Lockheed Martin Australia has signed a new five year contract with Defence for ongoing sustainment of the Tactical Air Defence Radar System (TADRS), which is used by the Royal Australian Air Force for air surveillance operations.
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July 2020 news
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Lockheed Martin Australia has signed a new five year contract with Defence for ongoing sustainment of the Tactical Air Defence Radar System (TADRS), which is used by the Royal Australian Air Force for air surveillance operations.
On July 6, the US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Indonesia of eight MV-22 Block C Osprey aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2 billion.
Today, at the airfield “Colonel-Pilot Milenko Pavlović” in Batajnica, President of the Republic and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces Aleksandar Vučić attended a presentation of new unmanned aerial vehicles CH-92A of the Serbian Armed Forces, capable of delivering attack by laser-guided missiles on targets on the ground. Their acquisition significantly enhanced reconnaissance capability from the air. Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces General Milan Mojsilović was also present at the presentation.
On July 2, India's Ministry of Defence signed off on the purchase of 33 Russian fighter jets: 21 MiG-29 and 12 Su-30 MKI. This purchase also inludes upgrades to 59 others fighters and worth $2.4bn
Trials of the upgraded fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet will begin in the summer of 2022. It is officially called second-phase Su-57. Besides a completely new engine, the jet will get new avionics. The R&D is to end in late 2024 and the production of the upgraded fighter jet will begin. The gradual introduction of improvements into sophisticated combat jets has become a usual practice in Russia and abroad, the Izvestia daily writes.
Russian Commando helicopters will get universal protection. The onboard defense of Mi-8AMTSh-VN will protect against missiles, grenade launchers and firearms. It will detect radars and adversary air defense. The complex will be able to set smokescreens to cover airborne assault and evacuate soldiers. Experts believe the equipment is necessary for other helicopters to decrease losses from manpad fire, the Izvestia daily writes.
According to Hindustan Times, the armed forces of India intend to acquire American-made Predator-B reconnaissance and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Predator-B (MQ-9 Reaper).
The Finnish Border Guardwilloperate the CAMCOPTER S-100 for maritime surveillance purposes. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) service is offered by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and will also extend to Estonia and Sweden.
According to a photo uploaded by Kępanowski on Instagram on July 1st, first S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters (CUHs) of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) are soon to be delivered.
The UVH -170 unmanned helicopter of UAVOS continues to prove its value to mountainous areas operations by flying surveillance missions at an altitude of 16,400 ft (5,000 m). The UVH-170 has successfully conducted its first high altitude flight reaching out to the height of 16,400 ft (5,000 m).
Sierra Nevada Corp., Centennial, Colorado, was awarded a $700,000,000 fixed-price-award-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, time-and-materials and cost-reimbursement-no-fee contract (H92408-20-C-0004) in support of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the development and procurement of Radio Frequency Countermeasure (RFCM) systems.
The U.S. Army took delivery of the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System – Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (EMARSS-V) surveillance aircraft prototype at the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)’s Hagerstown, Maryland facility on June 30.
The NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF), with support from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), marked a significant milestone recently in the System Level Performance Verification with the completion of a nine-hour training and test flight conducted for the first time under control of NAGSF trained pilots.
On June 30, FLIR Systems, Inc.announced it has been awarded a $10 million contract to deliver dozens of its SkyRaider Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps.