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Ships Ahoy! The Harpoon Missile Family

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 01/15/2024 - 04:56
Harpoon in flight (click to view full) The sub-sonic, wave-skimming GM-84 Harpoon is the US Navy’s sole anti-shipping missile, with the minor exception of small helicopter-borne AGM-119B Penguin missiles. The Harpoon has been adapted into several variants, and exported to many navies around the world. At present, the Harpoon family includes AGM-84 air, RGM-84 sea/land, […]
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3M Company To Develop Medical Solutions For US Army | DoS Approved Sales To Egypt | Korea To Begin KF-21 Production This Year

Defense Industry Daily - Fri, 01/12/2024 - 05:00
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $16.5 million firm-fixed-price delivery order for the KC-135 Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) Generation 3 Pods. This effort supports the production of the LAIRCM pod for the KC-135 aircraft. Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, and is expected to be completed by March 23, 2026. The US Army […]
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France’s Rafale

Defense Industry Daily - Fri, 01/12/2024 - 04:58
Dassault Rafale (click for cutaway view) Will Dassault’s fighter become a fashionably late fighter platform that builds on its parent company’s past successes – or just “the late Rafale”? It all began as a 1985 break-away from the multinational consortium that went on to create EADS’ Eurofighter. The French needed a lighter aircraft that was […]
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Lockheed Tapped For AEGIS Development | India Launched Ugram | BAE To Upgrade Australian Anzac-Class Firepower

Defense Industry Daily - Thu, 01/11/2024 - 05:00
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $101.5 million deal for AEGIS development and test sites operation and maintenance. Work will be performed in Moorestown, New Jersey and is expected to be completed by January 2028. The Aegis Combat System is an advanced integrated naval weapons system developed by the United States. It is primarily designed for […]
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USSOCOM Gets Next-Gen Tactical Radios | Finnish Defense Forces Get More Sisu GTP | Taiwan Finished Design Phase For Trainer Aircraft

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 01/10/2024 - 05:00
Americas Sikorsky won an $18,4 million modification, which definitizes a previously awarded change order modification (P00009) and adds scope to provide logistics and airworthiness support for CH-53K Heavy Lift aircraft configuration changes for the government of Israel. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed in February 2026. Naval Air […]
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US Military Looks For Long Range Sniper Rifle | Ghana To Launch National Defense University | Germany Dropped Opposition To Eurofighter Sale To Saudi Arabia

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 05:00
Americas The US military is looking for a new sniper rifle that can strike targets at extremely long range. According to a notice, the weapon must be capable of delivering precise fire at a range of up to 2,500 meters or 1.6 miles. It should also have a modular design, with overall length and weight […]
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Raytheon Tapped For SeaSparrow Support | Finland Buys 40 More Patrias | Pakistan To Integrate Chinese FC-31s Into Its Air Force

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 01/08/2024 - 05:00
Americas Raytheon won a $34.4 million modification to exercise options and provide incremental funding for engineering and technical services in support of SeaSparrow missile systems programs. This contract action combines purchases for the US government; and the governments of Japan, and Chile, under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work is expected to complete December 2025. […]
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US Army Inked HADES Deal With Bombardier | UCAV Made Its Maiden Flight | Lithuania Acquires Ground Master 200

Defense Industry Daily - Fri, 01/05/2024 - 05:00
Americas The US Army has inked a contract with Bombardier Defense to receive one jet aircraft for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) program jet plane prototype. Bombardier’s Global 6500 aircraft will serve as the blueprint for the program’s large-cabin business jet unit, fitted with advanced deep-sensing equipment for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) […]
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Pilum High: The Javelin Anti-Armor Missile

Defense Industry Daily - Fri, 01/05/2024 - 04:58
Javelin, firing (click to view full) The FGM-148 Javelin missile system aimed to solve 2 key problems experienced by American forces. One was a series of disastrous experiences in Vietnam, trying to use 66mm M72 LAW rockets against old Soviet tanks. A number of replacement options like the Mk 153 SMAW and the AT4/M136 spun […]
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Canadian NASAMS For Ukraine Remain Grounded | MediWound Produces Burn-Treatment For US Army | NATO Members Inked Patriot Deal

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:00
Americas Canada’s promised $400 million National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) for Ukraine remains grounded, with delivery shrouded in uncertainty. While the Liberal government touted the acquisition in January 2023, National Defence now admits plans are still being worked out with the United States, including crucial details like delivery timelines. Crew Training International won a […]
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Timely Defenders: Keeping Patriots in Shape

