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Boeing Team Reaches Key Milestones in FAB-T Program
2012-10-11 Read More...
The Boeing Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) team recently completed a combined preliminary design review and critical design review with the U.S. Air Force, representing significant milestones for the

Raytheon to Supply 6,676 Wireless TOW Missiles to US Army
2012-10-09 Read More...
Raytheon received a $349 million five-year, multi-year contract to provide heavy anti-tank, wireless precision-assault missiles for the U.S. government. Raytheon received the award during its third

Boeing Wins PBL Contract for CH-47 Chinook Helicopters
2012-10-08 Read More...
The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a five-year Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract for CH-47 Chinook support, an arrangement that reduces customer costs while allowing Boeing to invest in improving products and

2 Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Fly in Close Formation
2012-10-08 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center have successfully completed a series of flight demonstrations, moving DARPA's Autonomous High-Altitude Refueling (AHR)

Spain Offers Base for 4 U.S. Missile Defense Ships
2012-10-08 Read More...
The United States and Spain announced an agreement on Wednesday to base U.S. anti-missile warships at Rota on the Spanish coast, strengthening U.S.-led plans for a NATO-wide missile defense system in

Boeing’s High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator
2012-10-04 Read More...
Under a follow-on contractual effort from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Boeing will continue developing a truck-mounted directed energy system that improves warfighters' ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and

Lockeed-Led Team to Begin Work on $4.6 Bn DISA Contract
2012-10-04 Read More...
Lockheed Martin will begin managing the transformation of the Department of Defense’s global data network, known as the Global Information

Austal Launches 2nd Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV2)
2012-10-04 Read More...
On October 1, 2012, Austal USA successfully completed the launch process of the second Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), the recently christened USNS Choctaw County (JHSV 2).

Harris Wins Falcon Tactical Radios Contract
2012-10-04 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $297 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to deliver Falcon® tactical radio systems to the U.S. Department of the

ITT Selected for US Army EAGLE Program
2012-10-03 Read More...
The U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill, has selected ITT Exelis as one of the prime contractors for the five-year, $23.5 billion Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE)

USCG Orders 3 More HC-130J Surveillance Aircraft
2012-10-02 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received a $218 million contract for 3 additional HC-130Js for the U.S. Coast Guard. This will increase the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) fleet of HC-130Js from 6 to

ATK to Continue Operating US Army Ammunition Plant
2012-10-02 Read More...
ATK announced that it has been notified by the U.S. Army that it was selected for both the production of ammunition and continued operation and maintenance of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) in Independence,

Telephonics' AN/ZPY-4 Completes 1st GMTI Mode Flight
2012-09-28 Read More...
Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, announced the successful flight test of the AN/ZPY-4(V) Maritime Surveillance Radar (AN/ZPY-4(V)) upgraded with a Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI)

ATK Wins AARGM Full-Rate Production Contract
2012-09-28 Read More...
ATK has been awarded a $71 million contract for the full-rate production of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile

LM's DAGR Demonstrates Ground Launch Capability
2012-09-26 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently conducted two separate DAGR® missile flight tests, successfully firing the missiles from a prototype pedestal launcher and hitting a stationary

NGC Installs New Radar on all Operational B-2 Bombers
2012-09-26 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has successfully completed, ahead of schedule, all field installations of a new radar system for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of B-2 stealth

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