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02 Dec 24. Hadean is expanding their portfolio into corporate enterprise by securing a contract with market leading research, and risk analysis firm Moody’s. The agreement provides a robust situational understanding to increasingly complex global supply chains that are threatened by growing geopolitical risks and natural disasters born out of climate change. The partnership promises significant innovation to the logistics and supply chain industry, bringing the military’s synthetic environments into a new, enterprise, operating environment. Underpinning Hadean’s battle-tested AI and synthetics technology with industry power-house Moody’s data will provide real-time simulation and analytics capable of uncovering risks and threats as they unfold.
04 Dec 24. Hadean will deliver mission-critical capabilities for NATO alongside Deloitte. The work is aimed at future-proofing NATO against escalating global threats, by providing cutting-edge AI, synthetics and spatial computing to enhance planning, training, and decision support across a rapidly evolving operating environment. Supporting the NATO Modelling & Simulation Group’s capability development initiatives, Deloitte and Hadean will provide best-in-class technology and practices to enable a Common Synthetic Environment (CSE). By empowering allied nations with a CSE that can easily integrate existing software, hardware, and data solutions, this partnership will provide NATO with the real-time situational understanding to combat threats from the strategic to tactical level. Both Deloitte and Hadean are exhibiting at NATO Edge in Tampa, Florida between 3-5 December and I/ITSEC in Orlando, Florida between 2-6 December where the businesses are jointly demonstrating their capabilities and their offer for NATO.
02 Dec 24. The Government of the United Kingdom has requested to buy a High Gain Measurement System (HGMS) with off-aspect mid frequency line arrays (MFLAs), HGMS components that include acoustic sensors, cables, test hardware and software; containers; anchoring equipment; integration and test support; spare and repair parts; publications and technical documentation; personnel training and equipment; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated total cost is $125 m. The principal contractor will be Leidos, Inc., located in Reston, VA. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale. (Source: glstrade.com)
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06 Dec 24. BAE Systems has signed individual contracts worth a total of approximately $2.5bn with both Sweden and Denmark for new CV90 combat vehicles. These contracts come under a new three-party framework agreement with the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) and the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) to expand the acquisition of new CV9035MkIIIC combat vehicles for both countries. This builds on an initial contract signed between BAE Systems and Sweden’s FMV in May 2024. Under these contracts, Denmark is procuring 115 new CV9035MkIIICs, while Sweden has agreed to acquire a total of 50 new vehicles. The agreement also includes further vehicles for Ukraine financed by the two governments. Together, this takes the total value of CV9035MkIIICs contracted under the framework agreement to approximately $2.5bn, including spares, support, logistics, and training.
05 Dec 24. KNDS Deutschland orders Trophy APS for German Army’s future Leopard 2A8 fleet. KNDS Deutschland has ordered 123 Trophy active protection systems (APSs) for the German Army’s future Leopard 2A8 main battle tank (MBT) fleet, EuroTrophy announced in a press release on 4 December. The order includes initial spare parts packages and services to integrate Trophy in the technical, operational, and logistic chain of the German Army, EuroTrophy said. (Source: Janes)
02 Dec 24. Order for KNDS Deutschland for CV90 simulators for the Swedish army. The Swedish Procurement Agency (FMV) has placed an order with KNDS Deutschland for the delivery of three CV9040D simulators representing the combat support vehicles within the tank company. Each of the CV90 simulators consists of a cabin for the driver, turret crew and infantry squad. This makes it possible to train an entire infantry fighting vehicle crew at the same time. The Swedish command and information system is also implemented in the simulation. The CV90 simulators will be integrated into the LEOPARD 2 simulators already commissioned from KNDS Deutschland in December 2023 at the Swedish Army’s Land Warfare Center. This will enable joint, fully networked training of main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles at company or battalion level for the first time. The simulators will be delivered in 2028. (Source: ASD Network)
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02 Dec 24. Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, received its fourth order for the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation (PNT) and Timing Generation II systems (MAPS Gen II), valued at $95m. The jam-and-spoof-resistant navigation solution hardware will be delivered to the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps for installation on combat ground vehicles to provide resiliency during multi-domain operations in contested environments. MAPS Gen II will deliver critical mission data while enhancing protection against electronic attack. The vehicle-mounted system provides fusion of sensor data including satellite navigation information, terrain mapping and secured positioning, navigation and timing data for crewed and uncrewed ground vehicles. (Source: PR Newswire)
