The Thai Army is to acquire two Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopters in a US foreign military sale valued at around $20 million. BAE Systems has been awarded a $11.7 million contract to integrate the Broach warhead into the Raytheon AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW). BAE will subcontract Thales Missile Electronics and the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $10.8 million US Navy contract to integrate Broach into JSOW. Trimble has received a $2.7 million Boeing contract to provide its TA-12 GPS satellite navigation receiver for the US Air Force KC-10A global air traffic management upgrade. The TA-12 operates in both civil standard and military precise positioning modes. California Microwave Systems, a Northrop Grumman subsidiary, has won a $10 million US Army contract for a sixth RC-7B Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Multifunction surveillance aircraft. Delivery is expected within two years. Ultra Electronics has won an order from Boeing to qualify its HiPPAG 500 on-board compressors on the F-15E. HiPPAG will replace pyrotechnic ejection on weapons carriage systems. The US Navy has taken a $14.2 million option for one Fire Scout vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) System, its support equipment, data, and initial training for the VTUAV Program Office with Northrop Grumman Ryan Aeronautical Center. Raytheon has been awarded a $177.3 million US Department of Defense contract for 426 AIM-120 AMRAAM, 332 spare fins, 233 warranties, four instrumentation units and spares. The USAF will receive 170 missiles and warranties, the USN 63 missiles and warranties, and 332 spare fins. Japan, Singapore and Taiwan will receive between them 193 missiles, 73 warranties, software upgrades, and four instrumentation units.
Source: Flight International
