SDArabia

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Replace Aging ICBM System

Air Force

September 9, 2020 0

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was selected by the U.S. Air Force to modernize the nation’s aging intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system under a $13.3 billion contract awarded today for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase [...]

3rd Manama Air Power Symposium to be Held as Virtual Event

Events

August 31, 2020 0

The third Manama Air Power Symposium (MAPS 2020) scheduled to take place on November 17 has been turned into a virtual conference at the request of the Royal Bahrain Air Force command. Presentations of speakers will be live streamed [...]

Air Force

What kind of industrial cooperation will improved Israel-UAE relations produce?

August 29, 2020 0

Analysts are looking forward to potential cooperation among the defense industries of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, following the Aug. 13 announcement that the two countries are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal. “It [...]

Analysis

Q&A with RTX Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President Mark E. Russell

August 28, 2020 0

Exclusive Interview – SDArabia Mark E. Russell, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Raytheon Technologies Back in April 2020, Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation finalized their merger to officially form “Raytheon Technologies [...]

Uncategorized

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, RAFAEL team to establish U.S.-based Iron Dome Weapon System production facility

August 3, 2020 0

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (RTX: NYSE) business, and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., an Israeli-based defense technology company, have signed a joint venture to establish an Iron Dome Weapon System production facility [...]

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F-35 Proposal to Canada Submitted

July 31, 2020 0

On July 30, the U.S government submitted the Request for Proposal (RFP) response for the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) built F-35 to Canada in support of their Future Fighter Capability Project. Canada has been a valued partner since the [...]

Analysis

Israel’s Preventive War Against Iran: Past Successes & Likely Future Failure

July 23, 2020 0

Riad Kahwaji, INEGMA Iran has been experiencing a series of incidents that involved strategic sites which raised a great deal of speculations about its causes and who could be behind it. The targets have varied [...]

Naval

NAVIRIS TO DEVELOP THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE MID-LIFE UPGRADE OF THE HORIZON FRIGATES

July 23, 2020 0

Genova, July 22, 2020 – Today, Naviris, the 50/50 owned joint venture by Fincantieri and Naval Group, has signed a contract with OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) for a feasibility study on the mid-life upgrade (MLU) [...]

Air Force

INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY COLLABORATION ON FUTURE COMBAT AIR CAPABILITY TAKES A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD

July 22, 2020 0

UK, Sweden and Italy have begun trilateral industry discussions to strengthen collaboration between the three nations, as they develop world-leading future combat air capability. The new trilateral framework, sees industry from the three nations bringing [...]

Air Force

LEONARDO DRS AWARDED $120 MILLION CONTRACT FOR DAIRCM AIRCRAFT PROTECTION SYSTEMS

July 21, 2020 0

Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has received a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command to provide engineering design and test hardware for AN/AAQ-45 Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasure (DAIRCM) advanced aircraft protection [...]