DefenceTalkDefence Minister Harriett Baldwin announces £269M deal for Crowsnest system to protect new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers. The deal with Lockheed Martin will see the start of manufacturing on the new Crowsnest system. It will act as the eyes and ears for the Royal Navy’s ships, providing long range air, maritime and land detection […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thales-wins-royal-navy-crowsnest-surveillance-helicopter-contract-68813/

DefenceTalkThe Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP and the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne today announced the next significant step in the building of Australia’s Future Submarines with the signing of the contract between the Government and DCNS to commence the design phase of the Program. Mr Pyne said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-australian-submarine-contract-signed-with-dcns-to-commence-design-phase-68266/

DefenceTalkLockheed Martin has been awarded a five-year contract extension worth approximately $504.3 million by the Government of Canada to provide In Service Support (ISS) for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) fleet of 17 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, known in Canada as the CC-130J. Lockheed Martin has supported the RCAF CC-130J fleet since 2007 and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-wins-504m-canadian-airforce-c-130j-support-contract-67806/

DefenceTalkThe Boeing Company was awarded a contract Jan. 29 for risk reduction activities for the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program, which will field the next Air Force One. This is the first contract the Air Force has awarded for this program. Additional modifications will be made to this contract in the future to purchase the commercial […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usaf-awards-contract-for-next-air-force-one-66638/

DefenceTalkGeneral Dynamics European Land Systems has signed a contract with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistic Organization (DALO) for the delivery of 309 PIRANHA 5 Armored Personal Carriers (APC) in six variants (Infantry, Command, Ambulance, Engineer, Mortar and Repair), as well as a multi-year sustainment contract for the through life support of the vehicles in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/denmark-signs-600m-contract-for-piranha-5-armored-vehicles-66595/

DefenceTalkThe Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a $528 million contract in December 2015 for production and delivery of interceptors for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. The new interceptors will support a growing number of U.S. Army THAAD units. THAAD is a key element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-martin-receives-528-million-thaad-missile-defense-contract-66256/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company (RTN) has been awarded a $255,281,689 fixed-price-incentive firm target modification to a previously awarded contract to procure mission system equipment for the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002). This contract modification includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this award to $349,243,022. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-awarded-255-million-for-ddg-1002-66264/

DefenceTalkThe United States and allied military forces will upgrade their missile defense capabilities under a new $1.1 billion contract for production and delivery of Lockheed Martin built Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missiles. Lockheed Martin has received a $1.1 billion contract for production and delivery of PAC-3 (shown) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-receives-contract-for-pac-3-missiles-66094/

DefenceTalkThales has signed a subcontract for the verification of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) architecture on the Integrated Test Bed in The Hague. The work is part of the contract awarded to prime contractor Leidos by NATO earlier this year. Under the contract, US-based Leidos and its eight teammates from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thales-awarded-ballistic-missile-defence-test-and-integration-subcontract-65887/

DefenceTalkNASA has informed Boeing that it is out of the running for a $3.5 billion competition to send cargo to the International Space Station, a company spokeswoman said Thursday. Boeing has received a NASA contract to send astronauts to the ISS aboard its CST-100 Starliner capsule beginning as early as 2017, but its bid to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nasa-drops-boeing-from-race-for-3-5-billion-cargo-contract-65759/