Cobham Mission Systems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to equip new F/A-18 combat jets with GGU-12 oxygen concentrators and CRU-99 oxygen monitors. “Cobham appreciates this continued show of confidence in the performance of our oxygen life support equipment,” said Jason Apelquist, senior vice president of business development and strategy, Cobham Mission Systems.
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Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has landed a potential five-year, $325M contract to repair a forward-looking infrared targeting pod used on the U.S. Navy's F/A-18 Hornet jets.
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Germany plans to buy 45 Boeing-built (NYSE: BA) fighter jets as part of the country's military aircraft modernization efforts, Bloomberg reported Sunday.
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A new McAleese & Associates report says Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business reported $6.6B in sales for the second quarter of 2019, showing an 8 percent increase from the same period last year.
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) received a potential two-year, $163.9M amendment under a U.S. Navy contract for aircraft service life modification work. The company said Friday it will continue to modernize the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet jets and establish a second SLM line under the program. Establishment of a San Antonio-based line …
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Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) space and airborne systems business has received a potential five-year, $98.6M contract to fix 25 weapon repairable assemblies for AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars used on the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 aircraft fleet. Work under the sole-source contract, which has a $57.9M initial value, is initially scheduled …
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a potential three-year, $4.04B contract modification to provide 78 F/A-18 Super Hornet jets with Block III configuration to the U.S. Navy. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the contract will fund the full-rate production of 61 F/A-18Es and 17 F/A-18Fs for fiscal year 2018 through fiscal …
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Harris (NYSE: HRS) has received a $168.8M contract modification to provide additional integrated countermeasure systems and other components for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 multirole combat jets. The Navy exercised an option under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract to buy 78 Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures Onboard Jammer systems as part of the program’s …
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Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential five-year, $88.4M contract to update the sensors of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 fighter jets and EA-18G electronic attack planes. The company will incorporate tactical features into the aircraft sensor system and investigate hardware and software anomalies under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of …
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) has landed a potential five-year, $307.5M delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide integrated product support for F/A-18 aircraft variants operated by the U.S. Navy and foreign military sales customers. The sole-source order falls under a basic ordering agreement and contains one base year along with four option years, …
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