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Saab to provide Gripen support and maintenance operations

Air July 1, 2020

Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces to provide support and maintenance services for Gripen from 1 July 2020 to 31 March 2021. The order, worth MSEK 687, is a nine month extension of a contract signed with FMV ...

RAF flights to take UK aid-funded supplies to Africa to tackle coronavirus

Air June 30, 2020

The first of a series of Royal Air Force flights taking medical supplies to Africa to help fight the coronavirus pandemic departed at the weekend. The RAF C-17 took off from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire on a journey funded by the Department For International Development. The transport aircraft was carrying a ...

Northrop Grumman continues support for USAF infrared countermeasures systems

Air June 30, 2020

Northrop Grumman has been awarded an order to provide Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems and support to the US Air Force. The $151.3 million award was received as part of an existing indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. “Northrop Grumman has been providing infrared threat protection to the US Air Force for ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne hits milestone on THAAD weapon system

Air June 30, 2020

Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered the 600th Boost Motor and the 600th Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system, one of the United States’ primary defences against short-, medium-, and intermediate-range missiles. A land-based element of the Missile Defense Agency’s Missile Defense system, ...