* The Royal Norwegian Air Force has exercised an option to purchase additional Lockheed Martin Pantera targeting pods for its F-16s, following the completion of first lot deliveries last August.
* General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is to produce seven more MQ-1L Predator unmanned air vehicles for the US Air Force under a $22 million contract.
* Under a $29 million contract, Lockheed Martin is to modify one US Air National Guard C-130J by late 2006 to the Super J configuration in preparation for future conversion to the EC-130J Commando Solo information-warfare configuration. Options exist to modify a further two aircraft.
* Northrop Grumman has selected Canada's Dy 4 Systems to supply single-board data processors and Australia's Cablex to provide semi-rigid radio-frequency cables for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's APG-81 radar.
* Honeywell is to produce 69 embedded global positioning/inertial navigation systems to upgrade Taiwan's Bell AH-1Ws under a $5.3 million contract.
* The UK's Vega Group has received a £2.6 million ($4.8 million) contract to provide an F-16 technician training package for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
* Northrop Grumman will install satellite communications on three French navy E-2C Hawkeyes under a $6.6 million contract.
* Honeywell will provide Astreon streamlined dual-mode anti-collision lights and retractable wingtip landing lights for the US Air Force's and UK Royal Air Force's inventory and new-build Boeing C-17 transports. AAI will meanwhile upgrade USAF C-17 maintenance training devices under a $23.5 million contract.
* BAE Systems will upgrade 118 ALQ-157 omni-directional infrared countermeasures systems for US Marine Corps Boeing CH-46s under a $6.6 million contract.
* ThalesRaytheonSystems has received US Army contracts worth almost $80 million to provide 20 additional MPQ-64 Sentinel air-defence radar modernisation kits and spare parts for its Firefinder radars.
Source: Flight International