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 01/03/2024 - 14:56
DID's FOCUS Article covering the Patriot anti-air missile system, including all development & contracts during the FY 2007 time frame...
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Raytheon Tapped For MK 54 Engineering Support | Ukraine Gets Tactical Vehicles From Japan | T. Mariotti to Build New Italian Ships for Auxiliary Maritime Operations

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 01/03/2024 - 05:00
Americas Raytheon Missiles & Defense Naval Surface & Undersea Systems won a $34 million contract action for production and engineering support for common parts related to the MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo. This contract will purchase parts for the Navy. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Rhode Island; and Poulsbo, Washington, and is expected to be […]
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Digital Abrams: The M1A2 SEP Program

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 01/03/2024 - 04:58
M1A2 SEP (click to view full) America’s M1 Abrams tanks come in a number of versions. In addition to the M1A1 that is now standard, the US Army is beginning to field its M1 TUSK for urban warfare. It also operates the M1A2 System Enhancement Program (SEP), currently the most advanced standard variant. This Spotlight […]
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Bell Boeing Tapped For Osprey Support | US Rejected Israeli Apache Request | New AEW&C Planes For Korea

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 05:00
Americas Bell Boeing won a $21.3 million order, which provides for the production and delivery of 59 line clearance kits, 18 integrated aircraft survivability equipment (IASE) A-Kits, and installation of 16 IASE A-Kits, allowing increased infrared countermeasure and radar warning capability and aircraft survivability, in support of the MV-22 Osprey aircraft sustainment efforts for the […]
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V-22 Osprey: The Multi-Year Buys, 2008-2021

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 01/02/2024 - 04:58
(click to view full) In March 2008, the Bell Boeing Joint Project Office in Amarillo, TX received a $10.4 billion modification that converted the previous N00019-07-C-0001 advance acquisition contract to a fixed-price-incentive-fee, multi-year contract. The new contract rose to $10.92 billion, and was used to buy 143 MV-22 (for USMC) and 31 CV-22 (Air Force […]
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US Army Grants Javelin, Stinger, GMLR System Supply Contract | Raytheon Tapped For StormBreaker Support | Pakistan Flight-Tested Fatah-II

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 01/01/2024 - 05:00
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $67.9 million modification, which adds scope to procure material and labor to establish initial depot repair capabilities for F-35 Lightning II components at various military service depot locations across the US in support of the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be […]
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USAF Grants Long-Endurance Drone Deal | Ukraine Wants AI-Upgraded Caesar Howitzer | South Korea Purchases 20 F-35As

Defense Industry Daily - Fri, 12/29/2023 - 05:00
Americas Tech giant DZYNE has inked a $49-million contract with the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop low-cost, military-grade capabilities to boost the US unmanned fleet’s endurance and propulsion. The contract will support research and development for DZYNE’s long endurance program to create technology allowing the Air Force’s unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to perform […]
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Snakes and Rotors: The H-1 Helicopter Program

Defense Industry Daily - Fri, 12/29/2023 - 04:58
UH-1Y and AH-1Z by Neville Dawson The US Marines’ helicopter force is aging at all levels, from banana-shaped CH-46 Sea Knight transports that are far older than their pilots, to the 1980s-era UH-1N Hueys and AH-1W Cobra attack helicopters that make up the Corps’ helicopter assault force. While the tilt-rotor V-22 Osprey program has staggered […]
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DoS Approved C-17 Maintenance TO NSPA | RTX Delivers AGM-154s To Bahrain | DoS Approved Saudi Request For Military Training

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 12/27/2023 - 05:00
Americas BAE Systems has inked a $92-million deal with the US Navy to continue providing logistical services for its air traffic control and landing systems. The five-year indefinite-delivery-and -quantity contract covers fleet services, technical support, and operational software development with maintenance for capabilities in the US Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command, and […]
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Last of the Globemasters: The Final C-17 Orders

Defense Industry Daily - Wed, 12/27/2023 - 04:58
Happy ‘trails… (click to view full) The C-17 has had more money-driven last hurrahs than The Who. Even so, FY 2010 featured the USAF’s last planned orders of C-17 Globemaster III short field, heavy-lift transport jets. The Pentagon had been trying to end the program for years, but 3 factors led Congress to keep adding […]
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