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Jacobs Engineering has been awarded a contract to extend and increase the value of the Engineering and Science Services and Skills Augmentation (ESSSA) contract at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The modification is for a 10-month option and has a potential value of $246m.

Australia has been chosen to provide maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade for the componentry of the Joint Strike Fighter in the Asia Pacific region worth US$100m to the country’s economy. The announcement follows a trip to Washington DC by Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne, who met with key Pentagon officials to push Australia’s ...

German integrated photonics group Jenoptik will supply spare components for the Patriot integrated air and missile defence system as part of a deal worth more than $35m with the US Government. The contract includes the delivery of spare parts for electric generators, which provide energy to the defence system, as well as ...

The US State Department has approved the UK’s request to buy US$1bn in General Atomics-built Predator B remotely piloted aircraft and related support under a Foreign Military Sales agreement. The UK Government asked to procure up to 26 Predator B drones, 12 ground control stations, 25 multi-spectral targeting systems and 25 AN/APY-8 ...