29 Nov 24. Dynetics Gets US Army Contract Worth up to $4bn for Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2. On November 13, 2024, the Army awarded Dynetics, Inc. an Undefinitized Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity letter contract for Indirect Fire Protection Capability Inc 2 Low-Rate Initial Production, Full Rate Production, and Support Services. The contract valued at $4.1bn will initially procure 18 IFPC Inc 2 launchers. The total not-to-exceed dollar value of the undefinitized contract order is $204m, of which $99m was obligated immediately upon IDIQ contract award. (Source: UAS VISION/U.S. Army)
29 Nov 24. The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $752.3m contract modification to increase the production capacity of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missiles. This contract, with current obligations of $368.6m, aims to raise the annual production rate from 550 to 650 missiles, addressing the global demand for PAC-3 MSE. (Source: army-technology.com)
27 Nov 24. The US Army has awarded Pratt Miller Defense, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) business, a multi-year production contract for the fielding of Trackless Moving Targets (TMT), a revolutionary robotics-based marksmanship training technology. Trackless Moving Targets offer a more realistic live fire marksmanship training experience than anything previously offered, revolutionizing the way live fire marksmanship training is conducted. The solution combines a highly mobile armored platform with GPS-based path following technology and a zone-based hit detection system for reactive behavior scenarios and hit scoring. Pratt Miller’s family of TMT platforms range in size from infantry to armored vehicle and can be deployed in groups or individually to maximize the training experience. Given the portable nature of the targets, installations can utilize them at multiple ranges while reducing the costs of installing a greater quantity of fixed targets across ranges
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03 Dec 24. BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is awarded an $111,865,397 cost-plus-fixed fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides engineering and technical services to support the production, lifetime support engineering and in-service engineering for radio communication systems and command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems aboard Navy surface combatants and at associated shore sites. Work will be performed at St. Inigoes, Maryland (51%); and Norfolk, Virginia (49%), and is expected to be completed in April 2030. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was competed on a full and open basis with one offer received. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0042125D0029).
02 Dec 24. Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is awarded a $909,460,576 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N00024-24-C-2115 for naval nuclear propulsion components. Work will be performed in Monroeville, Pennsylvania (82%); and Schenectady, New York (18%), and is expected to be completed by September 2034. Fiscal 2025 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $814,489,584 will be obligated at time of award and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
04 Dec 24. The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $245m has been awarded contract extension for the MK-48 Guidance and Control (G&C) Mod 7 program. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and the Foreign Military Sales program. Lockheed Martin is expected to complete work on this contract by September 2027. The MK-48 Guidance and Control program is a critical component of the U.S. Navy’s submarine fleet, providing advanced systems for the MK-48 torpedo. These sections are necessary to increase the overall number of MK-48 Mod 7 heavyweight torpedoes in the Navy’s and allied forces inventory. This contract extension will allow Lockheed Martin to continue delivering these essential systems to the Navy, as well as allied nations. Earlier this year, Lockheed Martin delivered their 100th guidance and control section for the MK-48 torpedo, meeting a high-priority milestone.
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04 Dec 24. The U.S. Army ordered three additional CH-47F Block II Chinooks from Boeing [NYSE: BA]. The Lot 3 contract award, valued at $135m, is a part of the U.S. Army’s ongoing modernization efforts. This contract award follows the U.S. Army’s February announcement that it is moving forward with full-rate production of the CH-47F Block II program. To date, Boeing is under contract for nine of up to 465 aircraft in the Army’s current fleet. The Army has also received funding from the U.S. Congress for three aircraft as part of the next production lot and awarded Boeing a contract last year for acquisition of long lead parts. Boeing delivered the first production CH-47F Block II aircraft to the Army in June followed by the second in September.
