News

• Digital Battlespace

  BAE Systems receives new US Navy contract

  4th February 2020

  BAE Systems has been awarded a new contract to support US Navy radio communications, the company announced on 3 February. With a prime position on …

• Training

  HMAS Watson to be redeveloped

  3rd February 2020

  The Australian Navy’s HMAS Watson is set to be redeveloped under a $389 million project. The contract for the management of the work has been …

• Training

  Military Training magazine: cyber training, display technology, motion tracking and more

  3rd February 2020

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• Training

  IAI to supply T-38 wings

  3rd February 2020

  Israel Aerospace Industries will supply T-38 wings for the US Air Force under a $240 million IDIQ contract announced by the US Department of Defense …

• Land Warfare

  GDLS to provide Abrams​ technical support

  3rd February 2020

  General Dynamics Land Systems has received a $29.8 million contract modification for Abrams systems technical support, the US Department of Defense announced on 30 January. …

• Air Warfare

  Eurofighter updates HX programme proposal

  3rd February 2020

  Eurofighter has updated its proposal for Finland’s HX fighter acquisition programme, BAE Systems announced on 31 January. The proposal has been submitted by the UK …

• Digital Battlespace

  Northrop Grumman expands satellite manufacture site

  3rd February 2020

  Northrop Grumman has broken ground on a new expansion of its satellite engineering and manufacturing operations facilities in Arizona. The expansion includes a 100,000 square …

• Defence Notes

  Thales and LIG Nex1 to provide FoF interrogators to ROK

  3rd February 2020

  Thales and LIG Nex1 have been selected by South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to provide TSA 1412 IFF (identification Friend or Foe) interrogators …

• Defence Notes

  Leidos' acquisition​ of Dynetics complete

  3rd February 2020

  Leidos has completed its acquisition of Dynetics, the company announced on 31 January. Dynetics and its high-technology, mission-critical services and solutions portfolio will now operate …

• Naval Warfare

  Austal, US Navy ABR announced

  3rd February 2020

  Austal shipyards and service centres in Australia have been approved to bid for and provide support services for US Navy and Military Sealift Command (MSC) …

• Land Warfare

  French armed forces receive new O-NYX night vision goggles

  1st February 2020

  France is increasing efforts to renew the small equipment of its armed forces, with the MoD reporting the delivery of the first batch of new O-NYX …

• Naval Warfare

  State of the navy: US surface fleet programmes

  31st January 2020

  With its share of the US DoD’s budget reduced from the Cold War, the USN is having to manage a range of surface fleet shipbuilding …

• Training

  General Dynamics receives US Army LT2 contract

  31st January 2020

  General Dynamics Mission Systems has received a contract to enhance and maintain the US Army’s Live Training Transformation (LT2) product line. The $883 million order-dependent …

• Air Warfare

  Poland acquires F-35 multirole fighter aircraft

  31st January 2020

  The delivery timeline for the Polish MoD's procurement of the F-35A Lightning II multirole fighter aircraft was revealed at the signing ceremony for the 32 …

• Training

  Spanish Air Force purchases 24 Pilatus PC-21 Trainer Aircraft

  31st January 2020

  Pilatus will supply 24 PC-21 single-engine turboprop trainer aircraft to the Spanish Air Force, the company announced on 31 January. The new trainer aircraft will …