Monthly Archive: Settembre 2020

South Korea’s Defense Minister traveling to U.S. using KC-330

South Korea’s Defense Minister traveling to U.S. using KC-330

South Korea’s Minister of National Defense Suh Wook will be making a trip to the United States for annual Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) in Washington. Usually, the minister will take a commercial flight but due to the decrease in the number of available international flights, Suh will use a Air Force KC-330 aerial tanker instead. […]
US Army Chinook Flies with GE Aviation T408 Engine

US Army Chinook Flies with GE Aviation T408 Engine

FORT EUSTIS, Va. — The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center achieved its first flight of a Chinook with GE Aviation’s T408 engines, a milestone that could expand the capabilities of future Chinook heavy-lift missions.

This first flight is the culmination…

Dutch MoD Extends Rheinmetall Ammo Deal Worth Up to €500M

Dutch MoD Extends Rheinmetall Ammo Deal Worth Up to €500M

Rheinmetall and the Dutch procurement agency Defence Materiel Organization (DMO) have renewed and expanded their longstanding framework agreement for the supply of various types of ammunition for a period of at least ten years. The framework agreement envisages annual call-offs of around €50 million…
GA-ASI to Upgrade MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft for ANG

GA-ASI to Upgrade MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft for ANG

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $13.5 million contract to upgrade MQ-9 Block 1 and Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft for the Air National Guard (ANG). The procurement includes Generator Power Distribution Modules (GPDM) and kits to integrate the B…
Saab Receives Order for Components for US Marines’ GATOR Radar

Saab Receives Order for Components for US Marines’ GATOR Radar

Saab has received a 36.7 million USD order for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar G/ATOR. Saab received the order from Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, the prime contractor for G/ATOR.

The order includes components and subsystems in support of the Full Rate Produ…

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