02 Dec 24. Maxar Intelligence, a leading provider of secure, precise geospatial intelligence, today announced that it has been selected by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide advanced geospatial insights and automated object detections through NGA’s Luno A, a $290 m, five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. Under this contract, Maxar will leverage its highly refined computer vision models to deliver accurate, automated object detections and analytic insights. Powered by the highest-resolution electro-optical commercial satellite imagery, Maxar’s vast 20-year imagery archive and precise geolocation are differentiated assets primed for Luno A’s operational demands. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
03 Dec 24. Peraton has been awarded a $249m task order to provide Long-Range Sub Orbital Vehicles (LSOV) to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division. The period of performance is 60 months and Peraton is the prime contractor. The contract will provide for the design, development, manufacture, assembly, integration, and test of various multi-stage, long range sub-orbital rocket configurations, associated ground test hardware, specialized test equipment, and rocket launcher maintenance and refurbishment.These rocket will be launched from land, sea, or air at various locations throughout the world to provide a test bed for enhancing development of our nation’s missile defense and hypersonic mission capabilities. This program will be managed out of Peraton’s facility located in Princess Anne, Md., which has specialized in full lifecycle launch services, including design, development, manufacturing, and testing, and integration of sounding rocket and threat-representative missile target vehicles since 2010. The Peraton team is eager and ready to support the LSOV customer to bring new target technology and associated ground support equipment to the warfighter and the Nation. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
02 Dec 24. Raytheon Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $1,307,562,308 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price-incentive-fee modification (P00062) to a previously awarded contract (N0001921C0011). This modification exercises an option to provide recurring depot level maintenance and repair, sustainment support, program management, financial and administrative activities, propulsion integration, replenishment spare part buys, engineering support, material management, configuration management, product management support, software sustainment, security management, joint technical data updates, and support equipment management for all fielded F135 propulsion systems at the F-35 production sites and operational locations, to include training in support of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut (40%); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (21%); Indianapolis, Indiana (12%); West Palm Beach, Florida (6%); Windsor Locks, Connecticut (6%); Brekstad, Norway (4%); Leeuwarden, Netherlands (3%); Iwakuni, Japan (3%); Williamtown, Australia (2%); Cameri, Italy (1%); Marham, United Kingdom (1%); and Fort Worth, Texas (1%), and is expected to be completed in November 2025. Fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $120,832,842; fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $96,937,132; fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $27,202,749; FMS funds in the amount of $33,789,077; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $68,454,797 will be obligated at time of award, $244,972,723 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract being modified was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
04 Dec 24. Rivada Tapped for Virtual Network Operator Contract with US Navy. The Rivada Outernet is a next-generation low-Earth orbit satellite constellation. When fully deployed it will provide gigabit speeds to any point on the globe, without needing to touch the public internet or any third-party infrastructure. Rivada has designed its Outernet to serve the most demanding enterprise and government customers—those who need highly secure, high-bandwidth connectivity in even the most far-flung locations. Consistent and highly secure, global connectivity for Navy vessels remains a challenge for both ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship communications. Under the first phase of its contract with the U.S. Navy, Rivada will engage in joint engineering cooperation with the Navy to delineate a Virtual Network architecture specifically designed to meet the Navy’s needs on the Rivada Outernet. (Source: ASD Network)
04 Dec 24. US Navy Selects X-Bow Systems to Modernize and Automate Energetics Industrial Base. Initial $60m Award to Expand Solid Rocket Motor Production Capacity. X-Bow Systems Inc (X-Bow), a leading non-traditional producer of advanced solid rocket motors (SRMs) and defense technologies, and Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) today announced five contracts to-date totaling $60 m for phase 1 design, development, and long-lead procurement to advance the readiness and capacity of the energetics industrial base. The contracts have a period of performance of up to two years. X-Bow is working several OTA efforts as a key partner to NSWC IHD focused on modernizing and automating key facilities and capabilities related to SRM production. As part of the U.S. Navy’s $2.7bn 15-year modernization plan for NSWC IHD (a piece of the Department of Defense’s national defense strategy), this work will help unlock, expand and modernize the nation’s energetics manufacturing capabilities while strengthening the Organic Industrial Base’s ability to meet solid propellant rocket motor propulsion needs. Under this initial phase, X-Bow will design, develop, and procure long-lead equipment to modernize and automate several capabilities at Indian Head including inert preparation facilities, propellant casting, automated propellant ingredient feeding, live rocket motor processing, and prototype premixing and curative slurry operations. (Source: ASD Network)
