America has worked to ensure its NATO allies have the advanced aircraft to their common defense.
Another member of the mighty NATO alliance is armed with the world s most powerful fighter jet. The Danish Defence Command has taken delivery of its first historic F-35 Lightning II joint strike jet fighter.
Danish and U.S. officials gathered at Air Force Plant 4 in Fort Worth, Texas, earlier this week to celebrate the rollout of the Royal Danish Air Force’s (RDAF) first state-of-the-art F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter.
The Danish side was represented by officials including Chief of Defense General Flemming Lentfer, New Fighter Program Director Henrik Lundstein, Commander of the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation General Kim Jørgensen, and Chief of the Air Command Maj. General Anders Rex.
US Army awards FLRAA demo and risk reduction contracts
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1st April 2021
US Army contracts have been awarded to the two companies competing in the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition for Competitive Demonstration and Risk Reduction (CD&RR) Phase 2.
The awards from US Army Contracting Command on March 30 comprised US$292.65m for Bell Textron and US$284.39m for Sikorsky. Bell is offering the V-280 Valor, while Sikorsky – in a joint bid with Boeing – is proposing the Defiant X. An initial US$19.5m was released to each contractor from US Army fiscal year 2021 (FY21) research, development, test, and evaluation funds at the time of the award. Estimated completion date for both contracts is May 30, 2022.
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Soldiers test the latest, ruggedized version of the IVAS targeting goggles at Fort Picket in October 2020.
UPDATE that contract is “IDIQ-like” WASHINGTON: The Army awarded Microsoft a five-year contract to produce a militarized version of its HoloLens augmented reality goggles. With options to extend for another five years and a maximum potential value of $21.88 billion, the award is a major vote of confidence in a program whose 2021 funding Congress cut by $230 million.
The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) contract was awarded last Friday but announced today by both the Army and Microsoft. The $21.88B figure was in a Microsoft email, not in either announcement. There was no
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