EADS is negotiating a follow-on contract with Germany's acquisition authorities to supply a further 14 AN/AAR-60 MILDS missile warner shipsets to equip German army Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters. Two CH-53s are operating with the system – which comprises four sensors per aircraft – in Afghanistan.
Source: Flight International
Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration has awarded Saab a SKr466 million ($42 million) contract to support further development of the nation’s Gripen C/D fighter fleet.
Madrid has signed a project Halcon II contract covering the production of a further batch of 25 Eurofighter combat aircraft.
The German air force’s three Airbus A350 VIP transports are to be protected by Elbit Systems-supplied directed infrared countermeasures equipment.
