British defense contractor Babcock International said it has secured a five-year contract extension from the U.K. Ministry of Defence worth about $1.3 billion to support the British Army’s operational readiness. The contract extension will directly support London’s Defence Industrial Strategy and contribute significantly to the U.K.’s economic growth, the company said Wednesday. The Defence Support...
Category: Contract Awards
Lockheed Martin Unit to Modify Israeli CH-53K Helicopters
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin business, has secured a contract from Israel’s Ministry of Defense to modify 12 CH-53K Pere helicopters, integrating systems used by the Israeli Air Force. Once completed and delivered, the aircraft will replace the nation’s Yas’ur heavy transport fleet. According to the ministry, the CH-53Ks are already at Sikorsky’s Stratford, Connecticut, facility....
Airbus to Deliver 4 H145s to New Zealand Air Ambulance Provider
Airbus has received an order from New Zealand’s Search and Rescue Services Ltd for four H145 helicopters. The order is part of SRSL parent Central Air Ambulance Rescue Ltd’s expansion of its emergency medical services operations. The new units will join the air emergency services’ fleet of H145 and BK117 aircraft. SRSL, as the operational...
Planet Labs to Support Greek Small Satellite Initiative Under ESA Deal
Earth imaging firm Planet Labs has secured a contract from the European Space Agency to deliver Earth observation data to support Greece’s development of a national satellite program. Made on behalf of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance, the transaction will be funded by Recovery and Resilience Fund Greece 2.0. Dimitris Bliziotis, Earth observation officer...
QinetiQ Partners With Muru on Australia’s Defense Aviation Safety Services
Global defense and security company QinetiQ has partnered with Muru Management Consulting to work on a contract award valued about $30 million for strategic support services to Australia’s Defence Aviation Safety Authority. According to QinetiQ, the contract calls for the partners’ pooled efforts to help boost the Australian defense sector’s aviation safety through policy and...
New Zealand Taps CAE for C-130J Aircrew Training
CAE, a Montreal-based simulation technology company, has received a contract from the New Zealand Defence Force to provide management, engineering, and maintenance services to the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s C-130J weapon systems trainer. The training activities under the Simulator Through Life Support contract will occur at the RNZAF No. 40 Squadron facilities in Auckland,...
Teledyne FLIR Defense to Equip Saudi Customer With Next-Gen Mobile Surveillance Solution
Teledyne FLIR Defense has received a $7.8 million contract from Saudi Arabia’s Middle East Task Company to deliver a lightweight vehicle surveillance system to a military customer in the country. The award also covers mission support equipment and training support. FLIR Defense’s LVSS platform is a next-generation surveillance solution designed to keep military bases, infrastructure...
Frequentis to Deliver Multidomain Communication System for Australia’s Battle Management Tool
Frequentis business C4i has received a contract from Lockheed Martin Australia to deliver multi-domain communication systems for the Australian Defence Force’s next-generation AIR6500 Joint Air Battle Management System. Throughout the contract’s eight-month performance period, the two companies will work to produce a sovereign voice communication system with a human-machine interface that could connect to Joint...
RTX’s Raytheon Awarded $141M Navy Contract Modification for Missile Spares
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded RTX’s Raytheon a $141 million contract modification to provide Standard Missile-2 production spares. The firm-fixed-price award supports purchases for the governments of Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Spain and Germany under the Foreign Military Sales program. According to a Department of Defense notice, work under the contract action...
Thales, Naval Group to Equip Upcoming Dutch Submarines With Sonar Suite
Thales, a multinational aerospace and defense company based in France, has signed an agreement with Naval Group to supply a comprehensive sonar suite for installation on the Royal Netherlands Navy’s upcoming Orka-class submarines. The sonar suite will feature several high-performance acoustic sensors, including an intercept array, an underwater voice communication system, and bow, flank and...










