Tag Archives: Turkey

Executives at L3 Technologies said a potential $500M contract the company won from the Air Force to update the avionics systems of 176 C-130H airlifters is one of the signs of the company's cultural shift through its adoption of “innovation sprints,“ Defense One reported Sunday.

Jacobs announced on Thursday that Georgette Kiser and Barbara Loughran have been elected to the company's Board of Directors. Loughran will serve on the Audit Committee of the Board and Kiser has been appointed to the Human Resource & Compensation Committee.

Turkey, a parts supplier for the F-35 program, will receive its first delivery of the aircraft on June 21, with a second one to follow after, AA reported Friday. The deliveries follow orders Turkey made in 2014 for two F-35 units that are scheduled for deployment by 2019. The U.S. …

Turkey-based Aselsan will begin the serial production of towed guns, air-defense systems, airburst ammunition and a fire-control center for the Turkish military under a contract with the country's defense procurement agency, Defense News reported Jan. 18. The report said Aselsan's indigenous air-defense gun system platoon is programmed to perform low-altitude air-defense operations to …

Raytheon has received a one-year, $37.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to support the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile design agent. The modification exercises options under a previously awarded ESSM program support contract and covers missile technical engineering and in-service support, the Defense Department said Wednesday. ESSM is an international …

Pakistan’s navy has begun to purchase new warships as part of an effort to replace six Type 21 frigates that the country acquired from the U.K. in the 1990s, Defense News reported Wednesday. The report said Pakistan awarded a contract in June 2017 for a Chinese Type 054A Jiangkai II frigate, …

Symantec has found that a cyber espionage group dubbed Dragonfly has re-emerged since late 2015 and has begun to launch cyber attacks on the energy sector in some countries in Europe and North America. The company said Wednesday the Dragonfly group that started in 2011 has made attempts to gain …

Raytheon has received a $64.6 million contract option from the U.S. Air Force to update the guidance section of a company-built air-to-air missile system. The Defense Department said Thursday Raytheon will continue to support form, fit, function and refresh efforts for the Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile‘s guidance segment. The contract includes foreign …

Harris has been selected to provide a voice over internet protocol communication system in support of an air traffic management program in Turkey. The company said Thursday it will provide the cloud-based Voice Communication System for the 21st Century platform for Turkey’s air navigation service provider known as Devlet Hava Meydanlari Isletmesi. Harris will install VCS21 system at seven facilities …

MEADS International, a joint venture between MBDA‘s German and Italian units and Lockheed Martin, has proposed a customized partnership with Turkey to develop the country's first long-range air and missile defense system, Defense News reported Wednesday. Burak Ege Bekdil writes MEADS representatives have visited Turkey in previous months for preliminary talks …

BAE Systems and Turkish Aerospace Industries have inked a “Heads of Agreement” deal to collaborate on the first phase of a fighter jet development program for Turkey’s air force ahead of a potential $125 million contract. BAE said Saturday the deal follows a pre-contract study phase where the company worked with TAI …

XLA has secured a potential five-year, $25 million contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to support USAID’s operations across the Middle East and North Africa. The company said Monday it will provide acquisition and assistance, administrative and financial management, technical sector and program office support services to USAID’s …

Turkey's defense procurement authority has agreed to purchase a second batch of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jets, Defense News reported Monday. Burak Ege Bekdil writes the country's procurement and military officials expect to complete a dual-fighter jet fleet comprised of the F-35 and an indigenous aircraft called TFX by 2023. Turkey …

The Netherlands’ defense materiel organization has awarded Raytheon a direct commercial sales contract of undisclosed value to provide a new operator-machine interface upgrade for the country’s integrated air and missile defense system. Raytheon said Thursday it will update the Netherlands’ Patriot IAMD system through the company-built Modern Man Station user interface that works …

Atlantic CommTech Corp. has won a $36.5 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force modernize the service branch’s Weapon Storage and Security System and Alarm Communication and Display. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform sustainment upgrades to the WS3 cryptographic platform that works to encrypt the system’s alarm data. ACT-Corp will also …