Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday that through partnerships with the U.S. Government, Spain, Japan, and Canada, company’s solid state radar (SSR) technology will provide front-line defense to nations around the world with cutting-edge air and missile defense capabilities. These nations are part of a growing SSR family of 24 platforms, […]

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin a $32.9 million hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price modification to previously-awarded contract for contractor logistics support to the Taiwan F-16 Peace Phoenix Rising program. This modification provides for contractor logistics support, repair and return and diminishing manufacturing source management services for Taiwan F-16s Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar. […]

Raytheon Co., one of the world’s largest defense contractors, has been awarded a $10,6 million modification to previously awarded contract for the production of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air missiles (AMRAAM) for the U.S. Air Force. The modification, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, will provide for the production Air Force and Navy AMRAAM Lot 33 […]

General Dynamics Mission Systems, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, revealing more details about the upgrade of Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) weapon systems. The Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship has achieved another milestone with the latest upgrade to its weapon systems, according to a recent company news release. The USS Gabrielle Giffords crew successfully demonstrated the […]

The U.S. Department of Defense and Raytheon Company announced an agreement worth about $768 million for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, also know as AMRAAM, Production Lot 33. “Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $768,283,907 non-competitive fixed-price incentive (firm) contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 33,” a Raytheon […]

Ukraine is set to purchase a new batch of Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile systems, according to a statement issued Thursday by Ukraine’s Defence Ministry. The United States has been one of Kyiv’s strongest supporters since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the outbreak of fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region that has killed more […]

The U.S. Army prepares to accommodate flight testing of hypersonic weapon system flight test vehicles, according to a Federal Business Opportunities notice issued earlier this month. The Army Contracting Command (ACC) has released a request for information on testing support for hypersonic weapons, specifically “the current, new, and evolving Hypersonic Test Engineering, Mission Planning and […]

U.S. defense company Raytheon has received a $1 billion contract modification for Standard Missile-3 Block IIA. The modification to the previously awarded contract provides definitize the previously awarded SM-3 Block IIA fiscal 2018 undefinitized contract action (UCA) under contract line item numbers (CLINs) 0014 and 0015 for U.S. and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) All-Up Rounds […]

The U.S. Air Force has reported that F-16 fighter jets from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron and the 40th Flight Test Squadron conducted test firing in the Gulf of Mexico. During the test, F-16C flown by Maj Jeffrey Entine, 85th Flight Test Squadron test pilot, fired a rocket at a small drone. This test […]

The U.S. Department of Defense announced that U.S. weapons maker Raytheon Company has received an $1,0 billion contract for Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) full-rate production requirements, spares, and round design agent. This contract provides for the multi-year procurement of fiscal 2019-2023 Standard Missile-6 to include all up rounds, flight test rounds, spares and round design agent. The SM-6 […]