Boeing has been contracted to comprehensively upgrade the Spanish CH-47D Chinook helicopter fleet and introduce the more modern F-model configuration. 17 Chinooks are to be upgraded by Boeing, bringing digital automatic flight control systems, common avionics architecture and advanced cargo handling capability to the Spanish fleet. As the first order placed by ...
The US Army has awarded a contract worth $335 million to General Dynamics Land Systems to deliver 12 prototype vehicles for the Mobile Protected Firepower program. The medium-weight, large-calibre MPF combat vehicle will support infantry brigades. The vehicles are required to be highly lethal, survivable and mobile. The contract has Low Rate ...
The US Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $376 million for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) phase of the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program and rapid prototyping effort with low-rate initial production options. BAE Systems’ solution combines new technology with proven capability to provide the Infantry ...
Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida has begun its long-term recovery in the aftermath of October’s catastrophic Hurricane Michael. “We will rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base,” vowed Vice President Mike Pence during a visit to the disaster struck facility. Already, a number of significant operations are scheduled to resume in the ...