Northrop Grumman, one of the biggest U.S. defense contractors, has received a new U.S. Navy AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) missiles contract. The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman for Lot 9 full-rate production (FRP) of the AGM-88E AARGM missiles in March, according to a company news release. Assets will include all-up round missiles and […]

Boeing, an America’s biggest plane maker, has announced that it has set a new milestone in the Apache program – delivered the 500th AH-64E Apache attack helicopter. Production, flight test and deliveries of the AH-64E Apache helicopter continue at the Boeing site in Mesa, Arizona, according to a company news release. With 500 AH-64E Apaches […]

Northrop Grumman, one of the world’s largest defense contractors, has revealed new details about the U.S. Army’s short range air defense (SHORAD) C2 program. According to a statement issued Tuesday by Northrop Grumman, at the center of the Counter-Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) system is an enhanced version of the Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) […]

French defense contractor Thales has announced that it doubles the rate of Hawkei vehicle production at our Bendigo facility. “Maintaining local supply chains that are vital for Australia’s defense industry,” the Thales message states. Thales is delivering a new generation of protected vehicles to the Australian Defense Force. Last month, an Australian Army motorised infantry […]

French drone manufacturer Parrot announced that it has passed another milestone in the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance drone program. Parrot will manufacture its next generation of small-unit surveillance drone prototypes for the U.S. Department of Defense. The U.S. Army has selected a total of six companies, including Parrot, for the SSR project and awarded […]

America’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on Thursday that its Newport News Shipbuilding division officially started fabrication of the U.S. Navy’s newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Harrisburg (LPD 30). The start of fabrication signifies that the first 100 tons of steel have been cut. “LPD 30 is the start of an exciting new era […]

General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has announced their selection by Northrop Grumman to complete qualification testing on previously designed wideband radomes, and provide additional wideband radomes for test and evaluation in support of the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar upgrades for the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 aircraft. The contract […]

Lockheed Martin has reported that it trained the 1,000th pilot and 9,000th maintainer for the F-35 Lightning II program. “These milestones are a testament to the maturity and capability of the F-35 global training enterprise,” said Chauncey McIntosh, Lockheed Martin, vice president of F-35 Training and Logistics. “Our mission is to produce world class pilots […]

The U.S. Air Force has reported that its F-15E Eagle fighter aircraft fleet is currently undergoing critical electronic warfare testing at the Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) on Edwards Air Force Base, California.  A testing phase began recently and is currently under way. This F-15E is outfitted with the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS). […]

British multi-faceted engineering company Supacat and Canadian DEW Engineering and Development (DEW) have formed a team to pursue the Next Generation Fighting Vehicles (NGFV) program for the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. According to Supacat’s post at Linkedin, the NGFV program intends to procure 55 to 75 vehicles for expeditionary operations with high level mandatory […]