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Sniper Targeting Pods Hitting the Mark

In a recent address to Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control employees in Orlando, FL, USAF Aeronautical Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen. William R. Looney praised Lockheed Martin’s Sniper XR Advanced Targeting Pod following the system’s recent successful deployment in Iraq. Ten of the U.S. Air Force Sniper pods were shipped to Lakenheath, England, and installed aboard Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles. These Sniper pods have now flown in more than 450 missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

General Dynamics to help maintain LCS | Elbit System’s TF/TA system is operational | Australia and Lockheed Martin signed F-35 Sustainment Agreement

Americas The Navy tapped General Dynamics Mission Systems with a $34.7 million contract modification to help maintain an Austal-built Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Under the two year order General Dynamics will support maintenance of command, control, communications,...

The C-27J Spartan Joint Cargo Aircraft

C-27J Spartan (click to view full) When the WALRUS super-heavy cargo airship was canceled, combat commanders complained that front-line airfields were often too short for the C-130 Hercules that make up the USAF's tactical transport fleet. Delays in buying a small...

Raytheon to deliver Tomahawk Spares | ELTA to supply Radars for Israel’s Sa’ar-6 | BAE Systems delivers BvS10 to Austria

Americas The Navy awarded a $25.2 million contract modification to Raytheon for delivery of Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile spares. Under the modification Raytheon will provide All-Up-Round spares to support the recertification effort for the Tomahawk missile system....

Double-Jointed & Popular: The Bv Family of Infantry Support Vehicles

A Viking comes ashore The BvS10 is the successor to the wildly popular Bv206, 11,000 of which have been sold to 40 countries around the world - including the USA (M978). Readers may have seen these vehicles elsewhere, too, as a number of Bv206s have post-military...

Rolls-Royce to provide Super Hercules Propulsion Sustainment | Thales to supply Rocket Launchers to IAF | China reveals HIFV Concept

Americas The US Navy awarded L-3 KEO a $19.3 million contract modification for the production of the Universal Modular Mast, which serves as a lifting mechanism for the Virginia class mast payloads. The Universal Modular Mast is standard equipment for above-water...

India’s Light Helicopter Contract Hits Turbulence, Stalls. Again. Starts.

Eurocopter’s AS 550 Fennec and Bell Textron’s 407 were competing for the Indian Army contract for 197 light helicopters to replace its aging fleet of Chetaks (Alouette II) and Cheetahs (Alouette III). Now the whole tender is being reissued, which may introduce new competitors…

Raytheon to participate in radar sense-off | Turkey signs deal for Attack Helicopter Project | Belarus gives four MiG-29 to Serbia

Americas The Navy contracted Harris Corp. a $168.8 million modification to build onboard jammer systems for the F/A-18 fighter planes. The modification exercises an option for the procurement of 78 full-rate production 78 AN/ALQ-214 A(V)4/5 Integrated Defensive...

Turkey Finally Lands Its Attack Helicopters

T129 ATAK (click to view full) Turkey has been looking to modernize its attack helicopter fleet since the mid-1990s, but the process has mostly served as an object lesson in how not to buy defense equipment. This competition faced many difficulties; after numerous...

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