U.S. Soldiers will receive boot-mounted electronic personal tracker devices
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The U.S. Department of Defense and Robotic Research LLC, announced an agreement worth about $16.5 million for personal tracker device attached to a soldier’s boot. Through this deal the company is offering its warfighter localization sensor units tech, called WarLoc, to help better equip four deployed U.S. Army Brigade Combat Teams in different locations, a […]
Boeing awarded new contract for AH-64E Apache helicopters for U.S., allies
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U.S. aerospace giant Boeing said on Thursday it had got orders from three nations to provide their armed forces with the new, more capable AH-64E Apache model. The contracts are for the remanufacture of 47 existing AH-64D Apaches. The total combined value of the orders is more than $560 million. “More allied defense forces worldwide are […]
U.S. Navy awards Raytheon $112 million Miniature Air Launch Decoy contract
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Raytheon Company was awarded a U.S. Navy contract for the Miniature Air-Launched Decoy – Navy, as announced by the U.S. Department of Defense on Dec. 20, 2019. The MALD decoy is an expendable air-launched flight vehicle that looks like the U.S. or allied aircraft to enemy integrated air defense systems. Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, […]
U.S. Missile Defense Agency awards Raytheon with $1B SM-3 missile contract modification
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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 […]
Huntington Ingalls gets planning yard design services contract for nuclear-powered submarines
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America’s largest military shipbuilding company, Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced on Friday that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a planning yard design services contract with a potential total value of $454.1 million for nuclear-powered submarines. The contract will provide planning, engineering and design, and logistics and modernization support for new, operational, […]
U.S. Navy taps Raytheon for additional SPY-6 integrated air and missile defense radars
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The U.S. Department of Defense and Raytheon Company announced on Friday an agreement worth about $250 million to build two additional shipsets of SPY-6 integrated air and missile defense radars. The company is now contracted to deliver a total of nine radar shipsets to DDG-51 Flight III destroyers, according to a recent company news release. […]
MH-139 Grey Wolf multi-mission helicopter will join the U.S. Air Force fleet by 2021
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Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), a division of The Boeing Company, has announced that its newest MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter will join the U.S. Air Force fleet by 2021. Boeing’s MH-139A Grey Wolf is a multi-mission helicopter – based on the proven commercial AW139 helicopter – designed to protect intercontinental ballistic missiles and transport […]
BAE Systems to start full-rate production of advanced U.S. Army howitzers in January
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The publication Inside Defense reported that the U.S. unit of Britain’s biggest defense company BAE Systems is expected to get the green light to start full-rate production of advanced self-propelled howitzers in January. The Inside Defense states, citing U.S. Army spokesman Sam Tricomo, that BAE Systems will start full-rate production following a contract award last […]
General Dynamics to upgrade fire control systems of nuclear ballistic-missile submarines
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The U.S. Department of Defense and General Dynamics announced an agreement worth about $299 million for ballistic-missile submarine fire control systems modernization and maintenance. The DoD has contracted General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, to continues a broad scope of work for fire control systems and subsystems aboard U.S. Navy and […]
Oshkosh Defense receives $803 million to delivery additional JLTVs
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The U.S. industry-leading designer and manufacturer of tactical military trucks and armored wheeled vehicles Oshkosh Defense, has received $803 million contract modification for the procurement of 2,721 Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and 16,714 associated packaged or installed kits. The new contract modification involves foreign military sales to Montenegro, according to a statement issued Tuesday by […]