Defence Notes
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Anduril and GA-ASI have raced ahead in the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) initiative, securing contracts with the US Air Force to build production representative flight test platforms.
Ongoing discussions between Greece and Israeli arms manufacturer Rafael to acquire Spyder air defence systems underscored the resilience of international business ties despite geopolitical tensions.
The UAE defence conglomerate has put an aggressive strategy in place to increase its share of exports while navigating the growing gap between East and West.
This procurement would form part of the Indian Air Force’s plan to retire its fleet of MiG-21 fighters and replace them with the indigenous LCA Tejas Mk1As by 2025.
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24th June 2020
Boeing is to upgrade transponder hardware and software on the Japan Air Self Defense Force’s (JASDF’s) fleet of four E-767 AWACS aircraft, under a $8.47 million …
24th June 2020
Saudi Arabian Military Industries subsidiary Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) has been awarded a $12.37 million FMS contract modification for cyber protection work on the Royal Saudi Air …
24th June 2020
Fairbanks Morse announced on 24 June that it has been selected by Huntington Ingalls Industries to build and deliver the four main propulsion diesel engines …
24th June 2020
The UK RN has launched its first crewless boat for general duties. Trials with the new craft begin this month, followed by integration trials later …
24th June 2020
US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Lockheed Martin a firm-fixed-price order worth $22.43 million, to procure 12 retrofit advanced radar processor systems for Northrop …
24th June 2020
Austal USA has received a $43.36 million contract modification from the DoD, under the Defense Production Act (DPA), to exercise options on post-delivery services for the …
24th June 2020
Taiwan’s new-generation Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) performed its official maiden flight on 22 June, witnessed by President Tsai Ing-wen. The aircraft, nicknamed Brave Hawk, is …
24th June 2020
Chinese and Indian troops engaged in savage hand-to-hand fighting in the Galwan Valley on 15 June, just one location where a border dispute between the two …
23rd June 2020
The UK Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) on 23 June announced a £20 million ($25 million) contract to Galliford Try, for development of facilities at RAF …
23rd June 2020
General Dynamics Electric Boat has secured a $869 million contract modification from US Naval Sea Systems Command for continued design completion, engineering work, affordability studies …
23rd June 2020
Not for the first time, controversy dogs the six Kang Ding-class frigates bought by Taiwan in the 1990s, as China continues to apply pressure on …
23rd June 2020
South Africa-based Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has won a EUR13 million engineering contract to modernise an existing production facility operated by an unnamed ‘established, longstanding …
23rd June 2020
The Hero-30 portable loitering munition has completed a successful trial with an unnamed NATO navy. ‘Successfully withstanding all trial objectives, the system demonstrated compatibility [with] …
23rd June 2020
Rohde & Schwarz confirmed on 23 June that it has been awarded a contract by Thales Canada to provide secure HF communications systems for two …
22nd June 2020
Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems has been awarded a $45.32 million contract modification by US Naval Sea Systems Command, for the production of MK 54 MOD 0 …
22nd June 2020
Northrop Grumman is to provide more AESA radars for USAF F-16 aircraft under a $18.73 million contract modification, the DoD announced on 19 June. Work …
22nd June 2020
Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded a $7.11 million contract from DARPA for work on the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors …
22nd June 2020
Elbit Systems announced on 22 June that it has received a $38 million contract to continue operating, maintaining and servicing the fleet of Textron/Beechcraft T-6 Texan …
22nd June 2020
Hanwha Systems is involved in a KRW19 billion ($15.6 million) South Korean government project to develop a management system for clustered USVs by 2024, the …