Industry
- Raytheon Tapped For Advanced Hawkeye | British Helicopters To Exercise With...by Emily Erhold on April 26, 2024 at 4:00 am
Americas Raytheon won a $8,8 million deal for the procurement of 11 receiver mainframe assemblies in support of the E2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. The contract does not include options. All work will be performed in El Segundo, California. Work is expected to be completed by April 2027. Naval […]
- E-2D Hawkeye: The Navy’s New AWACSby Joe Katzman on April 26, 2024 at 3:58 am
(click to view full) Northrop Grumman’s E-2C Hawkeye is a carrier-capable “mini-AWACS” aircraft, designed to give long-range warning of incoming aerial threats. Secondary roles include strike command and control, land and maritime surveillance, search and rescue, communications relay, and […]
- Lockheed Tapped For AEGIS Updates | MSI Drones To Help US Forces In The Middle...by Emily Erhold on April 25, 2024 at 4:00 am
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $9 million modification to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm-target), cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract. This modification increases the contract ceiling to procure the necessary hardware and associated technical engineering, management […]
- Serious Dollars for AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)by Joe Katzman on April 25, 2024 at 3:58 am
AEGIS-BMD: CG-70 launches SM-3 (click to view full) The AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense System seamlessly integrates the SPY-1 radar, the MK 41 Vertical Launching System for missiles, the SM-3 Standard missile, and the ship’s command and control system, in order to give ships the ability to […]
- Raytheon Tapped For Zumwalt Modernization | Iran Unveiled Bavar-373 | Spain...by Emily Erhold on April 24, 2024 at 4:00 am
Americas Raytheon Missiles & Defense won a $212.5 million for an option exercise of combat system engineering, miscellaneous material, and travel supporting combat system installation, integration, development, testing, correction, maintenance, and modernization of ZUMWALT class mission systems […]
- The USA’s DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class Program: Dead Aim, Or Dead End?by Joe Katzman on April 24, 2024 at 3:58 am
67% of the fleet (click to view full) DID’s FOCUS Article for the DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class “destroyer” program covers the new ships’ capabilities and technologies, key controversies, associated contracts and costs, and related background resources. The ship’s prime missions are to provide […]
- Flexible G/ATORs: The USMC’s Multi-Mission AESA Ground Radarsby Joe Katzman on April 24, 2024 at 3:56 am
G/ATOR diorama (click to view full) The US military’s long run of unquestioned air superiority has led to shortcuts in mobile land-based air defenses, and the US Marines are no exception. A December 2005 release from Sen. Schumer’s office [D-NY] said that: “Current radar performance does not […]
- DoS Approved BT-67 FMS To Argentina | Lithuania To Spend $16M For Ukraine...by Emily Erhold on April 23, 2024 at 4:00 am
Americas Lockheed Martin won an $88.3 million Captains of Industry contract for the overhaul of B-2 digital receiver and legacy defense message system. This contract provides for overhaul, management, and material lay-in. Work will be performed at Owego, New York, and is expected to be completed by […]
- USA’s B-2 Bombers Leading the Way in Contracting for Availabilityby Joe Katzman on April 23, 2024 at 3:58 am
All together now… (click to view full) Britain’s practice of “contracting for availability” for key equipment, rather than paying for spare parts and maintenance hours, may be its most significant defense procurement reform. In a world where older air, sea, and ground vehicle fleets are […]
- USN Gets First Two T-54As | Russia Received New Su-35s | Ghost Sharks Revealed...by Emily Erhold on April 22, 2024 at 4:00 am
Americas The US Navy marks a new chapter in multi-engine pilot training with the arrival of its first two T-54A trainer aircraft at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi on Apr. 18th. The T-54A, a modified Beechcraft King Air 260 designated for the Navy, replaces the T-44C Pegasus, which has […]
Fox News
- Italian PM Meloni ally fires back against criticism says policies the same but...on April 27, 2024 at 10:00 am
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Italian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Edmondo Cirielli defended Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and discussed birth rates, migrants, China and Iran.
- UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur,...on April 27, 2024 at 1:27 am
The United Nations has said Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the city of El Fasher in the western Darfur region, and warned that 'an attack would have devastating consequences.'
- Orca calf swims out of Canadian lagoon where it had been trapped more than a...on April 27, 2024 at 12:59 am
A 2-year-old killer whale has reached an inlet that could take it to the open ocean, after being trapped in a lagoon on Vancouver Island for more than a month.
- Hacktivist group claims it infiltrated Belarus security agencyon April 26, 2024 at 11:23 pm
A Belarusian hacktivist group claims it has breached the country's main KGB security agency and accessed the personnel files of over 8,000 employees.
- Iranian-backed Houthis claim responsibility for US reaper drone crash off Yemen...on April 26, 2024 at 11:20 pm
Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone crash off the coast of Yemen on Thursday, making it the fourth drone downed by Iran proxy groups since November.
- Students at prestigious Paris university occupy campus building in...on April 26, 2024 at 10:48 pm
As part of a pro-Palestinian protest, students at the Paris Institute of Political Studies blocked access to a campus building on Friday; administrators decided to move all classes online.
- Orbán challenger leads protest calling for child protection after sexual abuse...on April 26, 2024 at 10:13 pm
Peter Magyar, a new voice of opposition to Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, led a protest of thousands of people on Friday demanding greater protection for children.
- A British tourist is in a hospital after a shark attack; Tobago closes several...on April 26, 2024 at 9:45 pm
Trinidad & Tobago closed a marine park and 7 beaches on Friday after a shark attacked a British tourist at Turtle Beach along Great Courland Bay; the man was hospitalized after the attack.
- Ukraine lawmaker, 34, fights for Kharkiv in the public squareon April 26, 2024 at 9:19 pm
Ukrainian parliament member Mariia Mentseva constantly posts about the damage done to her hometown of Kharkiv due to Russia attacks, including damaging power in residential areas.
- Guatemalan prosecutors raid offices of Save the Children charityon April 26, 2024 at 9:13 pm
Guatemalan prosecutors have raided the offices of humanitarian organization Save the Children, citing a complaint alleging the charity violated the rights of migrant children.