The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $48.7 million contract modification for continuing operations and support of the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) system. Under the contract modification, Northrop Grumman will continue providing management, engineering, im
Northern Fleet (NF) nuclear-powered ballistic submarine (SSBN) Yekaterinburg on May 17 successfully launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Sineva from the… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: rusnavy, May 20, 2011;
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced May 18 the selection of the USNS Cesar Chavez as the 14th Lewis and Clark-class of dry cargo/ammunition ships. Continuing the Lewis and Clark-class tradition of honoring legendary pioneers and explorers, the Navy’s newest underway replenishment ship honors t
Designers of the U.S. Navy’s future aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) are taking another step toward deploying the nation’s first… By John Keller (militaryaerospace) [mappress] Source: militaryaerospace, May 20, 2011;
Ausgar Technologies, Inc., San Diego, Calif., was awarded on May 16 a $10,505,998 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide C4ISR, Information Operations and Information Technology System research. This contract will support the efforts of the Command and Contr
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced that the U.S. Government has agreed to sell 15 Sikorsky UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Swedish… (money.msn) [mappress] Source: money.msn, May 19, 2011;
The American aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, from where Osama bin Laden’s body was buried at sea, left the Philippines on Thursday with n… (peopledaily) [mappress] Source: peopledaily, May 19, 2011;
The Royal Navy’s flagship Type 45 destroyer, HMS Daring, has successfully fired her groundbreaking new air defence missile system for the first time. HMS Daring, the first of the formidable next generation of warships to be built, fired her world-leading air defence missile system, Sea Viper, during
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a follow-on contract by the Department of the Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command Center, Fort McPherson, Georgia to support the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) by providing planning, modeling, simu
BRAND-new destroyer HMS Dragon saved the crew of a yacht which was threatened with being dashed against rocks on the Mull of Kintyre… (navynews) [mappress] Source: navynews, May 19, 2011;
L-3 Communications announced today that its Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) unit has been awarded a contract to operate the U.S. Air Force’s C-17 Training System (TS) program. In addition to an initial one-year award, the program includes four one-year options and an additional option for two
EU NAVFOR Portuguese warship VASCO DA GAMA, flagship for Operation ATALANTA, hosted the visit of the Portuguese Chief of Defence, General Luís Araújo. The Portuguese Chief of Defence was briefed by the Force Commander, Commodore Alberto Correia on Operation ATALANTA, the latest figures and piracy tr
Ultra announced in 2010 that its Communication & Integrated Systems business, based in Greenford, UK, had been awarded a contract relating to the End Cryptographic Unit Replacement Programme (ECU RP), the first phase of the UK MoD’s cryptographic modernisation programme. Ultra now announces that it
General Dynamics Canada, a pioneer in the development of underwater acoustic processing systems, today announced the creation of a new Underwater Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (UW ISR) Centre of Excellence. The latest in a series of initiatives made to reinforce General Dynamics Cana
