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…

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…

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 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…

Parsons Government Services Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, has been awarded a $39,934,030 contract for the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Recovery of Airbase Denied by Ordnance (RADBO) vehicle.

The contract provides for 13 fully operational MRAP RADBO systems (Cougar, Laser, and Arm) and th…

HOHENFELS, Germany — NATO allies and partner countries will test the readiness of the U.S Army Soldiers during the Combined Resolve XIV exercise held in Hohenfels Training Area in September. The exercised is designed to evaluate and assess the readiness of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Armored Brigade Comba…