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BAE’s Airborne Sensor Exceeds 10,000 Flight Hours
2013-05-03 Read More...
BAE Systems’ Airborne Wide Area Persistent Surveillance System (AWAPSS) recently surpassed the 10,000th flight hour milestone while supporting the U.S.

BAE Produced Over 1 Million Combat Helmets
2013-05-02 Read More...
BAE Systems has now produced more than one million combat helmets for the U.S. Department of Defense.

ITT Exelis Wins Airborne Minesweeping System Contract
2013-04-30 Read More...
ITT Exelis has been awarded a contract valued at more than $10 million to provide one MK 105 Mod 4 airborne minesweeping system for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division in Panama City,

Raytheon Completes 2nd Exercise for Next Gen GPS
2013-04-30 Read More...
Raytheon successfully completed the second launch readiness exercise for the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) operational control system

Russia, Japan Condemn North Korea’s Conduct
2013-04-30 Read More...
The leaders of Russia and Japan have condemned North Korea’s conduct and urged the reclusive communist state to observe UN resolutions, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a joint statement after talks in

Cassidian CyberSecurity to Acquire Arkoon Network Security
2013-04-30 Read More...
Cassidian CyberSecurity signed an agreement to become the main shareholder of Arkoon Network Security, one of the recognized major European players in network security, information systems protection and data

Russian T-50 Fighter Jet to Start Operational Tests in 2014
2013-04-30 Read More...
Russia will start state flight tests of its fifth-generation T-50 fighter jet in 2014, United Aircraft Corporation's President Mikhail Pogosyan said last

NGC: 50 Years of Airborne Electronic Attack Expertise
2013-04-29 Read More...
With the first flight of the EA-6A on April 26, 1963, Grumman Aerospace, now Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), launched its long and successful legacy as a leader in airborne electronic attack technology.

RUAG Space to Deliver Subsystem for Solar Orbiter
2013-04-26 Read More...
As one might guess from the name of the mission, the European Space Agency’s new science mission will be focusing on performing a study of the Sun, beginning in 2017.

Eurocopter Validates its Optionally Piloted Helicopter Means
2013-04-26 Read More...
Eurocopter’s ability to integrate unmanned flight capabilities into its helicopter family has been validated by an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) demonstration program, which used an EC145 to fly routes that included deployment of an external

Cassidian’s Command, Control & Training Systems at AFCEA
2013-04-24 Read More...
With its slogan “IT Services: The engine for flexible applications”, Cassidian presents its portfolio of simulation and training systems as well as solutions for mobile command and control of operations at the AFCEA trade show in the Bad Godesberg

China Reveals its Military Structure for First Time
2013-04-24 Read More...
China revealed the composition and structure of its Armed Forces, including its nuclear deterrent, for the first time last week in a new edition of a white paper on national defense that also elaborates the country’s new security

Lockheed to Help Warfighters Share Secure Information
2013-04-23 Read More...
Lockheed Martin will deliver a suite of information technology support services to the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Office (CIO) that will allow warfighters to better share secure

World Military Expenditures Fall amid Economic Crisis
2013-04-23 Read More...
World military expenditures totaled $1.75 trillion in 2012, registering a decline of 0.5% in real terms year-on-year for the first time since 1998, according to data released last week by a Sweden-based security

Navistar Delivers Armored Cabs to Afghan Security Forces
2013-04-23 Read More...
Representatives from Navistar Defense, LLC, and the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Combat Service Support marked the urgent completion and scheduled delivery of the first wave of armored cab units designated for service with the Afghan

Raytheon Wins Production Contract for MALD-J Units
2013-04-23 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon a firm-fixed-price $81.7 million option for Lot 6 on the Lot 5 contract for the production and delivery of 202 MALD®-J jammers and containers. The contract also includes a 10-year

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