Airbus Helicopters has placed an order with Saab for Integrated Defensive Aids Suite (IDAS) self-defence systems for installation onto the H225M Caracal multi-purpose utility helicopters.
The IDAS self-protection systems will be produced at Saab Grintek Defense’s facility in Centurion, South Africa, through next year, with deliveries scheduled for 2020.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company has been awarded a contract worth $409m to support the US Air Force’s next-generation thermal, power and controls (NGT-PAC) programme.
Awarded by the US Air Force Research Laboratory based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, US, the contract will run until July 2024.
The US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded a $36.99m-worth contract to Rolls-Royce Corporation for the sustainment of C-130J propulsion system.
Scheduled to be completed in October, the contract covers engineering and sustainment support, repair, inventory control point management, and technical assistance.

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By GlobalDataPratt and Whitney Military Engines has secured a contract modification worth $339.65m in support of the Lot 11 low-rate initial production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.
The contractor will provide initial spare parts, engines and modules for the Lot 11 aircraft up to June 2020.
UTC Aerospace has awarded a contract to CPI Aerostructures Inc to support the Tactical Synthetic Aperture Radar (TacSAR) reconnaissance system.
CPI Aerostructures will develop a complete manufacturing drawings data package based on the engineering design data provided by UTC Aerospace Systems.