TOW family (click to view full) Despite modernization that has led to advanced anti-armor weapons like the Javelin and Hellfire fire and forget guided missiles, the wire-guided, operator-controlled BGM-71 TOW missile family remains a mainstay thanks to modernization,...
UAVs Articles
B-21 To Be Rolled Out 1st Week Of December | Britain Wants Update On Defense Review | Australia’s 1st Triton Unveiled
Americas The US Air Force announced that Northrop Grumman would roll out the B-21 bomber in the first week of December at its production facilities in Palmdale, California. “We last introduced a new bomber over 30 years ago. As we look to the threats posed by our...
USAF New Bomber – B-21 – Gets a Base
B-52H, B-1B & B-2A (click to view full) The good news? 2006 saw a convergence of opinion within the USAF that a new long-range strike platform was needed. This is understandable given the B-52H Stratofortress fleet's age (40-50 years), the B-1B Lancer's internal...
GD Won Deal For Abrams Items | Switzerland Inks Deal For F-35s | US Negotiating Aircraft Deal With Central Asian Countries
Americas General Dynamics won a $414.8 million contract modification with one four-year option period for multiple items used in the Abrams Main Battle Tank, Stryker Family of Vehicles, Light Armored Vehicle Family of Vehicles, Cougar, Buffalo and RG-31. This is a...
Bell Textron To Provide Navy With H-1 | Rafael To Display Spyder At NATO Days | Lithuania To Buy UAVs For Armed Forces
Americas Bell Textron won a $228.2 million deal by the US Navy, which provides the H-1 Light/Attack helicopter with new and modified capabilities through System Configuration Sets, which is a combination of software and/or hardware configuration item changes...
Boeing Won A $20M Poseidon Deal | Poland Signs FA-50 Deal With South Korea | Australia To Decide On Number Of MQ-4Cs After Defense Review
Americas Boeing won a $20.7 million deal, which provides for logistics management, product support analysis and integration, maintenance planning, technical data, support equipment maintenance, and engineering services in support of the P-8A aircraft for the Navy and...
Sons of Sa’ar? Israel’s Next Generation Frigates
Saar 5: INS Hanit (click to view full) The 1,227t/ 1,350 ton Sa'ar 5 Eilat Class corvettes were built by Northrop Grumman in the 1990s for about $260 million each. It's a decent performer in a number of roles, from air defense to anti-submarine work, to coastal patrol...
Navy Procures Blackjacks Ans ScanEagles | French Navy Wants Commercial Drones | Submarine Life Extension Contract for Saab
Americas General Dynamics won a $21.6 million modification for additional hours of Abrams system technical support. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with an estimated completion date of September 22, 2023. M1A1/2 Abrams main battle tank is...
From Dolphins to Destroyers: The ScanEagle UAV
ScanEagle launch (click to view full) ScanEagle's base Insight UAV platform was originally developed by Washington state's Insitu, Inc. to track dolphins and tuna from fishing boats, in order to ensure that the fish you buy in supermarkets is "dolphin-safe". It turns...