TECHNOLOGY
04 Dec 24. The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) has awarded Anduril Industries a three-year production agreement to scale a first of its kind tactical Edge Data Mesh, powered by Anduril’s Lattice Mesh. The mesh is already operational across multiple services and combatant commands, delivering critical data that enables mission-relevant generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions specifically tailored to the unique requirements of the warfighter. This agreement will accelerate the expansion of the mesh to increase access to decentralized, distributed and disconnected systems, and to power new insights and real-time decision making at the edge. Core to this effort is Anduril’s commitment to interoperability and support of Open DAGIR principles, the CDAO’s approach to scaling data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The Edge Data Mesh is open and integrates government and vendor-owned data and systems through Anduril’s Lattice™ software development kit (SDK) and open APIs. This allows partners to connect, share, and act on data within the mesh, to include partner-developed, generative AI capabilities at the edge. The mesh’s open architecture allows services, combatant commands, as well as allies and partners to seamlessly collaborate across all domains. Any service or combatant command can leverage this production agreement to extend and modernize existing systems furthering joint, all domain operations. This production agreement between Anduril and CDAO is a powerful step toward a new era of defense innovation and connected warfare. Scaling this tactical data mesh will accelerate the development of modern kill chains for every weapons system, in every service, and proliferate digital mass across every combatant command. (Source: ASD Network)
03 Dec 24. Anduril Industries Inc., Costa Mesa, California, is being awarded a fixed amount production other transaction agreement (HQ0883-25-9-0001) with a value of $100,000,000. Under this award, the performer will scale its edge data integration services capabilities. The work will be primarily performed in the National Capital Region with an estimated completion date of November 2028. Fiscal 2024 and 2025 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $33,000,000 are being obligated at time of award. The production other transaction agreement was previously competed as a prototype other transaction under the authority of 10 U.S. Code 4022(a)(1). The production agreement is authorized under 10 U.S. Code 4022(f). Office of the Secretary of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
04 Dec 24. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs™ research and development organization a $6m contract as part of the Pipelined Reasoning of Verifiers Enabling Robust Systems (PROVERS) program. Current formal methods tools, a type of software verification, provide high levels of assurance through mathematical proofs that certain properties hold, but can be time-consuming and difficult to learn and use. These proofs also need to be re-written at every code or specification change, which fails to scale. The goal of PROVERS is to make formal methods accessible to non-experts (e.g., traditional software developers and systems engineers) while minimizing the impact on their existing processes and performance. (Source: ASD Network)
05 Dec 24. CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today that it is an awardee of a five-year contract valued at up to $290 million to provide artificial intelligence (AI) and geospatial expertise to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the Luno-A multi-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity vehicle. Under this contract, CACI will provide NGA with complete end-to-end geospatial products generated with CACI-built AI solutions. This includes solving NGA requirements by running source material through CACI’s AI models to identify items of interest and give analysis on activity and change over time, all at the unclassified level. CACI’s AI-powered tools and platforms support change detection and object detection, as well as tracking, monitoring, and alerting with automation layers and analysis to provide efficiencies to the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) process. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
03 Dec 24. Charles River Analytics awarded $9.9m DARPA contract to develop trusted AI approach for complex operations planning. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO) awarded Charles River Analytics a $9.9m contract to create automated strategies that can rival human expertise in planning complex operations. This Phase 2 work follows a $4m Charles River Phase 1 contract that demonstrated the success of a new neuro-symbolic AI approach for using strategic games to help teams plan complex operations. Charles River, in collaboration with Data Machines Corporation (DMC), will further design and develop Meta-Reinforcement Learning System for Strategy and Tactics Assistance using Force-on-Force Forecasting (MERLINS-STAFF). MERLINS-STAFF is part of DARPA’s SCEPTER program (Strategic Chaos Engine for Planning, Tactics, Experimentation and Resiliency), which seeks to develop machine-generated strategies to help human planners.
