SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORP. has $833m U.S. ARMY contract for fixed engineering/program management/systems engineering; Army provisioning; Army technical publications; integrated logistics support; contractor manpower reporting; packaging-handling storage/transportation; and advance procurement funding. Work estimated complete Dec. 31, 2016.
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Systems and Training, Moorestown, New Jersey, a $49.1 million contract modification to exercise option year two for ship integration and test of the Aegis Weapon System for AWS Baselines through Advanced Capability Build 12, the Pentagon announced Dec 1. The contract provides for Aegis shipboard integration engineering, Aegis test team support, Aegis modernization team engineering support, ballistic missile defense test team support and AWS element assessments.
Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov is studying options to westernize its heavyweight An-124 airlifter to reduce its reliance on Russian suppliers.
Germany is set to join the Netherlands, Norway and Poland in the creation of a European multinational tanker force flying the Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport.
Germany is considering retaining at least 24 C-160 Transall airlifters due to concerns that the defensive aids suite on its A400Ms will not be ready for service.
Certain existing U.S. Navy aircraft, Pentagon radar systems and advanced communications networks can help the DOD map out successful electronic warfare acquisitions, a CSBA report says.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded M1 Support Services of Denton, Texas, a $304.9 million fixed-price, performance incentive and award fee contract with cost-reimbursable line items for Nellis Aircraft Maintenance Backshop operations and maintenance services, the Pentagon announced Nov. 30.
NASA’s Journey to Mars envisions a U.S. role in a human “return to the Moon,” even if not in the same sense the agency carried out six spacecraft landings under the agency’s banner during the Apollo era.
The Spanish government and Airbus Defense and Space have formalized an agreement to postpone the delivery of 13 of Spain’s 27 planned A400M airlifters.
DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL (Texas) has $61m U.S. ARMY contract for Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command aviation program; estimated complete by January 2021. TRAX INTERNATIONAL (Nev.) has $8m U.S. ARMY contract modification for research/development/testing/evaluation at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
Helicopter operator CHC has partnered with two Dutch companies to find a way to mitigate the effect of birds on the helidecks of offshore oil-and-gas platforms.
Likely enlargement of Australia’s frigate force will add pressure to eventually add a third replenishment ship to the Royal Australian Navy, a Canberra, Australia, think tank says.
The German government plans to send Panavia Tornados for operations over Syria in response to a French request for assistance following the terror attacks on Paris earlier this month.
