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Northrop Grumman’s HALE UAS Sets New Flight Record
2015-01-09 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk (photo) and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series continued to prove their value to U.S. government

Lockheed Wins US Army ATACMS Modernization Contract
2015-01-08 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received a $78 million contract from the U.S. Army for upgrades to the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).

Textron Systems to Enhance US Army’s DCGS-A Capabilities
2015-01-08 Read More...
Textron Systems Advanced Information Solutions, a Textron Inc. business, announced that it has entered into a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and

Nammo Wins Contract for Shoulder Launched Munitions
2015-01-07 Read More...
Nammo Talley has been awarded a multi-year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to supply the M72 Light Assault Weapon (LAW) to the U.S. Department of Defense.

Exelis Wins 2 International Orders for SINCGARS Radios
2014-12-31 Read More...
Exelis has been awarded a direct commercial contract valued at $30 million to provide an existing international customer single and dual vehicular radios systems along with installation kits and dismounted soldier radio systems.

FLIR to Supply CBRNE Threat Detection Systems to US DoD
2014-12-31 Read More...
FLIR Systems, Inc. received the first full-rate production orders under a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to support the Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Dismounted Reconnaissance

Boeing, USAF Run 1st Test Flight for KC-46 Tanker Program
2014-12-30 Read More...
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) successfully completed the first flight of the KC-46 tanker test program.

JLENS to Defend D.C. from Missile, Drone, Airplane Threats
2014-12-30 Read More...
For the first time, the U.S. Army lofted a blimp equipped with a new cruise-missile and drone-fighting radar system high above rural Maryland. The system, made by Raytheon Company and known as JLENS, consists of two helium-filled aerostats, or

MQ-8C Fire Scout Takes 1st Flight on USS Jason Dunham
2014-12-26 Read More...
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) successfully flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout system for the first time off the guided-missile destroyer, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), December 16, off the Virginia coast.

Oshkosh to Produce 256 FMTVs for US Army
2014-12-22 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, will produce 256 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) trucks and trailers for the U.S. Army following a $67 million order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC).

Raytheon, Bell Conduct 1st Griffin Missile Launch from V-22
2014-12-18 Read More...
Raytheon Company and Bell Helicopter completed two successful launches of the Griffin B missile from a Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey multi-mission aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.

USAF Approves Production for Lockheed Martin’s JASSM-ER
2014-12-17 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has approved full rate production for Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile – Extended Range (JASSM®-ER).

Exelis to Provide Radar Signal Simulators to US Air Force
2014-12-17 Read More...
Exelis has received an Air Force $6.3 million contract award to provide AN/PLM-4 Radar Signal Simulators (RSS) to test radar warning receivers on various aircraft.

Textron AirLand Celebrates 1st Year of Scorpion’s 1st Flight
2014-12-16 Read More...
Textron AirLand, LLC, a Textron company, completed its 266th flight test hour, one year after its first flight on December 12, 2013.

V-22 Osprey Fleet Reaches 250,000 Flight Hours
2014-12-15 Read More...
Bell Helicopter , a Textron Inc. company, announced the revolutionary Bell Boeing V-22 fleet of tiltrotor aircraft has recently passed the 250,000 flight hour milestone.

Bell Boeing Demos V-22 Osprey Forward-Firing Capability
2014-12-10 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company , announced the successful demonstration of forward-firing capability for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. The exercise took place last month at the United States Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz.

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