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MAY 2019 news
Air Forces - Aerospace and Aviation Defense Industry |
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The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) with support for an estimated cost of $317 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on May 16, 2019.
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company will build 12 production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters under a new $1.13 billion contract from the U.S. Navy. These advanced helicopters are part of the 200 program of record aircraft for the U.S. Marine Corps.
The US Air Force has deployed at least 20 missiles equipped with payloads that can destroy military electronics. The missile uses high-power microwaves (HPMs) to destroy military capabilities without causing any fatalities.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $11,944,605 modification to a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order previously issued against basic ordering agreement. This modification provides for modification kits and special tooling required for the modification and retrofit of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft in support of the Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, non-U.S Department of Defense (non-U.S. DoD) participants; and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is awarded a $42,238,558 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement. This order procures fleet software sustainment including engineering and technical support for the V-22 flight control system and on-aircraft avionics for the Marine Corps and Air Force.
Lockheed Martin and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. of Israel signed a teaming agreement to jointly develop, market, manufacture and support Rafael’s Smart, Precise Impact and Cost-Effective (SPICE) guidance kits for U.S. sale.
Dark Blade 2019 (DB19), the 13th helicopter exercise organized under the umbrella of the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) Helicopter Exercise Programme (HEP), started on 13 May at Náměšť airbase in Czech Republic. It will last until 1 June 2019.
Seventy-six Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets will be procured for the Russian airpower by 2028. A package contract will be inked in the near future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said opening the second meeting on defense issues this week.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $46 million delivery order for eight Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) Units. This award is a part of the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity JTE Enhanced Delivery Initiative contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force in December 2018.
Lockheed Martin has declared it will not sell its new F-21 fighter jets to any other country if India places an order for 114 planes.
Taking place in the north-east of Estonia, the exercise brings together over 9,000 troops, among them thousands of Estonian conscripts, reservists, active servicemen and hundreds of vehicles from 15 NATO countries and partners. Spring Storm started on 6 May and will carry on until 17 May 2019.
Leonardo has announced at the Electronic Warfare Europe conference (Stockholm, 13-15 May) that the United States Department of Defense has selected its BriteCloud expendable active decoy (EAD) to be evaluated under the US Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) programme. The mission of the FCT programme is to find, evaluate and field products and technologies produced by US allies, such as the UK, where these products have a high technology readiness level in order to satisfy valid defence requirements more quickly and economically.
The first Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter was officially handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) during a ceremony at Boeing’s production center in Mesa, Arizona on May 10.
Boeing is awarded $139,808,430 for modification to a previously awarded, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This modification increases the ceiling of the contract to procure up to 12,000 additional Precision Laser Guidance Sets for the Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM).
Northrop Grumman received a one-year, $163.6M contract to provide a range of support services for the U.S. Army’s fleet of MQ5B Hunter drones.
Russia`s Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation multirole combat aircraft will be armed with the newest KAB-250 guided bomb unit, Director General of GNPP Region, a subsidiary of the Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV), Igor Krylov said in an interview with TASS.
Indra has been awarded a contract to supply the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom with an advanced long-range air defense deployable radar.
BAE Systems worked closely with Lockheed Martin to deliver Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) to the U.S. Air Force, achieving Early Operational Capability (EOC) for the B1-B bomber ahead of schedule. The Air Force accepted delivery of production LRASM units following successful simulation, integration, and flight tests that demonstrated the missile’s mission readiness.
Titomic, an Australian manufacturer of 3D metal printers, recently unveiled a 3D printed titanium drone, the largest on the market according to the company. It has a diameter of 1.8 metres.
The US State Department has approved a possible $3 billion sale of Apache attack helicopters to Qatar, the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a statement.
