Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. has announced an agreement with AIM Norway for jointly establish the world’s first Lockheed Martin-licensed F-16 ‘Falcon Depot’ center for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) and other regional F-16 customers. The facility will be located in Kjeller, Norway, at an existing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility […]

French aerospace and defense company Thales has announced today that the company has been awarded a $37 million contract from the U.S. Army to equip the new rapidly deployable security force assistance brigades (SFAB) with the AN/PRC-148C Improved Multiband Inter-Intra Team Radio (IMBITR), establishing it as the first dual-channel, certified networking radio to enhance communications […]

The defense arm of Oshkosh Corp. has received a U.S. Army order for recapitalized Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT), in a deal worth more than $23 million. The contract, from U.S. Army Contracting Command and announced on Tuesday, provides for process upgrades of HEMTT vehicles to the latest configuration with the same high performance […]

U.S. weapons maker Northrop Grumman Corp reported a successfully integrated the advanced AN/APG-83  Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) system onto multiple configurations of F-16 aircraft and is now taking the next step in expanding to additional platforms, including the U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress and B-1B Lancer bombers as well as the U.S. Marine […]

U.S. weapons maker Northrop Grumman Corp reported a delivered 500th Center Fuselage for the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. “We deliver an F-35 center fuselage every 36 hours and I am very proud to say we have made all our deliveries since the inception of the program,” said Frank Carus, vice president and F-35 program […]

The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft. The new-generation A330 MRTT extends the endurance and range of the ROKAF’s fighter aircraft, and provides the service with strategic transport capability for passengers and freight. In South Korean service the A330 MRTT will […]

Swedish defense technology company Saab announced on 30 January that it is submitted its proposal for the Finnish HX fighter procurement to the Finnish defense procurement agency, the Logistics Command of the Finnish Defence Forces.  0 December that it is The proposal comprises 64 Gripen aircraft, both single-seat Gripen E and dual-seat Gripen F, and […]

Rheinmetall and BAE Systems today announced that they have signed an agreement to create a joint UK based military vehicle design, manufacturing and support business. The new Joint Venture will be headquartered at BAE Systems’ facility in Telford, England and will sustain over 400 jobs in the UK, as well as preserve key technology and […]

Saab has received several orders from Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization for Static Camouflage Systems. Deliveries are expected to take place in 2019.  The Royal Danish Army has been a user of Saab Barracuda’s signature management systems for more than 25 years. The new orders contain static camouflage systems, which is an advanced multispectral […]

European guided weapons house MBDA demonstrated the use of the Mistral missile against fast boats such as FIACs (Fast Inshore Attack Craft). A number of foreign delegations attended the demonstration firing that was performed from a SIMBAD-RC automated naval turret firing from the land against a fast moving remotely-controlled semi-rigid boat more than 3 kilometres off the […]