04 Dec 24. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was awarded a contract on October 4, 2024, to develop a next generation high-frequency (HF) modem for the U.S. Naval Information Warfare (NAVWAR) Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I). The task order was issued by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific. GA-ASI will develop a cost-efficient, software-defined Generation 2 HF modem that meets U.S. Navy ship, sub, and shore environmental requirements and supports a rapid fielding schedule. GA-ASI will provide waveform and modem development, test and evaluation, as well as onsite technical assistance for the NAVWAR PEO C4I program.
05 Dec 24. Hive, a leading provider of enterprise AI solutions, has been awarded a Department of Defense (DoD) contract for deepfake detection of video, image, and audio content. This groundbreaking partnership marks a decisive leap forward in safeguarding national security and combatting the escalating risks of synthetic media and AI-generated disinformation. Under the initial two-year contract, Hive will work with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to support the intelligence community with Hive’s state-of-the-art deepfake detection models, deployed in an offline, on-premise environment and capable of detecting AI-generated video, image, and audio content. With AI manipulation now a weapon of choice for adversarial entities, Hive’s innovative technology stands as a digital safeguard, protecting the integrity of vital information ecosystems and reinforcing the DoD’s preparedness for future spread of misinformation, threats, and conflicts. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
02 Dec 24. Infleqtion, the world’s leading quantum information company, today announced its receipt of $11m in funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) as part of the latest tranche of awards under the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program. This funding supports Infleqtion’s work on the Rack Mounted Optical Clocks project, with Tiqker at the forefront, driving advancements in precision timing solutions—critical for enhancing military operational readiness, secure communications, and mission success in contested environments. The Rack Mounted Optical Clocks project, which received a total of $22m through the APFIT program, leverages cutting-edge quantum technology to deliver highly accurate, stable, and resilient timekeeping solutions. These next-generation optical clocks are designed to overcome the limitations of legacy time and frequency systems, offering unprecedented performance even in the most demanding environments. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
02 Dec 24. QinetiQ US has been awarded a four-year, $42m task order to support the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) C5ISR Center’s Research & Technology Integration (RTI) Directorate. The task order, awarded under the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) IDIQ contract, focuses on developing and enhancing intelligent sensor processing and advanced imaging technologies. Under this task order, QinetiQ US will deliver evolving embedded intelligent sensor processing and optics advanced technologies to meet critical research and development requirements of the C5ISR Center. The work includes developing and enhancing Aided Target Recognition (AiTR) capabilities, advancing signal and image processing algorithms, and creating new software applications. QinetiQ US will also evaluate technology improvements through testbed integration and testing. (Source: PR Newswire)
04 Dec 24. DARPA Taps RTX for Sensors That Defy Standard Limits. RTX BBN Technologies creating photonic chip-scale quantum sensors for defense and commercial applications. RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) BBN Technologies is developing next-generation, compact, low-power, deployable photonic sensors that will provide users with better awareness of environmental elements critical to their missions with greater than ten-times the precision of current sensors. This new capability will have widespread defense and commercial applicability, disrupting fields such as LiDAR, fiber-based sensing, biosensing, system and network monitoring, navigation and communications. As part of DARPA’s Intensity Squeezed Photonic Integration with Revolutionary Detection (INSPIRED) program, the BBN-led team will deliver a prototype photonic chip that uses exotic quantum states of squeezed light to achieve its goals. Work on this contract is being performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts; San Diego, California; College Park, Maryland; and Toronto, Canada. (Source: ASD Network)
