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Americas Boeing won a $2 billion contract modification for Lot 7 production KC-46 aircraft, subscriptions and licenses and G081 flat file. The modification provides for the exercise of an option for an additional quantity of 15 KC-46 aircraft, data, subscriptions and licenses, and G081 flat file being produced under the basic contract. The company delivered the first KC-46A to the Air Force in January 2019. Since then, Boeing has delivered 42 tankers to four different bases. The next-generation KC-46 brings new capabilities and operational flexibility to the US Air Force and international customers. Boeing says the KC-46 is a multirole tanker designed to refuel allied and…

Americas Huntington-Ingalls Industries won a $115 million contract modification for engineering and technical support for USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). The USS John F. Kennedy is the second Gerald R. Ford Class aircraft carrier. The ship was launched on October 29, 2019. Work will take place in Newport News, Virginia. Expected completion will be by June 2024. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, is the contracting activity. According to Defense News, the Missile Defense Agency aims to get the first one Next Generation Interceptor by 2028. It will replace the current ground-based interceptors that make up the ballistic missile defense system of the United States…

Why do people leak? In the national security arena, there are broadly two kinds of leaks; - 1) the real dangerous ones that contain information that reveal sources and methods, or worse, put people in danger; - 2) the ones that simply provide evidence that an official position is a lie, or that someone who claims X happened when in reality Y happened … but there is nothing really “classified” about it that would put it in #1 above. You also need to look at who (organization/company/reporter) is reporting them. That can give you a hint as to how accurate they are (yes kiddies, some people invent leaks) and perhaps the motivation of the leaker. Also, if you have a lot of …

Americas Lockheed Martin won a not-to-exceed contract modification, which adds scope for the procurement, delivery, installation, and configuration of 22 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter training devices. The total quantity of training devices includes full mission simulators, multispectral database, and interactive courseware. Additionally, this modification provides non-recurring engineering to identify and integrate a replacement rechargeable battery module to be installed within the blade server system of pilot training devices in support of the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, non-US Department of Defense (DOD) participants and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work wil…

Americas The US Navy awarded Raytheon $78.7 million to exercise options for additional fiscal 2022 guided missile assemblies in support of the fiscal 2021-2023 Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 full rate production requirements. The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile is a medium-range, surface-to-air missile designed and manufactured by Raytheon Missile Systems. Work will take place in Arizona, Australia, California, Canada, New Hampshire, Norway, Germany, New York, Turkey and Denmark. Estimated completion will be by March 2025. Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture won a $33.4 million contract modification for the low-rate initial production of lightweight com…

Americas Northrop Grumman won a $31.6 million deal, which provides for the inspection and teardown of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye fatigue test article to identify fatigue critical locations and demonstrate that the E-2D aircraft structure satisfy the program’s service life requirement. Work will take place in Florida, New York and California. Expected completion will be in June 2027. BAE Systems won an $11.2 million contract to provide systems engineering and integration in support of US Trident II (D5) Strategic Weapons System Program D5 Life Extension 2 Strategic Systems Programs Alteration. Tasks to be performed include technical planning, requirements management and in…

Americas General Dynamics won a $9 million modification to exercise options on previously awarded contract N00024-23-C-4413 for the USS Arlington (LPD 24) fiscal 2023 docking selected restricted availability. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by September 2024. Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity. […]View the full article

Americas In a display of military efficiency, aircraft maintainers showcased their mastery of Agile Combat Employment (ACE) during a recent operation, performing Integrated Combat Turns (ICT) that involved transferring inert munitions from an A-10 Thunderbolt II to rearm an MQ-9 Reaper. This seamless process took place while the engines of both aircraft were running on […]View the full article

Americas Boeing won a $21.3 million firm-fixed-price contract modification for the F-15 Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System. Work will be performed at Nashua, New Hampshire, and is expected to be completed by November 30, 2025. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. Sikorsky has announced a […]View the full article

