Jane's Defence Weekly - The Americas

The Americas

Canada stresses that overall AOPS project remains on track
Canada's Arctic offshore patrol ship (AOPS) project office has postponed the issue of a letter of interest intended to drum up industry bids for the...
03-Jul-2009

Sky Warrior flies with SAR/GTMI sensor
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) has completed two successful test flights of a MQ-1C Sky Warrior Block 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with...
03-Jul-2009

US Army announces competition for fielding FCS equipment
US Army representatives told reporters at the Pentagon on 1 July that they plan to open a competition for fielding most of the first ...
03-Jul-2009

Northrop Grumman wins US Army intercom contract
The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms (NGCI) a contract for next-generation vehicle intercoms that could be worth up to USD2.4 billion. ...
03-Jul-2009

US Navy orders EMALS shipset for first Ford-class carrier
General Atomics has been awarded a USD573 million contract to manufacture a first Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) shipset for installation in a US ...
02-Jul-2009

*Navantia launches first Venezuelan OPV
The first of four Patrullero Oceánico para la Vigilancia de la Zona Económica Exclusiva (POVZEE) offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the Venezuelan Navy was ...
02-Jul-2009

Fire Scout faces uncertain future with US Army but moves ahead with USN
The US Army's plan to purchase the MQ-8B Fire Scout rotary-winged unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is in a state of flux following the demise of...
02-Jul-2009

*Oshkosh lands coveted M-ATV contract
Oshkosh Defense was awarded a contract on 30 June worth over USD1 billion for the US Department of Defense's much sought-after Mine Resistant Ambush Protected...
01-Jul-2009

IAI reveals details of Colombia's combat aircraft upgrade
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has revealed to Jane's details of its Kfir combat aircraft upgrade for the Colombian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana -...
01-Jul-2009

Tenth San Antonio beats amphibious programmes freeze
Northrop Grumman has received a USD213.8 million contract from the US Navy to procure long-lead materials for the construction of a 10th San Antonio-class ...
30-Jun-2009

US Navy orders aircraft training rounds from Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a USD16.5 million order to deliver Paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (E-LGTRs) to the US Navy for ...
30-Jun-2009

EADS CASA offers C-295 to Brazil
EADS CASA has submitted the Airbus Military C-295 tactical transport aircraft to Brazil in response to a request for proposals (RfP) from that country, ...
30-Jun-2009

USAF Raptor tests first Small Diameter Bomb
The F-22 Raptor released a Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) for the first time on 23 June during a flight test over the Pacific Ocean, ...
29-Jun-2009

GAO delivers critical report on V-22
The US military's Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft has experienced operational problems while flying in Iraq that could grow worse in a higher threat environment,...
26-Jun-2009

Obama administration threatens veto over Raptor and JSF
Legislative proposals in the House of Representatives that would have an impact on the production of two US Air Force (USAF) fighter aircraft - the...
26-Jun-2009

Block III Longbow radar gains first export order
The Ka-band (26.5-40 GHz) Block III AN/APG-78 Longbow fire-control radar is to be exported to Taiwan as part of that country's AH-64 battlefield attack...
26-Jun-2009

*Northrop Grumman clinches $276.3m USAF contract for 'rapid fielding and support' of BACN capability
Following on from the early 2009 deployment of a Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN)-equipped Global Express business jet in Afghanistan, the US Air Force's ...
26-Jun-2009

Colombia buys Guardian ASVs
The Colombian Army has ordered 39 Cadillac Gage M1117 Guardian 4x4 armoured security vehicles (ASVs) to create three new armoured support squadrons, local sources ...
26-Jun-2009

Northrop Grumman delivers STSS demonstration satellite
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first demonstration satellite for the US Air Force's (USAF's) Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), the company announced on 22...
25-Jun-2009

US Future Combat Systems face radical revision
The top acquisition official at the US Department of Defense released a plan on 23 June that would cancel the US Army's Future Combat Systems...
24-Jun-2009

*Cessna T-37B flies its final sortie
The Cessna T-37B jet trainer aircraft flew its final sortie out of Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, on 17 June. The aircraft, from ...
23-Jun-2009

*Paris Air Show: ISR King Air 350 offered for export
In the wake of the US Air Force's (USAF's) first MC-12W 'Project Liberty' operations, L-3 Communications' Integrated Systems Group and Hawker Beechcraft used the ...
19-Jun-2009

Paris Air Show: Raytheon achieves 'SLidewinder' success
Raytheon has demonstrated the engagement of a small-scale drone target with a surface-launched AIM-9X 'SLidewinder' air-to-air missile, the company revealed during the Paris Air ...
19-Jun-2009

*Paris Air Show: F-35 celebrates a 'year of firsts'
Lockheed Martin chose the Paris Air Show to celebrate a 'year of firsts' for its F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, which will...
19-Jun-2009

House legislation offers possible reprieve for F-22 production
The House Armed Services Committee approved legislation on 17 June authorising the release of USD680.4 billion in discretionary spending to the Department of Defense, including...
19-Jun-2009

Paris Air Show: USAF awards first phase of next generation surveillance system
The US Air Force (USAF) has initiated the first phase of a multi-billion dollar space surveillance programme, which aims to enhance space situational awareness ...
19-Jun-2009

Paris Air Show: ITT wins $363m US Army contract for SINCGARS
ITT has been awarded a USD363 million contract for 58,000 additional Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems (SINCGARS) for the US Army. ...
19-Jun-2009

Paris Air Show: Raytheon awaits decision on 'Quiet Eyes'
Raytheon expects the US Air Force (USAF) and US Army to decide "in the coming months" whether to proceed with full-rate production of the ...
19-Jun-2009

Paris Air Show: KC-X rivals square up for new RfP
Boeing has stated that developing its 777 aircraft into a tanker platform for the US Air Force's (USAF's) new KC-X tanker replacement programme will ...
19-Jun-2009

Boeing flight tests Airborne Laser
Boeing has completed a first flight test of the US Air Force's Airborne Laser (ABL) and has plans for more, despite the scaling back ...
19-Jun-2009

Paris Air Show: US Navy announces additional P-8A procurement
The US Navy (USN) announced at the Paris Air Show that it will buy an additional nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft following ...
18-Jun-2009

Lockheed Martin announces DAGR success in airborne Apache test
Lockheed Martin announced on 16 June that it has successfully fired its Directional Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) system from an airborne AH-64D Apache helicopter during...
18-Jun-2009

JFTL enters requirements process
The US military's notional Joint Future Theater Lift (JFTL) effort is set to enter the Pentagon's requirements process as core capabilities for the massive ...
18-Jun-2009

Paris Air Show: USN tries to find funding for Osprey AEW variant
The US Navy (USN) is currently trying to get Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) funding to develop an airborne early warning (AEW) variant of the...
17-Jun-2009

Paris Air Show: Raytheon, XRDi complete KillerBee UAV engine testing
Raytheon and XRDi have completed testing the heavy-fuel engine (HFE) for the KillerBee tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), it was announced at the Paris ...
16-Jun-2009

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