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Lockheed Wins $51M for Malaysia Radar Contract

Lockheed Wins $51M for Malaysia Radar Contract

Lockheed Martin, Liverpool, New York, has been awarded a $25,111,798 firm-fixed-price contract for the Malaysia Ground Based Radar System.

This contract provides a standalone radar system, ancillary equipment, spares, training, and an interim contract support option.

This contract includes o…

Rostec Launches Production of New Defense System

Rostec Launches Production of New Defense System

The Central Scientific – Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH) of Rostec State Corporation has launched the mass production of unified precision weaponry defense systems for advanced military vehicles. The product is designed to protect the TOS-2 heavy flamethrower sys…
CRS Updates Report on Us Air Force’s B-21 Strike Bomber

CRS Updates Report on Us Air Force’s B-21 Strike Bomber

On October 27, 2015, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced its intention to award a contract to build the new Long-Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) to the Northrop Grumman Corporation. Subsequently, the Secretary of the Air Force announced that the bomber would be designated the B-21 “Raider,” in hon…
Italian Navy Begins Sea Trials of Third PPA Frigate

Italian Navy Begins Sea Trials of Third PPA Frigate

On the first day of autumn, the third ship of the PPA Programme, named “Raimondo Montecuccoli”, sailed for the first time in the blue waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

PPA3 is the first PPA in LIGHT PLUS configuration and just three years after the First Steel Cutting ceremony, successfully conducted…

Babcock Sells New Frigate Design License to Indonesia

Babcock Sells New Frigate Design License to Indonesia

Babcock the aerospace, defence and security company has secured the first export contract for its Arrowhead 140 (AH140) frigate through a design licence agreement with PT PAL Indonesia (Persero), a state-owned enterprise that builds and maintains ships for military and commercial use from its facili…
US Air Force Retires Batch of 17 B-1B Bombers

US Air Force Retires Batch of 17 B-1B Bombers

BARKSDALE AFB, La. — Air Force Global Strike Command concluded its divestiture of 17 B-1B Lancers Sept. 23, as the last bomber departed Edwards Air Force Base, California, to fly to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.

The divestiture of the aircraft is in support of the U.S. Air Force’s…


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