, incrementally-funded contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen, MD is for the...
STMPAS consists of several optional ISR payloads attached under a small specially designed tethered blimp, called a Helikite, and a trailer Carrier that stores the Helikite and the required winch, sensors and helium tanks....
The Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems sector in San Diego awarded a $434 million contract by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) to perform contractor logistics support to perform maintenance, repair, and overhaul,...
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) delivered the first Mobile Tower System (MOTS) to the United States Army. “This first production delivery from SNC marks a major milestone for the MOTS program. Once fielded, MOTS will...
The defence and security company Saab has signed a framework agreement with Italian Piaggio Aero Industries. Within the framework agreement Saab receives an order for the integration of surveillance systems in Piaggio Aero’s new...
Raytheon’s Network Centric Systems business has received a contract to deliver a Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) system to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The contract was awarded as a direct commercial...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded ManTech International Corporation a contract to provide program management and technical support to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations, Non Intrusive...