IAF Air Defense Division has launched the absorption process of the new „Magic Wand” interception system with the establishment of a first founding team. The conversion process will be led by „Refael” company, which is in charge of the system’s development in Israel. „The team members will study the usage methods of the advance weapon. … Dowiedz się więcej
Boeing [NYSE: BA] will continue maintaining guidance systems for the nation’s Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile fleet under a recently announced indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The contract has a potential maximum value of $466.5 million. Boeing, which has held the work … Dowiedz się więcej
Sagem (Safran) has signed a major contract with the arms authority of the Egyptian Ministry of Defense for AASM Hammer air-to-ground missiles to be deployed by the Egyptian air force. This contract follows the acquisition by Egypt of 24 Rafale omnirole fighters from Dassault Aviation. Developed and produced by Sagem as prime contractor, the AASM … Dowiedz się więcej
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Digital Fusion Solutions, Inc. (DFI) subsidiary was awarded a $12,060,193 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development competed through the broad area announcement process. The total value of the basic contract and all options is $29,559,440. DFI, which is … Dowiedz się więcej
The German Federal Ministry of Defence has chosen the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) as the basis for Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem (TLVS), a next-generation network-based tactical air and missile defense system. It will replace Patriot air defense systems initially fielded in the 1980s. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will share in development of Germany’s TLVS with … Dowiedz się więcej
The frigate Aquitaine, the first unit in the multi-mission frigate program (FREMM), has successfully fired its first missiles: an Exocet MM40 surface-to-surface missile and a naval cruise missile. The missiles were fired respectively on 12 and 19 May on the firing ranges of the DGA missile testing centre off Levant Island. This is the first … Dowiedz się więcej