Americas Northrop Grumman won a $10.7 million contract, which procures a lifetime quantity of 4-inch silicon carbide transistor wafers. The end-of- life buy is required to maintain production, spares, and repairs for the APY-9 RADAR’s primary power supply, power amplifier module in support of the E-2D aircraft. Work will be performed in Durham, North Carolina (90%); and Baltimore, Maryland (10%), and is expected to be completed in February 2027. Fiscal 2023 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,768,532 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. Naval…

Americas Airbus and Shield AI have signed an agreement to integrate autonomous pilot technology into the MQ-72C Logistics Connector unmanned aerial system. The teaming includes compatibility trials of Shield AI’s flagship artificial intelligence software “Hivemind” with Airbus’ Helionix advanced avionics suite to operate the MQ-72C. The evaluation will focus on levels of autonomy to deploy the aircraft with minimal human intervention, with the tests to include complex unmanned operations in contested logistics settings. The Golden Dome missile-defense vision is turning up the heat on a long-running fight between the Pentagon and the telecommunications industry for control…

“Just a 20-year old undesignated Seaman.” Never say that. Titans walk amongst us in the most humble attire. A war is raging ashore. You’re just a 20-year-old Seaman Apprentice from landlocked South Dakota on your old swayback gun cruiser, USS Canberra (CA-70), off Vietnam when, well, you fell overboard. No one noticed. You should have drowned. But you didn’t. You should not have been able to survive for half a day without flotation. But you did. Your enemy should have been able to use you to their advantage. But they didn’t. Your fellow Americans in prison had a stories untold, many of them not known to be alive. You made sure all were known, with the help of the enemy, …

A Cold War-era Hawker Hunter aircraft was spotted participating in Gray Flag 2025 over Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, on September 8, 2025. According to the U.S. Navy, the MK-58 variant—operated by Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC)—played an active role in the service’s premier large-force test exercise, providing a stable platform for multi-domain capability […] The post Cold War-era jet spotted during U.S. Navy combat simulation first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

Russian forces have begun fielding an upgraded version of the Lancet loitering one-way attack drone, according to Ukrainian military sources and experts. The enhanced drone is reportedly striking targets at longer distances and proving more difficult to counter using existing electronic warfare systems. The Lancet, identifiable by its distinctive cross-wing design, has been a fixture on the […] The post Ukrainian frontlines face deadlier Lancet drone variant first appeared on Defence Blog.View the full article

The United States military has awarded Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. a new indefinite-delivery contract to supply combat knives under a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) procurement issued on November 10. The award, listed under contract, authorizes up to $350,000 in total deliveries for knives classified under the weapons category, with an estimated quantity listed as 489 […]View the full article

The United States Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation a new ceiling contract worth up to $100 million to advance two key strike‑weapon programs: the Stand‑In Attack Weapon (SiAW) and the Advanced Anti‑Radiation Guided Missile–Extended Range (AARGM‑ER). The agreement supports both production and research and development through December 31, 2034, according to the […]View the full article

Armenia has acquired U.S.-made V-BAT intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance unmanned aerial system. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed the acquisition of the combat-proven V-BAT system during a visit by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance to the country. Pashinyan said the drones were acquired via the U.S. Foreign Military Sales framework, presenting the deal as part of […]View the full article

Ukraine will send a group of military specialists to the Arabian Gulf on Monday, March 9, to share battlefield experience in countering unmanned aerial vehicles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks to journalists while awaiting the arrival of Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten in Ukraine. The deployment will involve Ukrainian military personnel and defense […]View the full article

Russia has publicly released video footage of range trials of an unmanned ground combat system designated “Kuryer,” fitted with a newly disclosed automated mortar module called “Bagunlnik-82.” The footage, published by the NRTK channel, which covers Russian ground robotics development, shows the system operating with a rotating turret housing both the mortar tube and an […]View the full article

Poland is testing the counter-drone technologies it intends to deploy along its eastern border — and one of the systems that showed up at the Central Air Force Firing Range in Ustka last week listens for drones rather than looking for them. Operational tests for Poland’s Eastern Shield program, known in Polish as Tarcza Wschód, […]View the full article