The U.S. Army has awarded Dynetics and Lockheed Martin a $10 million contract to continue development for the next phase of the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) program, a 100-kilowatt class laser weapon system. According to the statement, announced Monday by the Lockheed Martin, the team recently completed a System Requirements Review and technical baseline […]

German land systems manufacturer Rheinmetall announced on 6 August that the Canadian Armed Forces have exercised options under the Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP) to procure an additional 1,256 Argus soldier systems, which will be delivered in 2019.  According to the company’s statement,  this order is worth CAD22 million (€14.3 million). The Canadian government initially contracted with Rheinmetall […]

Lockheed Martin will present new ONYX powered lower-body exoskeleton at the Innovation Day exhibition being held in NextFlex Headquarters, San Jose, on 9 August.   The company is to demonstrate a new version of its next-generation lower body exoskeleton ONYX. It is a concept of exoskeleton body armor that allows soldiers to carry more and move further and faster. According to the Lockheed Martin, […]

We live in an amazing time: in the period of the newest defense and combat technologies’ development that help turn a soldier into a modern fighting machine on the battlefield. A whole variety of complicated engineering solutions allows the soldier to move faster, farther and carry more weight.  It is expected that in the near future […]

Boeing has been awarded a $9.8 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to integrate upgrades for the French air force’s E-3F Sentry airborne early warning aircraft.  The contract, announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Defense, is covers indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity modification (64) to contract F19628-01-D-0016 for French Air Force E-3F, Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet with 40 […]

General Dynamics Mission Systems has received a $3.9 billion contract by the U.S. Army for Common Hardware Systems (CHS-5), according to an 1 August statement by the US Department of Defense (DoD). The contract, from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, was announced Wednesday by the DoD and enables General Dynamics Corp to provide state-of-the-art computing and networking […]

BAE Systems has announced that the company working closely with the U.S. Army to understand future recovery needs, and is partnering with others in industry to find the best technologies and solutions available. According company, the evolution of the main battle tank is of particular interest to the M88 recovery vehicles modernization team because it is one […]

Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. has been awarded a contract for the procurement of the new Modular Handgun Holsters, said in the statement by the U.S. Department of Defense on 30 July. Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. was awarded a USD49 million contract for the Modular Handgun Holster to be used with the Modular Handgun System M17 and M18 pistols. […]

General Electric Co. has been awarded a contract for the full-rate production of F414 engines in support of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft, according to an 30 July statement by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The DoD has announced that General Electric Co. is awarded USD10,5 million firm-fixed-price-advance acquisition contract for long-lead materials items for the full-rate […]

Turkish company Otokar has been awarded USD28 million to build and deliver new tactical wheeled armored vehicles, said in the company’s statement on 30 July. “Otokar, leading supplier of the Turkish Military and Security Forces for wheeled tactical vehicles, was awarded 28.9 million USD contract for its tactical wheeled armored vehicles,” noted in a statement. Work and […]