In December 2018, Sweden awarded a $692.9m contract to Raytheon through the US Army’s FMS programme for the production and delivery of an undisclosed number of Patriot fire units, along with GEM-T interceptor missiles. It received the first Patriot unit during a handover ceremony in November ...
US Army seeks 120 AH-6 helos for Saudi Arabia and other FMS customersThe US Army has issued a request for information (RFI) for up to 120 Boeing AH-6 light attack and...Gareth JenningsJane's Defence Weekly
The US Joint System Program Office at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida manages the ground-launched AMRAAM common launcher programme for the US Army and US Marine Corps. The AIM-120 AMRAAM missile is in full production at Raytheon’s manufacturing facility in Tucson, Arizona. Raytheon announced th...
US Army looks to acquire Bell helicopters for government and FMS customers The US Army is looking to acquire up to 150 Bell Helicopter rotorcraft for transfer to other US...Jane's Defence WeeklyGareth Jennings
724 firm-fixed-price contract for advanced helicopter flight training services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed at Fort Novosel, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2025. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the ...
By 1914, when the Army first began to acquire tractor-engined aircraft, the official serial number began to be painted in large block figures on both sides of the fuselage or on the rudder. These numbers were so large that they could be easily seen and recognized from a considerable distance...
A Patriot Missile Defense System in Croatia, 2021 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alexandra Shea/DVIDS).In response to the Communist Chinese Air Force’s heightened aggression toward Taiwanese airspace in recent weeks, the United States has now approved a $100 million sale of an upgrade package fo...
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The first four of six M777 systems were supplied by the USMC to the Canadian Army in December 2005 under a foreign military sales (FMS) contract. The systems were deployed to Afghanistan in February 2006. A further six systems have been ordered and are in service. In June 2008, Canada req...