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02 Dec 24. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) has requested to buy extended services provided under a previously implemented case whose value was under the congressional notification threshold. The original Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case, valued at $41.6m ($0 in MDE), included services related to follow-on support for the Improved Mobile Subscriber Equipment (IMSE) and Experimental Force (EXFOR) system, including repair and return of equipment; management, replacement, and repair services; U.S. Government liaison support as required; contract engineering and technical support; logistics; contractor operation and management of the OCONUS depot, including repair and replacement; and other related elements of logistics and program support. This notification is for an extension of those same services for an additional two years. The estimated total cost is $65 m. The principal contractor will be General Dynamics Mission Systems, located in Fairfax, VA. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale. (Source: glstrade.com)
04 Dec 24. Embraer (NYSE: ERJ; B3: EMBR3), a global leader in the aerospace industry, and the Brazilian Army, signed today a contract worth R$102 m at Mostra BID, the National Defense and Security Fair, for the delivery of one SABER M200 Vigilante radar already in series configuration. The contract also includes continuing the technical and operational evaluation of the equipment and its future use in the Brazilian Army’s anti-aircraft artillery units. The SABER M200 Vigilante uses advanced signal processing technology to detect and track positions, aircraft trajectories, and classify aerial targets, which guarantees ground forces more autonomy for its anti-aircraft defense systems. In addition, it has an integrated power generator, which makes it easy to transport, whether by land or air. The Brazilian Army will be the first operator of the radar, bolstering its low and medium-altitude anti-aircraft defense capabilities. Its use by the EB should serve as a benchmark for exploring opportunities for use by the other Brazilian Armed Forces and the export market.
04 Dec 24. DoD/DSCA Notifies Congress of Possible FMS of Javelin Missiles to Tunisia. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress that the Government of Tunisia has requested to buy one hundred eighty-four (184) Javelin FGM-148F missiles (includes four (4) fly-to-buy missiles); and thirty (30) Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Units (LWCLU). Also included is missile simulation round System Integration and Check out (SICO); Javelin Restricted Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM); Javelin operator manual and Technical Assistance (TAGM); tools; spare parts; indoor/outdoor trainers; Javelin gunner training; Ammunition Technical Officer (ATO) training; Javelin maintenance training; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The total estimated cost is $107.7 m. The prime contractors will be the Javelin Joint Venture between Lockheed Martin, located in Orlando, FL, and RTX Corporation, located in Tucson, AZ. There are no known offset agreements in connection with this potential sale. (Source: glstrade.com)
05 Dec 24. Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has expanded its investment in Australian sovereign weapons manufacturing through the award of a non-recurring engineering contract to A.W. Bell. This latest contract will enable the ongoing development of A.W. Bell’s titanium casting capability and further develops Australia’s sovereign guided weapons and explosive ordnance (GWEO) manufacturing capabilities. A.W. Bell’s participation in Northrop Grumman’s Global Supply Chain Program has showcased titanium casting techniques with potential applications for programs like the company’s Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER). The firm was recently honored at the 2024 Northrop Grumman Supplier Excellence Awards with the Supplier Excellence award, recognizing their contributions and deliveries to key programs such as AARGM-ER.
02 Dec 24. Orbit Communication Systems Ltd., a leading global provider of maritime and airborne SATCOM terminals, tracking ground station solutions, and mission-critical airborne audio management systems has announced that it has won a tender from the Israeli Ministry of Defense to supply Multi-Purpose satellite communication Terminals (MPTs) for mobile and stationary ground platforms, valued at approximately $9.1 m. The systems are scheduled for delivery during 2025.
