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Massachusetts-based Charles Stark Draper Laboratory has been awarded a five-year, $53.5m contract from the US Navy to produce the Mk6 guidance system for Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missiles. The lab will also support failure verification, test, repair and recertification of inertial measurement units, electronic assemblies and electronic modules. The ...

General Dynamics European Land Systems has been awarded a contract to deliver a fifth batch of additional PIRANHA III 8×8 wheeled armoured vehicles to the Romanian Armed Forces. The contract, signed in December 2016, is part of the Army’s plan to modernise its legacy wheeled AV fleet. With more than ...

Rolls-Royce has secured a $73.6m task order to sustain the propulsion systems of the USAF’s fleet of C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. The DoD announced that the company is also set to provide inventory control point management, repair, sustaining engineering and technical data support services under the order. Work will ...

Atlas Elektronik GmbH has received an order from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) for the modernisation of three Frankenthal Class minehunting vessels in service with the German Navy. The €78.5m contract was signed at a ceremony in Koblenz.