Yearly Archive: 2021

Brazil Flight-Tests 14-X Hypersonic Aero Engine

Brazil Flight-Tests 14-X Hypersonic Aero Engine

The test is part of the development of the PropHiper Project, Hypersonic Propulsion Project 14-X, one of the Strategic Projects of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and is coordinated by the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DCTA).

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB), at the Alcântar…

Boeing Wins $398M to Upgrade Saudi AWACS Aircraft

Boeing Wins $398M to Upgrade Saudi AWACS Aircraft

The Boeing Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been awarded a $397,921,549 firm-fixed-price contract for the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Modernization Program, Phase 2.

This contract provides for production, training and installation and checkout, in or…

Lockheed Wins $286M for Saudi Missile Defense

Lockheed Wins $286M for Saudi Missile Defense

Lockheed Martin Corp. Missiles and Fire Control, Dallas, Texas, is being awarded a $286,466,778 modification to previously awarded Phase II contract HQ0835-21-C-0002 under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

The contract type will be a hybrid firm-fixed-pric…

Saab Receives Further Order on Heavyweight Torpedo

Saab Receives Further Order on Heavyweight Torpedo

Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Organisation (FMV) for the next phase of the life extension programme of Torpedo 62. The order value is SEK 145 million and deliveries will take place by the end of 2023.

The order includes pre-studies and engineering which incorporates…

ArianeGroup Signs Space Surveillance Contract with French MoD

ArianeGroup Signs Space Surveillance Contract with French MoD

This new contract, financed by the Space Command, is an extension of the service contract set up in 2017. It was signed by the Ministry for the Armed Forces and the trusted operator ArianeGroup for an augmented optical surveillance capability for Medium Earth Orbits (MEO), Geostationary Earth Orbits…
Deadly Skies: Integrated Air and Missile Defence 2021-2035

Deadly Skies: Integrated Air and Missile Defence 2021-2035

European states are facing an increasing threat from missiles and aircraft. Interacting geopolitical and technological trends have both made these weapons more effective and increased the scenarios in which aggressors could find use for them.

Consequently, there is now an increasingly complex, p…

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