Americas * The US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Class (LCS) program is picking up speed with a launch and a commission in the last few days. November 20 saw the USS Omaha enter the water in Mobile, Alabama and the USS Milwaukee was commissioned the following day. There...
Americas * US Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work has suggested that Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter will take part in Canada's latest jet selection competition. The announcement comes after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he would not be purchasing the...
Swiss F/A-18Cs(click to view full) Boeing subsidiary McDonnell Douglas Corp. in St. Louis, MO received a $6 million modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price delivery order issued under basic ordering agreement N00019-00-G-0148. This modification provides...
Americas * The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton UAV has reached a significant stage as it now enters the program's Milestone C review. Operational tests will involve six test flights and if successful will lead to the Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT &...
Americas * The US Navy has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a contract worth $11 million to support flight testing of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) program. The flight testing will take place as part of the governments development of the latest...
Americas * Northrop Grumman have selected Swiss company Garmin's GSX70 weather radar as part of a contract to modernize and retrofit the USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk fleet. The GSX70 was selected for its ability to better recognise weather threats and allow for better...
Americas * The US State Department has cleared the sale of $1.29 billion worth of smart bombs to Saudi Arabia. The purchase will replenish supplies used in recent air strikes against both Iranian backed Houthi insurgents in Yeman and Islamic State forces in Syria....
Americas *Raytheon has announced its completion of the US Navy's Preliminary Design Review for its Next Generation Jammer program. The NGJ is set to replace the ALQ-99 jamming pods on the EA-18G and it is hoped to have reached operational capabilities by 2021. *Airbus...
C295, delivered(click to view full) In September 2009, a US DSCA request for 4 C-27J aircraft plus ancillaries and support, at a price of up to $680 million, sparked considerable controversy in Ghana. As we noted at the time, a DSCA request is not a contract. It's a...