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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…

USAF Orders Cougar MRAPs to Clear Runways of Unexploded Bombs

USAF Orders Cougar MRAPs to Clear Runways of Unexploded Bombs

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…


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