01 November 2021
by Marc Selinger
L3Harris Technologies is having trouble getting electronic components for its military radios because of pandemic-related disruptions in the global supply chain, according to the US defence contractor.
The problem contributed to a 1% decline, to USD4.2 billion, in L3Harris' organic revenue in the third quarter of 2021, the company reported on 29 October.
“No company is immune, including L3Harris, to global supply chain pressures,” L3Harris CEO Christopher Kubasik told analysts.
16 August 2022
by Richard Scott
The single Snakehead prototype was built under LDUUV Phase 1 (US Navy)
The US Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport has revealed an end-to-end demonstration of a so-called intelligence preparation of the operational environment (IPOE) mission involving the Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) prototype.
Undertaken at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility in Newport, Rhode Island, in July, the test scenario was designed to build confidence in the vehicle software and hardware systems ahead of more complex extended endurance operations and additional system capability, according to the NUWC.
11 August 2022
by Ashley Roque
In 2018 the US Army released the illustration of its vision for a networked landmine concept. The service has awarded Textron Systems with a low-rate initial production contract to produce its new XM204 top-attack munition. (US Army)
The US Army awarded Textron Systems with a five-year, low-rate initial production contract to produce its new XM204 top-attack munition, a landmine designed to destroy combat vehicles.
Henry Finneral, the company's senior vice-president for weapon systems, told Janes
09 August 2022
by Jon Grevatt
The total value of discharged defence offsets in India has grown strongly since 2020, according to Indian MoD statistics. (Indian MoD)
Foreign companies have implemented defence offsets in India worth USD6.83 billion in the past 15 years, India's Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt has said in parliament. This total, he added, represents 82% of foreign firms' total offset obligations in the period up until 1 August.
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