Milanion NTGS (UK and Spain) and Global Ordnance (Sarasota, FL) have recently signed an agreement for Global Military Products, a business division under Global Ordnance, to lead sales and project management of the Scorpion Mobile Mortar System in the United States. The agreement was signed by Julio Estrella, CEO of …
Read More »Austal USA awarded up to US$3.3Bn contract for 11 USCG Offshore Patrol Cutters
Austal USA has been awarded a contract with a potential value of US$3.3 billion, for the detail design and construction of up to 11 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) for the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The first vessel has been contracted by the US Coast Guard, with options for a …
Read More »The Military Jet Between Turkey and the United States
Dalia Ziada The United States and Turkey have a long history of effective military cooperation that extends to at least seventy years. It started in 1952 when Turkey was admitted as a NATO ally, and solidified over the decades of US-Russia Cold War, especially in the 1970s. However, this lengthy …
Read More »Rheinmetall to build and export Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle Test Chassis to United States
Rheinmetall, the largest supplier of military vehicles to the Australian Defence Force has today announced the build and export contract of a Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) Test Chassis to the United States of America from its factory in Redbank Queensland. Rheinmetall Defence Australia Managing Director Gary Stewart said the …
Read More »United States Coast Guard Awards Pacific Propeller International Five-Year Support Contract
Kent WA – August 4, 2016, The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has awarded Pacific Propeller International (PPI) a five-year support contract to provide overhaul services for the Hamilton Sundstrand 54H60-117 propeller assembly and components. The 54H60-117 propeller system operates on the USCG’s fleet of C-130 Hercules Heavy Lift, Search …
Read More »Raytheon, Kongsberg to Build Naval Strike Missiles and Launchers in United States
Raytheon Company and Norway’s Kongsberg Defence Systems are finalizing plans to assemble, integrate and test the Naval Strike Missile in the United States. The two companies also plan to produce NSM launchers in the U.S. A Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is launched from the Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS …
Read More »Leonardo-Finmeccanica launches world-first flat-panel surveillance radar technology
London, 3 May 2016 – Leonardo-Finmeccanica has launched Osprey, the latest addition to the company’s electronically scanning (E-scan) radar product range. Based around a flat-panel antenna design, Osprey is the world’s first lightweight airborne surveillance radar to be built with no moving parts. Leonardo-Finmeccanica also announced that the launch customer for the radar …
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