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Lockheed-USAF Sign 5-Year Tri-Mode Seeker Agreement
2011-08-29 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate and Lockheed Martin signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to assess the viability of its cooled tri-mode seeker for integration onto Air Force

Lockheed’s LinGO Link Connects Interpreters with Troops
2011-08-26 Read More...
Deployed U.S. and international forces battling language barriers will now be able to instantly connect to a pool of highly qualified interpretation services through a real-time, virtual capability developed by Lockheed

2nd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite in Service
2011-08-25 Read More...
Boeing announced that the second of 12 GPS IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force has achieved operational acceptance and entered service.

NGC Receives New Viper Strikes Contract
2011-08-24 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has been awarded a contract for additional Viper Strikes munitions to equip the U.S. Marine Corps Harvest Hawk aircraft and bring greater utility to the Marines' KC-130J refueling and cargo

Boeing: ScanEagles’ Autonomous Communications Demos
2011-08-22 Read More...
Boeing announced the successful autonomous communications and operation of dissimilar Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in flight tests over the rugged terrain of eastern

Construction Starts on Future USS Milwaukee LCS5
2011-08-22 Read More...
Naval Sea Systems Command announced that fabrication of the future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), the fifth ship of the Littoral Combat Ship class, has begun at Marinette Marine Corp. Shipyard in Marinette,

LM Unveils Samarai Flyer at AUVSI
2011-08-19 Read More...
Inspired by a maple seed, Lockheed Martin's Samarai handheld vehicle flew publically for the first time at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) conference currently taking place at the Walter E. Washington Center in the

Lockheed Martin-Kaman Aerospace Win US Army Contract
2011-08-18 Read More...
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $47 million contract to develop, demonstrate and deliver autonomous technologies for unmanned air systems in support of in-theater unmanned cargo resupply

Raytheon Built 5th SDB II Tri-Mode Seeker
2011-08-18 Read More...
Raytheon has built the fifth Small Diameter Bomb II seeker in its new factory expressly designed to assemble integrated tri-mode

US Concerned Over Qaeda Ricin Poison Threat
2011-08-17 Read More...
The Obama administration is concerned that a dangerous regional arm of Al Qaeda is trying to produce the deadly poison ricin to use in attacks against the US, the New York Times has

Goodrich: Smart UAV Technologies at AUVSI
2011-08-12 Read More...
Goodrich Corporation will showcase its UAV technologies at AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (Washington, D.C., 16-19 August

31 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan
2011-08-08 Read More...
A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, along with 7 Afghan commandos. This was the deadliest

F-35 Tests Suspended After Device Failure
2011-08-05 Read More...
The US Defense Department has suspended fleetwide ground and flight test operations of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, its costliest arms

Cassidian’s Reshaping to Address New Markets
2011-08-04 Read More...
Cassidian is adapting its organization in order to create a further empowered and streamlined customer-oriented structure across the globe.

Boeing Dedicates C-17 to Honored US Army Members
2011-07-28 Read More...
Boeing joined the U.S. Air Force at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to help dedicate a C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have received the Congressional Medal of

Raytheon & FBI Complete National Data Exchange
2011-07-27 Read More...
In a major initiative sponsored by the FBI and its criminal justice partners, Raytheon completed the latest increment of the National Data Exchange (N-DEx) criminal justice information sharing system.

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