Military & Defense

Pratt & Whitney has awarded a contract to Multicut A/S to manufacture F135 engine components. The F135 engine is the propulsion system for the fifth generation F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Multicut A/S, a precision component manufacturer located in Vildjberg, Denmark, has received this award for F135 engine components. This 10-year long term procurement agreement signals […]

AAR released that Military Sealift Command (MSC) has exercised a one-year renewal option for its Airlift division to perform vertical replenishment (VERTREP) services for the U.S. Navy’s 5th and 7th Fleets in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. The one-year renewal is valued at approximately US$14m. The contract was awarded to AAR Airlift Group in

Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., has been awarded a contract from Tinker Air Force Base to provide an improved Antiskid Brake Control System for the U.S. Air Force fleet of B-52H Stratofortress aircraft. The award is part of the Air Force B-52 System Improvements, a comprehensive project to ensure B-52 viability

The U.S. Navy accepted the first MH-60R helicopter slated for Denmark from Lockheed Martin in a ceremony today at the Lockheed Martin facility in Owego, New York. Manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft and provided with advanced mission systems and sensors by Lockheed Martin, the MH-60R is operational and deployed as the primary U.S. Navy anti-submarine and

Lockheed Martin successfully completed the maiden flight of the F-16V. The October 16th flight marks the first time an F-16 has flown with Northrop Grumman’s advanced APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), which will deliver a quantum leap in capability for the venerable F-16. The F-16V “Viper” advanced avionics configuration

The US Air Force will begin updating its C-130 transport fleet with the Rolls-Royce T56 Series 3.5 engine upgrade after awarding a US$36m contract. Series 3.5 kit deliveries will begin in December 2015 and introduce the engine improvements into USAF and US Air National Guard C-130s. The Series 3.5 upgrade kits are already demonstrating success

Cobham has received a series of orders from BAE Systems for microelectronic products totaling approximately US$51m for the F-35 Lightning II platform. The work will be performed by Cobham Microelectronic Solutions, a business unit of the Cobham Advanced Electronics Solutions sector. Cobham’s offering for the recent orders on the F-35 platform includes microelectronic components and

Avcorp Industries has been awarded its first purchase contract from Lockheed Martin. The scope of this agreement will complement Avcorp’s existing manufacturing of the F-35 Carrier Variant (“CV”) Outboard Wing (“OBW”) integrated assembly. Avcorp has been manufacturing OBW assemblies under a long-term contract with BAE Systems since 2011. The additional Lockheed Martin purchase contract will

L-3 Communications has been awarded a US$30m contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to missionize two C-130J aircraft using a next-generation mission system suite. The total value of the contract, with all options exercised, is approximately US$93m. Work will be performed by L-3 Platform Integration in Waco, Texas. The government-owned mission system was developed jointly

Lightweight metals leader Alcoa has won a contract to supply titanium for Lockheed Martin’s (LMT) F-35 Lightning II aircraft program, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Under the contract, Alcoa becomes the titanium supplier for airframe structures for all three variants of the F-35 over nine years, from 2016 to 2024. At current