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 by Allen Cone Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2018
Raytheon Missile Systems was awarded a $12.1 million modified contract to work on Standard Missile-2 and Standard Missile-3 for the U.S. Navy and other countries. Most of the engineering and technical services on the SM-2 surface to air missiles and the SM-6 anti-air and anti-surface missiles will be performed at the company's headquarters in Tucson, Ariz., with completion by December 2019, the Defense Department announced on Wednesday. Engineering and technical services work will also support missiles for Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea and Royal Netherlands Navy. Allocations include $8.1 million in fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funding, foreign military sales funding of $2.5 million and other Department of Defense funding of $1.3 million. The funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. SM-2 missiles have a range of 90 to 200 nautical miles, while the SM-6 is the only missile that supports anti-air warfare, anti-surface warfare and sea-based terminal ballistic missile defense in one system, according to Raytheon. In January, a Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 interceptor failed to hit its target in a test in Kauai, Hawaii. The first test, last February, was successful, but a second one failed in June. Last August, Raytheon was also awarded a $614.5 million U.S. government contract to develop the SM-3IIA.
Thales to provide rockets for Spanish, German helicopters Washington (UPI) Feb 13, 2018 Thales, a French-owned defense company, was awarded contracts by Spain and Germany for rockets in support of their Tiger Helicopter fleets. The company on Tuesday announced Spain's Logistic Support Command of the Army and the German Procurement Agency tapped Thales for the procurement of 1,000 and 10,000 70mm/2.75" rockets. The procurement of munitions is sought for the Tiger HAD-E for Spain and the UH Tiger for Germany. Spain will receive 1,000 rockets for defensive use, while Ge ... read more
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