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Cubic Defense Applications has received a contract modification for the supply of its P5 Combat Training System/Tactical Combat Training System (P5CTS/TCTS) to the US Air Force...
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GD to support F-35 lightning II JSF programme
General Dynamics (GD) has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to deliver more than two dozen GAU-22/A gun systems in support of the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter...
USAF orders Getac B300 rugged laptops
Getac has been awarded a contract for the supply of its Getac B300 fully rugged notebook computer to the US Air Force (USAF) as part of its quantum enterprise buy (QEB)...
India successfully tests Lakshya-II pilotless aircraft
The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has flight-tested the advanced pilotless target aircraft (PTA) Lakshya-II at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) near Balasore in...
Boeing to supply additional JDAM kits to USAF
The US Air Force has awarded a $126m contract to Boeing for the supply of an additional 5,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail...
C4i develops national air defence system for RTAF
C4i has received a contract modification for the delivery of its SwitchplusIP end-to-end Internet Protocol (IP) voice and data communications system to the Royal Thai Air Force...
Lockheed to upgrade USAF C-130 trainers
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force (USAF) to overhaul weapons systems simulators used in the C-130 Aircrew Training System (ATS) II...
India to procure MICA air-to-air missiles
India's Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has approved a €950m deal to procure 500 MICA air-to-air missiles from MBDA for the Indian Air Force's fleet of 51 Mirage 2000...
Exelis completes AIDEWS system testing on F-16 fighter
ITT Exelis has completed installation and testing of the ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare System (AIDEWS) on F-16 Fighting Falcons, operated by an undisclosed...
BAE receives UK MoD FCAS contract
BAE Systems has been awarded a FCAS Focused Research contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) to sustain and develop the UK’s critical technology and skills in the field for...
USAF selects Lockheed for RBS Flight Demonstrator Programme
The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to provide support for its Reusable Booster System (RBS) Flight and Ground Experiments...
NGRAIN wins DND contract for VTT solutions
NGRAIN has received a contract from the Department of National Defence (DND) to develop Virtual Task Trainer (VTT) solutions for the Royal Canadian Air Force...
CAE upgrades RAF CH-47 Chinook simulator
CAE has upgraded one of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) CH-47 Chinook dynamic mission simulators under the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Flight Simulation and Synthetic Trainers (FsAST) project...
Boeing to upgrade USAF F-15C trainers
The US Air Force has awarded a contract to Boeing for the Constant Resolution Visual System (CRVS) upgrade in F-15C Mission Training Centres...
IRGC equipped with advanced air defence cannons
Iran has equipped its Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force with several 100mm air defence cannons, known as Sa’eer, to improve the unit’s air defence capabilities, Iranian...
USAF contracts ISS for WebTAS TK software development
Intelligent Software Solutions (ISS) has received a modification contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to provide support for the web-enabled temporal analysis system...
Iran equips air defence unit with advanced rocket launchers
Iran has equipped its air defence unit sentinels with advanced shoulder-fired rocket launchers to boost the nation's air defence...
ManTech wins USAF cyber defence support contract
ManTech International has been awarded a contract to help develop and integrate defence technology for the US Air Force (USAF) Cyber...
Northrop advances USAF weather satellite system
Northrop Grumman has developed an electrical engineering model testbed for the early conduct of the satellite integration and test (I&T) processes of the US Air Force (USAF) defence...
Boeing readies USAF WGS-4 satellite for launch
Boeing has transferred the US Air Force (USAF) fourth wideband global SATCOM (WGS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida ready for the scheduled launch early next...
Harris to supply additional Falcon III radios to USAF
The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded a contract to Harris to supply additional Falcon III AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radio systems to support future mission-critical...
