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The Next Chapter for Bell’s H-1 Helicopters Begins
2024-04-02 Read More...
The first Bell AH-1Z set to receive the Structural Improvement Electrical Power Upgrade (SIEPU) modification to be provided by Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, under a contract with the U.S. Marine Corps, has arrived at Bell’s Amarillo

RTX’s Raytheon Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense Sensor Detects & Engages Complex Target
2024-03-28 Read More...
Raytheon, an RTX business, announced that its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, continues to advance through its U.S. Army test program with another successful live-fire event. Military leaders from seven nations were on-site to

Oshkosh Displays Critical Capabilities at AUSA Global Force Symposium 2024
2024-03-26 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation business, is exhibiting at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Global Force Symposium (GFS) 2024 in Huntsville, Alabama, from March 26-28. On display in are the Oshkosh Defense

RTX’s Raytheon to Supply Additional Patriot Air & Missile Defense Systems to Germany
2024-03-25 Read More...
Raytheon, an RTX business, was awarded a $1.2 billion contract to supply Germany with Patriot® air and missile defense systems. These systems will augment Germany's existing air defense infrastructure with additional Patriot

GA-ASI Adds New Capabilities to its Predator Mission Trainer
2024-03-25 Read More...
In a move that will be welcomed by many of its international customers, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has installed enhanced operating software into its Predator Mission Trainer (PMT) simulator that resides at

GA-ASI Hosts Joint Industry/Government Open Architecture Conference
2024-03-14 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) hosted an Open Architecture Symposium on February 29, 2024, at its headquarters in Poway,

Fincantieri Joins Prestigious MIT Industrial Liaison Program
2024-03-06 Read More...
Fincantieri announced it has joined the prestigious Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

GA-ASI Makes First Flight of XQ-67A OBSS
2024-03-03 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew the XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) for the first time on February 28, 2024. OBSS is an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) program and GA-ASI was selected in 2021 to

Teledyne FLIR to Supply Canadian Government More Than 800 Drones
2024-02-26 Read More...
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced that Canada’s Department of National Defence is seeking over 800 SkyRanger R70 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), valued at more than CAD$95

US Department of Defense Launches L3Harris Missile Tracking Satellites
2024-02-15 Read More...
Five missile tracking satellites L3Harris Technologies designed and built successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, as part of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking

US Foreign Military Sales Hit Record $238 Billion in 2023
2024-01-31 Read More...
Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments in 2023 rose 16% to a record $238 billion, the U.S. State Department said on Monday, as countries sought to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine and prepare for major

U.S. Approves F-16 Military Sale to Türkiye in $23 Billion Deal
2024-01-27 Read More...
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Türkiye of F-16 Aircraft Acquisition and Modernization and related equipment for an estimated cost of $23.0

GA-ASI's Gray Eagle 25M Makes its First Flight
2024-01-27 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted the first flight of the Gray Eagle 25M (GE-25M) Unmanned Aircraft System at its El Mirage, California flight facility on December 5, 2023. The first flight marks a

GA-ASI Demos Autonomy for UCAV Using MQ-20 and Waveform X
2024-01-17 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) demonstrated its hardware-agnostic, open standards-based autonomy ecosystem for Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) on a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger® as part of a live flight test on November 13,

Elettronica Spa Acquires Solynx Corporation
2024-01-10 Read More...
Elettronica Spa announced that it has completed the acquisition of Solynx Corporation, a company based in Salem, New Hampshire (USA) in which it was already a

Aerojet Rocketdyne, Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center to Maximize Solid Rocket Motor Production
2024-01-10 Read More...
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, and Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) have signed a multi-year agreement to increase production for solid rocket motors for key national defense

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