AUSA 2013: Lockheed readies for JLTV production move
The planned move of production of the Lockheed Martin Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is to begin shortly with the movement of tooling and testing …
AUSA 2013: Night Stalkers order hostile fire warning system
The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) plans to award a contract to Raytheon-BBN Corporation for an undisclosed number of Boomerang Air acoustic hostile fire indicator (A-HFI) systems, it has emerged.
A pre-solicitation notice issued on 1 October revealed that the Technology Applications Contracting Office (TAKO) will award a contract to the company for full rate production of the A-HFI system as well as spare and deployment support packages.
The A-HFI systems will be integrated with current 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) helicopters, such as the MH/AH-6M, MH-47G and MH-60M, to operate alongside the existing Advanced Aircraft Survivability
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