The Lockheed Martin/ Northrop Grumman Longbow joint venture has received a $46 million contract to provide fire-control radars to Kuwait for 16 BoeingAH-64DApache Longbow attack helicopters ordered late last year.
CAE has won a one-year, C$18 million ($13 million) extension to its contract to provide engineering support services for Canadian Forces' Boeing CF-18s.
Hondo, Texas-based Mission Technologies is to provide three Buster mini-unmanned air vehicles to the US Army. The mini-UAV is a 4.5kg (10lb) joined-wing vehicle with 4h endurance and 1.5kg payload.
Saab Bofors Dynamics is to develop and produce the proximity fuse for the MBDA Meteor medium-range air-to-air missile programme.
Rolls-Royce is to investigate combustor, hot-section, fuels, materials and control technologies for future high-performance, low-emissions engines under a $13.3 million USAir Force Research Laboratory contract.
Raytheon is to continue development of the Standard SM-3 sea-based ballistic-missile defence system under an $881.4 million US Navy contract, including manufacture of the first five of 20 exoatmospheric interceptors to be deployed on Aegis warships in 2005. SM-3 is a Standard surface-to-air missile with third-stage motor, GPS guidance and kinetic warhead.
Bell Boeing has won a $61 million contract to convert a low-rate initial production MV-22 tiltrotor transport into an additional flight-test aircraft for the US Air Force's CV-22 special-operations version.
Telephonics is to supply open-architecture integrated radio-management systems for 45 Boeing C-17 transports under a three-year contract worth $38 million.
Hitco Carbon Composites is to manufacture the first-stage rocket nozzle for the Israel Aircraft Industries Arrow II tactical ballistic-missile interceptor as a subcontractor to ATK Composites under the US/Israeli Arrow enhanced components production programme.
Russian reports say six RSK MiG-29 fighters will be sold to Tanzania for around $50 million.
Source: Flight International
