Raytheon Co., one of the world’s largest defense contractors, announced that it is providing 111 ALR-69A systems, including spares, to outfit the U.S. Air Force’s newest tanker, the KC-46 Pegasus. According to a company news release, it will complete radar warning receiver deliveries by 2025 under the contract with Boeing. The company’s website said the […]

The U.S. Air Force has given the Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) from Sikorsky Milestone C status, which moves the program into low rate initial production. The joint Sikorsky and USAF flight test team has executed over 70 hours of envelope expansion flights, which provided U.S. Air Force the data necessary to execute a […]

San Diego-based Harper Construction Company Inc. has been awarded more than $45 million for the construction of the P-284 F-35C maintenance hangar at Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California. A construction company has received a new contract for construction of a two-module Type I aircraft maintenance hangar, associated airfield pavements, operational and munitions storage, renovation of an […]

U.S diversified manufacturer Raytheon recently conducted a rapid set up demonstration of a land-based expeditionary version of its precision landing system to a group of global military officials at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD. It’s called the Expeditionary Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or Expeditionary JPALS for short. JPALS is a differential, GPS-based, […]

U.S. aerospace giant Northrop Grumman has announced that its compact, lightweight, fifth-generation infrared countermeasure self-protection system for the U.S. Army has entered Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E). The Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system represents the next generation of lightweight, low-cost countermeasure systems designed to work in conjunction with missile warning systems throughout the armed […]

General Dynamics NASSCO, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a contract from the U.S. U.S. Navy for newest expeditionary ships as part of Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program. The contract, announced by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $1.6 billion and covers the construction of the sixth and seventh ships of […]

British multinational defense, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin to enhance the EW capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter. BAE Systems was awarded a Block 4 Modernization contract from Lockheed Martin to modernize its AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare/Countermeasures (EW/CM) system to address emerging threats and maintain U.S. and allied […]

The U.S. Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin announced an agreement worth about for $55.96 million for combat system engineering support on the Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS). The U.S. Navy selected Lockheed Martin as the next Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA). Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract from the U.S. […]

Boeing is advancing efforts to introduce new digital engineering capabilities as it prepares for the first flight of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Loyal Wingman prototype in 2020. The aerospace giant reported a continues work on developing technology for autonomous aircraft that will help Royal Australian Air Force’s Loyal Wingman prototype take to the […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation was selected to develop the U.S. Army ‘s next-generation tactical radar antenna. The Re-scalable Aperture for Precision Targeting Radar (RAPTR) will be composed of small radar building blocks to allow the antenna to be scaled to fit a wide range of mission and platform requirements, according to a news release put out by […]