News

• Digital Battlespace

  Harris wins tactical radios contract

  17th October 2017

  Harris Corporation has received a five-year, $765 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide tactical radios and ancillary devices to the US Navy and …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Poland hunts for Tarantulas

  17th October 2017

  The Polish Army is pursuing a goal to acquire a series of mobile UGVs for its reconnaissance platoons. The Tarantula programme calls for the acquisition …

• Naval Warfare

  BCG receives final two OPVs

  17th October 2017

  Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered the last two of four offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG), the company announced on 12 …

• Military Logistics

  Kuwait requests continued C-17 logistics support

  17th October 2017

  The US State Department has made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale of C-17 logistics support services and equipment to Kuwait, the Defense …

• Military Logistics

  Largest US overseas base nears completion

  16th October 2017

  Camp Humphreys, still under construction, is already the largest overseas military facility belonging to the US. The base’s expansion will have absorbed funds of $10.7 …

• Military Logistics

  Patria invests in life-cycle support services

  16th October 2017

  Patria has acquired a 60 percent share in Milrem, the largest defence maintenance contractor in Estonia, expanding it's life-cycle support services.    The acquisition, announced …

• Training

  Cubic gets additional game-based courseware order

  16th October 2017

  Cubic Global Defense has received four additional delivery orders worth $22 million, as part of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, to provide game-based training courseware …

• Digital Battlespace

  Latvia prepares for new air surveillance radar

  16th October 2017

  Latvia will receive an added boost to its air defence capabilities next year as it takes delivery of three new surveillance radar systems from the …

• Military Logistics

  DynCorp to provide US Puerto Rico base camp support

  16th October 2017

  DynCorp International has received a contract change order worth $75 million to establish and operate base camp support for US military and civilian personnel conducting …

• Digital Battlespace

  Saab to upgrade Norwegian air surveillance radars

  16th October 2017

  Saab has been contracted by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency to upgrade three SINDRE I air surveillance radars in Norway, the company announced on …

• Digital Battlespace

  RAAF trials Honeywell’s JetWave satellite communications hardware

  16th October 2017

  The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is in the process of testing Honeywell’s JetWave Ka-band satellite communications hardware and Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite network, the …

• Naval Warfare

  Bangladesh Navy orders two Dornier 228s

  16th October 2017

  RUAG Aviation has been contracted to deliver two new Dornier 228 twin-turboprop aircraft to Bangladesh Navy (BN), the company announced on 11 October. The new …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  MUM-T emerges from the Shadows in Korea

  16th October 2017

  Despite being fielded in South Korea for well over a decade, the Textron Systems RQ-7B (Shadow 200) tactical UAV continues to give the US Army …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  US Navy’s COBRA system achieves IOC

  13th October 2017

  The US Navy AN/DVS-1 Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) airborne mine detection system has achieved Initial Operational Capability (IOC), Navsea announced on 10 October. …

• Defence Helicopter

  US Navy orders more APKWS guidance kits

  13th October 2017

  BAE Systems has received a $59.5m contract from the US Navy to deliver additional Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance kits to transform unguided …