Boeing has announced on 5 September that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted KC-46 tanker program a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC), verifying that its refueling and mission avionics systems meet FAA requirements.  According to the company’s announcement, to receive its STC, Boeing’s team completed a series of lab, ground and flight tests, which commenced in […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced on 5 September that Boeing has again received a  $208 million contract for the F-15 Legion Pod infrared search-and-track (IRST) pod. According to the DoD’s statement, Boeing has been awarded a $208,27 million contract for engineering, manufacturing, development, production, integration, testing and deployment of the F-15 Legion Pod infrared search-and-track (IRST) pod. […]

U.S. Army Contracting Command has awarded Cummins Power Generation Inc. a contract to procure the Advanced Medium Mobile Power Sources tactical generators. The contract, announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), is worth more than $490,9 million. According to the DoD’s statement, work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated […]

Lockheed Martin has announced that the first of the U.S. Air Force’s advanced new, higher-power, harder-to-jam GPS III satellites is making its way to the launch pad. According to the company’s statement, on August 20, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) shipped the U.S. Air Force’s first GPS III space vehicle to Cape Canaveralfor its expected launch in December. Designed and […]

US optics company Trijicon has been awarded a $7,6 million contract by the U.S. Navy for handgun reflex sights. The contract, announced 14 August by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), with a five-year ordering period is covers handgun reflex sights for the miniature aiming system – day optics program. According to DoDO’s statement, the handgun […]

The U.S. Navy is the most powerful in the world. It has a biggest and newest combat vessels, such as aircraft carrier.  On these ships, thousands of sailors carry out their tasks: moves bombs and missiles around the deck, arming the aircraft before missions. The U.S. Navy Engineers at the Robotics and Intelligent Systems Engineering (RISE) […]

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected BAE Systems to develop data-driven, cyber-hunting tools that detect and analyze cyber threats to help protect extremely large enterprise networks. The contract for Phase 1, 2, and 3 of the program is valued at approximately $5.2 million. Because most current tools do not offer the […]

On 13 August, Northrop Grumman has announced that company successfully performed a fit check of a production APG-83 SABR on an F/A-18C Hornet fighter at MCAS Miramar in California. According to the company’s statement, the fit check, performed August 2 at the request of the Marine Corps, demonstrated SABR is a low-risk option for installation on F/A-18C/D Hornets […]

UES Inc has received a $49 million contract for the Flash and Laser Airborne Protection Systems (FLAPS) research program under this new contract, said in the statement of the U.S. Department of Defense on 10 August. The 6-year contract, announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Defense, provides develop materials and processing methodologies to conduct exploratory and advanced research […]

Rostec is working on a parachute system integrated with promising Ratnik gear. The news was announced by CEO of Rostec Sergey Chemezov during the opening ceremony for the new parachute equipment manufacturing complex in Kirzhach. The R&D work within the State Corporation is prepared by the Scientific Research Institute of Parachute Construction of Technodinamika Holding Company. The new D-14 parachute system is […]