DefenceTalkBoeing and Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI KLM E and M ) have successfully completed the Mid-Life Upgrade modification on the first of four E-3F Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft for the French Air Force. The upgrade is part of a Foreign Military Sale in 2010 between France’s Direction Generale […]https://www.defencetalk.com/boeing-and-air-france-industries-complete-major-modification-of-french-awacs-aircraft-58825/

DefenceTalkThe Canadian Royal Army has enlisted the help of Picatinny engineers to evaluate the life-span of their World War II-era C3 Howitzer. “We are looking for engineering data that, unfortunately, we’re missing right now,” said Canadian Army Maj. David Lebel, Equipment Management team leader for Field Artillery Systems. The C3 Howitzer is a 1950’s technology […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-canada-partner-to-upgrade-canadian-howitzer-50177/

DefenceTalkTinker AFB Airmen will update ground maintenance and mission planning software in support of a new Air Force contract that will increase the B-52 Stratofortress’s “smart-weapons” capacity by 50 percent. The $24.6 million agreement stipulates that Boeing will develop a modification to existing weapon launchers so the aircraft can carry smart weapons in the bomb […]https://www.defencetalk.com/b-52-upgrade-to-increase-smart-weapons-capacity-50051/

DefenceTalkBoeing will continue to increase the B-52 bomber’s effectiveness and versatility under a new U.S. Air Force contract that calls for the aircraft’s smart weapons capacity to expand by 50 percent. Under the $24.6 million agreement, Boeing will develop a modification to existing weapon launchers so the aircraft can carry smart weapons in the bomb […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-boeing-b-52-upgrade-to-increase-smart-weapons-capacity-by-half-49600/

DefenceTalkUnder IAF’s over Rs 10,000 crore modernization program, the first Mirage 2000, upgraded by its manufacturer, has successfully completed its maiden flight at an air base in France. India had signed an upgrade programme worth over Rs 10,000 crore with the French manufacturer Dassault Aviation for upgrading the fleet of its Mirage 2000 aircraft. “The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/upgraded-indian-mirage-2000-undertakes-maiden-flight-in-france-49485/

DefenceTalkAll Eurofighters in service in Austria now have the latest capability standard for Tranche 1 aircraft. The Austrian Armed Forces’ Eurofighters have now been equipped with enhanced hardware and software capability as part of an upgrade programme. To optimize efficiencies, the work has been done in parallel with the aircrafts’ daily operations by employees of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cassidian-upgrades-austrian-eurofighters-49465/

DefenceTalkUnder a $34.5 million U.S. Navy contract, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) will modify the French Navy’s fleet of three E-2C Hawkeyes with an upgraded Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system, further increasing commonality and interoperability with U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. IFF systems enable warfighters to distinguish between friendly forces and enemies. Included in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-grumman-to-upgrade-french-navy-e-2c-hawkeye-fleet-49401/

DefenceTalkThe Type 23 frigate is the first Royal Navy ship to be fitted with Artisan – a 3D radar 5 times better than the old version it replaces. Iron Duke left Portsmouth yesterday, Sunday 23 June, to begin an intensive period of sea trials. As part of a £100 million programme, Artisan (advanced radar, target […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iron-duke-back-at-sea-after-major-upgrade-48237/

DefenceTalkRussia and Peru will sign a contract to upgrade Lima’s fleet of Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters by the end of May, Konstantin Biryulin, deputy head of Russia’s Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, said on Monday. Belarus sold around twenty of the fighter jets to Peru in 1997. Peru signed a contract in 2008 for Russia’s UAC […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-peru-to-sign-mig-29-jet-upgrade-deal-47837/

DefenceTalkBoeing is providing an upgraded communications system for U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers so aircrews can send and receive information via satellite links, allowing crews to change mission plans and retarget weapons in flight and better interact with aircraft and ground forces. To date, mission information has been uploaded to a B-52 only before a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/boeing-brings-b-52-into-digital-age-with-significant-communications-upgrade-47767/