Monthly Archive: Maggio 2022

Lockheed Wins $97M for F-35 Block 4 Special Tooling

Lockheed Wins $97M for F-35 Block 4 Special Tooling

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $97,469,822 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00015) to a previously awarded contract (N0001919C0074).

This modification adds scope to procure Block 4 special tooling and test equipment in support of non-U…

Boeing Starts New A-10 Wing Deliveries to US Air Force

Boeing Starts New A-10 Wing Deliveries to US Air Force

OGDEN, Utah — Boeing in partnership with Korean Aerospace Industries and other key suppliers, has delivered the first new wing set for the A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet to the U.S. Air Force. The wing set arrived earlier this month to Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, where the Air Force has started…
Brazilian Air Force Launches First Satellites of Lessonia Project

Brazilian Air Force Launches First Satellites of Lessonia Project

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) launched, this Wednesday (25/05), the first satellites of the Lessonia Project – 1. The two Remote Sensing Radar (SRR) satellites called Carcará I and Carcará II were launched using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, United States (U…
Rheinmetall Supplies Light Artillery Cannon to U.S. Army

Rheinmetall Supplies Light Artillery Cannon to U.S. Army

Rheinmetall’s subsidiary American Rheinmetall Munition (Stafford, VA) has been awarded a $2.5M contract from the U.S. Army for the delivery of a shorter and lighter artillery weapon system in support of the National Defense Strategy.

A lightweight artillery cannon would enhance the mobility, mane…

Luxembourg Joins NATO’s Program for AWACS Replacement

Luxembourg Joins NATO’s Program for AWACS Replacement

On 25 May 2022, Luxembourg declared its intent to provide around 5M EUR between 2023 and 2025 to help accelerate the development of NATO’s first multi-domain surveillance capability, known as the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) initiative.

The AFSC initiative is the largest and mo…

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