Spanish manufacturer Navantia has completed the delivery of landing helicopter docks (LHD) landing craft (LLCs) to Australia, with the final four arriving in the Commonwealth in Sydney today. Read more >>

Textron Inc.’s Bell Helicopters and Fuji Heavy Industries have received a $3.02 billion deal to create a fleet of military transport aircraft that would be sold internationally. This project will take place over the course of 27 years, beginning in 2021. It will replace 150 of Japan’s aging fleet of troop-carrying Huey helicopters that have been used since the time before the Vietnam War. Read more >>

The Australian Department of Defense has awarded Thales a $73.6 million contract for 30,000 F90 rifles and 2,500 SL40 grenade launchers. Read more >>

The United States Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide the next generation of mission computers for Lot 12 of the Marine Corps’ H-1 helicopter upgrade program. In this contract, Northrop Grumman will be expected to deliver its FlightPro Gen III mission computers for the AH-1Z and UH-1Y aircraft. Both of these aircraft, the AH-1Z and UH-1Y, will be the first couple of aircraft that will benefit from Northrop Grumman’s next-generation mission computer. Read more >>

In July 2015, the United States Marine Corps embarked aboard the US Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington and introduced the Raytheon-developed joint automated deep operation coordination system (JADOCS). Marine Corporal Steward Bach, the JADOCS operator, commented that their visit aboard USS George Washington during exercise Talisman Sabre 15 allowed them to demonstrate their capabilities. He also commented that it helped them to show how the USMC can integrate and improve the US Navy's maritime missions. Read more >>