Americas * AM General has been awarded a $151 million contract to provide High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (Humvees) to Afghanistan, Ukraine, and the US National Guard and Reserves. The deals cover new vehicles, automotive kits, spare parts, and training....
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2nd Batch of MRAPs Sent to Egypt | Airbus A330 MRTT Takes Maiden Flight in Spain | Philippine Prez Expresses Hostility; Ready to Break Up with America
Americas * Lockheed Martin is to upgrade a target acquisition and vision sensor aboard US Army AH-64E Apache helicopters. The upgrade to the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor, or M-TADS/PNVS on the AH-64E was commissioned by the...
Force Protection’s MRAPs to Stalk Mines on the Battlefield
The Cougar is substantially larger than a HMMWV, with heavier armor and features like a V-hull designed specifically to help it survive mine blasts. Read all about its variants, characteristics, performance and contracts here in this DID anchor article.
LM-Boeing Joint Venture EELV Program Gets $861M Mod | FOIA on B-1 Naming Yields Both Serious & Silly | BAE to Begin Work on UK Submarines
Americas * United Launch Services, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, has been awarded an $861 million modification to a previously awarded contract for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle capability for the Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. The USAF...
Australia’s Next-Generation Submarines
Bridge to the future?(click to view full) In its 2009 White Paper, Australia's Department of Defence and Labor Party government looked at the progress being made in ship killing surveillance-strike complexes, and at their need to defend large sea lanes, as key drivers...
Raytheon’s SM-6 Sets New Distance Record | Airbus Delivers First AS565 MBe Helos to Mexico | Iran Unveils New UAV Based on Captured RQ-170 Sentinel
Americas * An SM-6 air defense missile interceptor fired from the USS Princeton has set a new distance record for an intercept during testing at the Point Mugu Test Range on September 22. Using data from a remote airborne sensor and equipped with the latest Aegis...
LM Successfully Launches Vector Hawk UAV from Marlin AUV | US Mil Building $100M Facility for MQ-9’s in Africa | Boeing Rolls Out 1st of 12 P-8As for Royal Australian AF
Americas * Lockheed Martin has revealed that they successfully launched a Vector Hawk canister-launched small UAV from their Marlin MK2 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The disclosure was made during the Annual Navy Technology Exercise (ANTX) in August. To...
QF-16s Achieve IOC Milestone | Bell Heli Gets $86.9M FMS to Supply Huey IIs to Kenya & Uganda | MBDA Proposal to Offer MEADS to Germany Under Scrutiny
Americas * A MQ-8B Fire Scout was used to laser designate a moving target for an AGM-114N Hellfire missile fired from an MH-60S for the first time. Conducted on September 14, the test was part of a program to use the drone as a remote designater for the helicopter to...
QF-16s: Look Ma, No Hands!
QF-16: 1st flight(click to view full) QF-16s are former F-16 fighters that will be fitted with equipment for remote-controlled flight, and used as aerial targets and decoys for testing against air-air missiles, radars, surface-air missiles, etc. Could they be used for...

