Canada narrowed down its decade-long hunt for CF-18 replacement to two choices: Lockheed Martin F-35 and Saab’s Gripen. The Government on Wednesday officially rejected Boeing’s Super Hornet offer. The country is acquiring a total of 88 fighter jets to replace its old CF-18s. Saab is collaborating with Diehl Defence, MBDA UK, and RAFAEL; while Lockheed […]
US MDA; Anti hypersonic interceptor development program
According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on November 19, 2021, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Other Transactional (OT) Agreements to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon Missiles and Defense to complete an accelerated concept design of the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) for MDA’s regional hypersonic missile defense program. Any […]
USA; Ukraine delivers Oplot MBT for evaluation
Ukrspetsexport State Enterprise shipped the BM Oplot tank to a ‘American,’ customer, according to a statement from Ukroboronprom the holding company of Ukrainian state defense enterprises. General Director of Ukrspetsexport Vadym Nozdrya noted that the tank left for the United States as part of a contract for manufacturing and shipment of this combat vehicle between […]
US; Air Force issues RfI for new advanced trainers
US Air Force looking for a new Advanced Tactical Trainer aircraft despite its order for 01T-7A Red Hawk trainer. The T-7A Red Hawk, manufactured by Boeing, introduces capabilities that prepare pilots for fifth generation fighters, including high-G environment, information and sensor management, high angle of attack flight characteristics, night operations and transferable air-to-air and air-to-ground […]
US Army; Leonardo DRS wins FWS-CS infrared (IR) machine gun sights
Leonardo DRS has received a contract from the US Army to produce advanced infrared (IR) machinegun weapon sights with automatic targeting. The company will serve as the sole producer of the family of weapon sight-crew served (FWS-CS) system for the US Army. Valued at $18.9m, the contract is for the low-rate initial production phase. The […]
US; AFSOC orders amphibious MC-130J demonstration
Air Force Special Operations Command plans to demonstrate an amphibious version of the MC-130J Hercules by the end of next year, AFSOC’s commander told reporters Monday morning at the Air Force Association convention. The variant of the MC-130J capable of landing on water the aircraft would be better equipped for a wider breadth of missions […]
US Army; MTDF test aerostats for precision fire targeting
U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s first Multidomain Task Force was activated on Sept. 16, but the new unit has already cut its teeth in the theater at a long-range, precision-fires exercise in Norway, where officials experimented with high-altitude balloons for targeting. At the first-ever Thunder Cloud exercise in Adenes, Norway, beginning Sept. 9 and wrapping […]
Canada; CAF orders apg-79(v)4 radars for Hornets fighters
Raytheon has won a contract worth $140.37 million to deliver AESA radars to be fitted on Canada’s C/F-18A fleet. “Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, is awarded a $140.37 million modification to a previously awarded contract. This modification adds scope to procure 36 AN/APG-79(V)4 radar systems in support of radar integration into the C/F-18A aircraft for […]
US; C-RAM System credited with shooting down one rockets at Kabul airport
US Forces securing evacuation from Kabul Airport used its Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar System (C-RAM) system to down one in five rockets that targeted Kabul airport. Five rockets targeted Kabul airport on Monday morning and U.S. forces on the airfield used a defensive system to intercept one of them, a senior Pentagon official, Joint Staff […]
US; Navy selects development of innovative VTOL aircraft
According to a press release published by PteroDynamics on August 23, 2021, an aircraft design and manufacturing company that develops innovative vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, is announcing it has secured a contract with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to deliver 3 VTOL prototypes for the Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAS (BWUAS) […]