Brazilian Navy EC725 (click to view full) Brazil's "Project H-X BR" medium transport helicopter competition featured 3 established players: AgustaWestland's EH101 has found success in Britain, Europe, and Japan, and was chosen as the base for the USA's VH-71...
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Lockheed tapped for TR3 Work | IAI develops F-35 stealth feature | HMAS Hobart completes trial
Americas Lockheed Martin has been awarded a valued $712.5 million order by the US Navy to work on the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter. The Lightning II is a single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed to perform ground-attack and air-superiority missions....
Zumwalt-class destroyers will launch SM-2s | Iraq is requesting Combat Caravan support | Kazakhstan receives more Su-30SMs
Americas Raytheon is being contracted to integrate its Standard Missile-2 onto the Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyers. The contract modification is priced at $17 million and exercises an option for providing the DDG 1000 ships with design agent support. The Zumwalt-class...
BIW starts construction on USN’s 5th DDG 51 destroyer | Kuwait buys Super Hornet trainers | Russia starts testing its ‘Poseidon’ drone
Americas Bath Iron Works is being contracted to start production on the US Navy's fifth DDG 51 Flight III destroyer. The awarded contract modification is priced at $910 million and exercises the FY2019 option for construction of DDG 132. Included in the contract are...
USAF allocates $1.3b for LITENING pod work | Nigeria buys AW109 helos | South Korea’s army resumes Surion flights
Americas Northrop Grumman is being contracted to support the US Air Force. The $1.3 billion IDIQ contract covers sustainment, modernization and development efforts of the LITENING advanced targeting pod. Designed to improve both day and night attack capabilities,...
Surion: Eurocopter’s Korean KHP/KUH Helicopter Deal
KHP/Surion rollout (click to view full) South Korea currently owns around 700 helicopters, but more than half are considered outdated, and they need to be replaced. December 2005 marked the endgame for a South Korean competition to produce about 245 utility transport...
Boeing tapped for SOCOM Helo support | Greece buys Viper-upgrades |Kuwait & Saudi Arabia: $3.4b deal incoming!
Americas Boeing is being awarded with a seven-year maintenance contract supporting US Special Operations Command aircraft. The IDIQ, firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursable contract is valued at $1.1 billion and allows for life cycle contractor support the MH-6, MH-47,...
USA Fielding M110 7.62mm Semi-Auto Sniper Rifle
XM110 Rifle, firing: vid. 2nd one back (click to view full) In this war, snipers matter in close-quarters urban fights. So does penetrating power. Accurate ranged lethality is equally important for squads in open areas, where engagement distances can easily make...
Boeing contracted to advance MQ-25 development | France launches new military satellite | Tokyo agrees on $243b spending-plan
Americas Raytheon is being contracted to support the US Navy with Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) integration and production efforts. Priced at $114 million, the contract provides for continued combat system integration and test services including engineering and...

