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New Recapitalized Oshkosh Trucks for U.S. Army
2011-06-10 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense will deliver more than 730 trucks from the U.S. Army’s Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV), including new and recapitalized Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A4s and new Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) A1s,

MBDA Rolls Out 10,000th Diamond Back® Wing
2011-06-09 Read More...
MBDA Missile Systems celebrated a milestone in the company’s U.S. history during a ceremonial rollout of the 10,000th Diamond Back® wing assembly at their Westlake Village, California division.

Raytheon-Boeing: Together in JAGM Program
2011-06-08 Read More...
Raytheon submitted its proposal for the U.S. Army and Navy's Joint Air-to-Ground Missile competition and responded as a prime contractor. Raytheon is teamed with Boeing for the JAGM

ITT’s Lightweight Countermeasures System
2011-05-30 Read More...
ITT Corporation developed a groundbreaking countermeasures system to protect helicopters from shoulder-fired, heat-seeking

ATK Supplies Key Test Component to Raytheon
2011-05-27 Read More...
ATK, the leading solid rocket motor producer in the U.S., provided a key component for the latest successful missile defense test of a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IA

Early Delivery of AH-1Z Cobra System
2011-05-27 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The TSS units feature upgraded software to provide additional targeting

NGC to Continue Support of USA’s ABIS System
2011-05-26 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a follow-on task order valued at up to $141 million for continued development of the U.S. Department of Defense Automated Biometric Identification

P&W Awarded Contract for F135 Engine Production
2011-05-18 Read More...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Pratt & Whitney (P&W) a $1.13 billion contract for F135 production engines to power the F-35 Lightning

US Army Orders 400+ Oshkosh FMTV Trucks & Trailers
2011-05-12 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will deliver more than 400 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) trucks and trailers to the U.S. Army following an order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC).

LM Installs 1000th GKN Nacelle on Qatari AF C-130J
2011-05-12 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) recently installed the 1000th GKN Aerospace-manufactured nacelle for their C-130J military airlifter on the second of four aircraft destined for the Qatar Emiri Air

Boeing: Fuel Prices May Slow Airline Orders
2011-05-10 Read More...
Boeing said that high fuel prices and the social unrest in the Middle East may have an impact on the orders it receives from the region in the short term.

Thales Receives AS/EN9100 Quality Certificate
2011-05-06 Read More...
A Lloyd’s auditing team presented Thales Nederland’s business unit Industrial Services with the prestigious AS/EN9100 Quality Certificate.

ATK Wins $730m Orders this Week
2011-05-06 Read More...
ATK received orders totaling more than $488 million for small caliber ammunition pursuant to an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island

US Radio and Communication Systems to Iraq
2011-05-05 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Iraq of various radios and communication equipment, as well as associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for

Bin Laden: The Hunt is Over
2011-05-02 Read More...
Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed Sunday in a firefight with covert US forces deep inside

ATK in MK90 Propellant Grains Contract
2011-05-02 Read More...
ATK received an $80 million order from General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products for production of the MK90 propellant

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