1 septembre 2021 | International, Aérospatial
L3Harris Flies ARES Surveillance Aircraft Demonstrator
The ARES demonsatrator will help the U.S. Army decide on how best to replace its fleet of aging RC-12 Guardrail aircraft.
16 janvier 2020 | International, Terrestre
Raytheon awarded $9M to maintain HARM weapons for Morocco, Turkey, U.S.
ByChristen McCurdy
Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Raytheon inked a $9 million deal to maintain high-speed anti-radiation missiles, known as HARM, for the Air Force, the government of Morocco and the government of Turkey, according to the Pentagon.
The agreement funds repair and sustainment services for 155 missiles owned by Turkey, Morocco and the United States.
The AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missile is a joint U.S. Navy and Air Force program developed by the Navy and Raytheon..
The 800-pound missile can operate in preemptive, missile-as-sensor and self-protect modes and was developed to suppress or destroy surface-to-air missile radar and radar-directed air defense systems
In July Raytheon received $17.8 million to develop computers to launch HARM weapons, and in 2017 in the contractor was awarded $17 million to deliver a targeting system for the program.
Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $251,665, and Air Force funds in the amount of $8.24 million are obligated at the time of the award.
Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be completed in December 2020.
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Abu Dhabi's dilemma: Will the UAE ever operate the F-35?
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From the Spider to the Griffo, Leonardo launches radar and comms systems
By: Andrew C. Jarocki WASHINGTON--Leonardo announced a host of new defense systems, including a communications intelligence system and a radar array. The Italian contractor unveiled the new offerings at the 2018 Farnborough Air Show in the U.K. The ‘Spider' communications intelligence system promises to “detect, intercept, identify and geo-locate complex target communcations” in real time, according to the company. The array, designed to fit on drones or manned aircraft, weighs less than 20kg (44 lbs) and fits in a 1.5 x 0.5 x 0.5m pod. The Griffo E-Scan system, the latest model of electronically-scanning radars, uses a matrix of hundreds of tiny radar modules to ‘steer' an electronic beam, rather than the radar physically moving to point a beam at a target. This allows the beam to move quickly and for “the radar to perform multiple tasks simultaneously" according to a company announcement. https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/farnborough/2018/07/16/from-the-spider-to-the-griffo-leonardo-launches-radar-and-comms-systems/