Day: February 1, 2019

The first two KC-46A Pegasus aircraft have arrived at McConnell Air Force Base (AFB), a US Air Force spokesperson has announced. McConnell AFB was designated main operating base for the Pegasus in 2014, and US Air Force personnel have been making preparations ever since. In anticipation, a small army of contractors have assembled three KC-46 […]

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BAE Systems’ Land UK business has won a contract to supply 155mm Smoke and Illuminating artillery rounds to the Ministry of Defence. The contract, competed globally through the MOD tender process, is initially valued at £16m and offers the customer flexibility to add additional quantities in later years. For the shell body, BAE Systems will […]

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The US Marine Corps has awarded Harris Corporation a $75 million order to provide MUOS (Mobile User Objective System) narrowband satellite communication upgrades to the service’s Falcon III AN/PRC-117G manpack radio fleet. Harris has continued to invest in the development and deployment of MUOS and other advanced waveforms to add capability to the widely deployed AN/PRC-117G family of […]

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