Category Archives: Military Aviation

Raytheon Missile Systems Co, has been awarded a $768,283,907 non-competitive fixed-price incentive (firm) contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 33. This contract provides for the production of the AMRAAM missiles, captive air training missiles, guidance sections, AMRAAM telemetry system, spares and other production engineering support hardware. Work will be performed inRead More

GE Aviation has teamed up with ORIX Aviation to provide the Asset Transfer System (ATS) to enable ORIX Aviation to connect records and data across the global aviation community. Their trial service is expected to start this month. “We are eager to partner with ORIX Aviation as their fleet evolves to meet their airline customerRead More

Lockheed Martin delivered the 134th F-35 aircraft for the year recently, exceeding the joint government and industry 2019 delivery goal of 131 aircraft. One hundred and thirty-four deliveries represent a 47% increase from 2018 and nearly a 200 percent production increase from 2016. Next year, Lockheed Martin plans to deliver 141 F-35s and is preparedRead More

The Japanese government has completed the 16 billion yen (US$146 million) purchase of an uninhabited island between Kyushu and Okinawa prefecture which it plans to develop into a training base for Japanese and US military aircraft. Mageshima is part of the Osumi Islands and hosted an important airfield for the Japanese military when defending OkinawaRead More

Romania plans to acquire another five surplus Lockheed Martin F-16s from Portugal – and will upgrade the 12 examples of the fighter already in its fleet. Under a draft law passed by the government in November – still to be ratified by the country’s parliament – four aircraft will arrive in 2020, with the finalRead More

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), an agency created in 2015 to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology to solve national security problems, is trying to reduce the time it takes to award contracts from 90 days to 60 days. DIU has always aimed for speed. “If you’ve got great technology and a good team, youRead More

As the Air Force decides which two providers it will pick next year to provide national security launch services, Northrop Grumman is more actively promoting itself as a stable Pentagon contractor that could weather tough times better than its commercial competitors. Northrop Grumman is one of four contenders in the National Security Space Launch PhaseRead More

The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin finalized a $34 billion agreement for the production and delivery of 478 F-35s at the lowest aircraft price during the history of the Program. This contract includes all US, International Partners and Foreign Military Sales aircraft in Lots 12, 13 and 14. In the agreement, the F-35Read More

Thirteen NATO countries are taking part in simulated air and missile defense drills off the United Kingdom’s southern coast. The 6-day Naval Electro Magnetic Operations – or ‘NEMO’ – trials will test how allied navies can defend themselves against anti-ship cruise and hypersonic missiles using state-of-the-art electronic defenses. “NEMO 19 shows how Allies are workingRead More

The US Army just awarded a contract worth $162 million to General Dynamics Land Systems to produce remote-controlled robotic mule vehicles to transport heavy combat necessities so small units won’t have to carry them into battle. After months of testing, Army robotic officials selected the GDLS Multi-Utility Tactical Transport (MUTT), which will become the service’sRead More