Americas * The Air Force has launched a tender for the launch of a next-generation Global Positioning System satellite, releasing a RFP for the launch vehicle production, mission integration and launch operations. The latest Lockheed Martin GPS-III satellite was...
Americas * US arms sales experts are expected to travel to the Gulf following the President's GCC summit on Wednesday and Thursday, which will include discussions on integrated defense systems. President Obama is expected to push for arms sales, particularly capable...
Americas * The Air and Missile Defense Radar, currently under development by Raytheon, has passed a Critical Design Review. the AMDR is now over 40% through its EMD phase, with the system completing a hardware CDR last year. Raytheon was awarded a $385.7 million EMD...
Americas * The Navy awarded Boeing a $14.6 million contract for aircraft armament equipment for the Navy's Growler and Super Hornet fleets. Also on Monday, Lockheed Martin was handed a $13.7 million contract modification to produce Aegis modernization requirements for...
Americas * General Electric Aviation was awarded a $2 billion IDIQ contract Friday in part to fulfill a Foreign Military Sale to Taiwan for the company's T700 engine, with the contract stretching to 2020. The T700 engine family powers a number of US-manufactured...
Americas * Raytheon's Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) has moved from low-rate to full-rate production, following the Navy's decision in January to expand the number of ships the missile is deployed on from 5 to over 35. * The SOM-J stand-off cruise missile designed for the...
Sohn Won-Yil & Nimitz(click to view full) The German Type 214 was selected by Korea over the French/Spanish Scorpene Class that has been ordered by Chile, India, and Malaysia. Some would argue that U-214s are the most advanced diesel-electric submarines on the market,...
Americas * Reuters reported Wednesday that Boeing is on the cusp of being awarded a more than $3 billion contract for 28 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, with the potential customer named as Kuwait. The Kuwaitis currently operate the older F/A-18 Hornet fighter. The sale,...
Americas * The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) granted 23 cloud services Provisional Authorizations to host mission data, the DoD announced on Monday. The cloud hosts have been granted authority to host data up to an Impact Level 2, which doesn't include...