Army Buys Javelin Support

July 14, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, Lockheed Martin, Press Releases, Raytheon, Services, U.S. Army, logistics, production program 

The U.S. Army contracted with the Javelin Joint Venture to buy spares and support for the advanced anti-tank missile. This company is owned by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon and provides production and support for the system. The total contract value over the next five years is about $300 million.

The Javelin provides man portable anti-tank defense for U.S. Army and Marine troops. It may also be used to attack buildings or dug in enemy troops. By utilizing a pop-up attack profile the missile attacks the weaker, top armor of vehicles. Like all of these kind of systems it is expensive and as such the U.S. began introducing older man packed systems, like the Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW), in Iraq to attack buildings.

As with a great deal of modern U.S. equipment the Javelin was designed to counter the large Warsaw Pact forces in Europe that never had to be fought. It has been adapted to the situation and requirements since 9/11.

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Raytheon to Upgrade Radars on F-18 Aircraft

May 28, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, IT, Military Aviation, Raytheon, Services, U.S. Navy, production program 

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a contract to retrofit new AN/APG-79 advanced radars on older F-18 aircraft. The APG-79 is an advanced, electronic beam scanning radar. This allows the radar to be steered digitally rather then mechanically like older systems. The radar provides a more reliable, higher resolution and longer range system then previous equipment.

The contract is worth almost $60 million and will be installed on F-18E/F Super Hornets already in service with the Navy. Raytheon has been providing the APG-79 to Boeing as it delivers the new aircraft over the last few years. 134 radars have been provided for new construction and with this contract 38 total aircraft will be retrofitted. The current plan is to retrofit 133 existing aircraft.

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Canadian Frigate Upgrade Goes International

May 8, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Canada, Contract Awards, Countries, Elbit, Elbit Systems, Events, IT, India, Israel, production program 

The Canadian Navy is conducting a modernization program for their Halifax class frigates. Lockheed Martin Canada has won the contract to upgrade the electronics and command and control systems on board the ships. As part of this that company awarded the Israeli based Elbit Systems subsidiary, Elisra Systems, a contract for electronic warfare equipment.

That contract is worth about $55 million. Israel has had to develop a fairly sophisticated indigenous arms industry that covers all aspects from large weapon systems to small arms to electronics. In the last few years those companies have started to win foreign contracts. India recently has turned to Israel for an Airborne Early Warning (EAW) system. This contract demonstrates how capable the Israeli industry is, and is probably a sign of more such contracts to come.

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New Variant of JSOW Begins Production

March 20, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, Military Aviation, Raytheon, Services, U.S. Navy, development program, production program 

Raytheon received a contract from the U.S. Navy to begin production of the newest variant of the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW). PR Newswire has the company’s press release on this $106 million contract. The contract pays for transition from the current JSOW C to the JSOW C-1. The C-1 adds a data link and ability to engage moving targets. The JSOW utilizes GPS for guidance and is integrated on various aircraft such as the F-16 and F/A-18. The JSOW will also be utilized by the upcoming F-35. Raytheon will build 350 systems with test equipment under the contract.

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Israel Buys More UAV’s

January 26, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Contract Awards, Countries, Elbit, Events, Israel, Military Aviation, production program 

Fresh off the recent successful use of UAV in support of operations against Hamas in Gaza, the Israeli government awarded Elbit Systems a contract for more Skylark 1 systems.  The press release is carried at PRNewswire.com.  The contract will also buy logistics support and training for the system. The value of the contract is about $40 million.

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Malaysia orders joint US – French air defense surveillance system

April 21, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, Raytheon, RaytheonThalesSystems, development program, production program 

The Malaysian government ordered from RaytheonThalesSystems an upgraded air defense surveillance and control system for the country. See the story here. The system will be based on a central command and control facility designed and built by Raytheon for the US and Canada. Thales will make a long range radar in France to provide surveillance and data to the command center. No details on the size of the contract were announced.

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Army awards ammunition contract to alliance

April 14, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Alliant Techsystems, Allied Defense Group, Contract Awards, U.S. Army, production program 

Alliant Tech Systems (ATK) and Allied Defense Group won a contract from the US Army to provide 105 mm main gun ammunition. See the press release here. The ammo will be for the Stryker Main Gun System, which is a Stryker wheeled vehicle with a 105 mm gun in a low profile turret. This has been deployed to Iraq to provide the Stryker units some heavy firepower. The contract is worth $7.4 M over two years. ATK is a company that was created when Honeywell spun off some of their defense business and it later acquired Hercules Aviation and Thiokol Propulsion. For more on the company see this.

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