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02 Dec 24. TECRO in the US – Spare Parts and Support for F-16 Aircraft and Active Electronically Scanned Array Radars. The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States of Spare Parts and Support for F-16 Aircraft and Active Electronically Scanned Array Radars and related equipment for an estimated cost of $320 m. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) has requested to buy critical spare and repair parts, consumables and accessories, and repair and return support for F-16 aircraft; Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar spare parts and support; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated total cost is $320m. Deliveries are estimated to begin in 2025. (Source: ASD Network)
03 Dec 24. The Israel Ministry of Defense’s Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) announced today (Tuesday) that it has completed several contracts with Elbit Systems totaling approximately $40m. Under these contracts, Elbit Systems will supply the IDF with advanced drones and autonomous systems to upgrade the operational capabilities of its forces in the field. The new systems were jointly developed by the IMOD’s DDR&D jointly developed the new systems with the IDF’s Ground Forces and Elbit Systems. They include advanced capabilities and are designed for various missions, including precise intelligence gathering and targeted strikes.
As part of the contracts signed by the IMOD’s Director General, Major General (Res.) Eyal Zamir, Elbit Systems will supply the following advanced models:
- Drones designed for intelligence collection, capable of operating within Seek & Strike swarms and intelligence platoons
- Mission drones equipped with advanced ISR, terrain dominance, and attack capabilities for combat forces
- Mini-drone-based strike solutions for urban missions
Additionally, Elbit Systems will provide resilient communication solutions for unmanned systems. The deal continues the productive cooperation between the IMOD and Elbit Systems, strengthening the IDF’s autonomous combat capabilities on the battlefield.
03 Dec 24. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has selected the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) SeaGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems for its Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program. This follows JMSDF use of SeaGuardian since May 2023 as part of its Medium-Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) RPA System Trial Operations Project. SeaGuardian has been used by JMSDF to conduct various tests including whether unmanned aircraft can supplant some of the missions currently accomplished with manned aircraft. SeaGuardian is a MALE RPA system that can fly for 24 hours or more, depending on the configuration. GA-ASI has strengthened its Maritime Wide Area Surveillance (MWAS) for Japan with Optix+, which gathers information from the SeaGuardian sensors, as well as other data sources, displaying the full picture of surveillance information for its operator. This functionality makes it easy to task and direct its Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) information in real time. GA-ASI’s Optix+ software suite rapidly correlates and exploits collected data into an easily shared common operational picture. Having multi-source correlated data enables automatic detection of anomalous behaviors over waters.
03 Dec 24. Lockheed Martin – India – MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter Equipment and Follow-on Support. The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India of MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter Equipment and Follow-on Support and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.17bn. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of India has requested to buy thirty (30) Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS-JTRS). The following non-MDE items will also be included: advanced data transfer systems; external fuel tanks; AN/AAS 44C(V) forward looking infrared (FLIR) systems; an operator machine interface assistant; spare containers; facilities study, design, construction and support; support and test equipment; munitions; integration and test support; spare and repair parts; intermediate and depot-level repair capabilities and associated spares; communications equipment; software development, delivery and support, including Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS); Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) equipment; publications and technical documentation; personnel training and training equipment; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, including Navy Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) repair capabilities and Performance Based Logistics (PBL); studies and surveys; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated total program cost is $1.17bn. This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by helping to strengthen the United States-India strategic relationship and improving the security of a major defense partner which continues to be an important force for political stability, peace, and economic progress in the Indo-Pacific and South Asia regions. The proposed sale will improve the Government of India’s capability to deter current and future threats by upgrading anti-submarine warfare capabilities. India will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment and services into its armed forces. The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region. The principal contractor will be Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, located in Owego, NY. The purchaser typically requests offsets. Any offset agreement will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser and the contractor. (Source: ASD Network)
02 Dec 24. Japan selects T-6 for primary trainer programme. Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has selected the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II turboprop aircraft as the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s (JASDF’s) next-generation basic trainer platform. An MoD notice issued on 29 November said the T-6 was selected for the JASDF requirement ahead of three other bidders. It said the T-6 was proposed by Kanematsu Corporation, the Japanese partner of the aircraft’s manufacturer, Textron Aviation Defence. (Source: Janes)
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