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DPRTE Engage partner Lockheed Martin wins Swiss contract for Indago 3 UAS

Air August 7, 2020

DPRTE Engage partner, Lockheed Martin, has been contracted by the Armasuisse for a fleet of Indago 3 small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), with options for spares, training and tech support and additional systems for the Swiss Army. Indago provides aerial reconnaissance in environments unreachable by normal fixed-wing, unmanned aircraft systems. The first phase ...

GA-EMS chosen for US Space Force EO/IR EWS prototype satellite program

Air August 5, 2020

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been selected for the United States Space Force Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program under the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC). GA-EMS will design and manufacture a prototype spacecraft, integrate the EWS payload and provide on-orbit mission control services to support the collection of ...

Meggitt PLC signs contract for supply of fuel bladders

Air August 4, 2020

Meggitt PLC  has received a three year continuation contract with Northrop Grumman Corporation for the supply of fuel bladders on the F/A-18 Super Hornet. The contract, which will see the Company supply fuel bladders to the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft is valued at around $20 million and deliveries are scheduled to commence ...

President of Lithuania visits RAF personnel at Siauliai Air Base

Air August 3, 2020

The President of Lithuania has visited 135 Expeditionary Air Wing, currently serving at Siauliai Air Base conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission, to thank them for their activities. President Nausėda was accompanied by Raimundas Karoblis, the Minister of National Defence, and Major General Gintautas Zenkevičius, Chief of Defence Staff. The President and ...