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Littoral Combat Ship 19 (St. Louis) Completes Acceptance Trials
2019-12-18 Read More...
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 19, the future USS St. Louis, completed Acceptance Trials in Lake Michigan. Now that trials are complete, the ship will undergo final outfitting and fine-tuning before delivery. LCS 19 is the tenth

Northrop Grumman Delivers 1,000th Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile to US Navy
2019-12-17 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation marked a significant milestone with the delivery of its 1000th AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile

GA-ASI Awarded Gray Eagle ER Modernization Contracts
2019-12-16 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has teamed with the U.S. Army to enhance the capabilities and survivability of the MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System

Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile Concludes First Flight Test
2019-12-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin successfully tested its next-generation long-range missile designed for the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) program at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. All test objectives were

Russia, India Start ‘Indra-2019’ Joint Tri-Service Drills
2019-12-13 Read More...
The Russian-Indian multi-service force drills Indra-2019 kicked off in India, the press office of Russia’s Pacific Fleet reported on

Rostec to Create Overseas Service Centers for Pantsirs
2019-12-12 Read More...
The High Precision Complexes Holding of Rostec State Corporation plans to create a network of service and modernization centers of the Pantsir-C1 air defense missile defense complex on the territory of the purchasing

Bell Boeing Delivers First Modified Osprey to US Marine Corps
2019-12-12 Read More...
Boeing and Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, have delivered the first modified MV-22 Osprey to the United States Marine Corps for improved readiness and reliability of the tiltrotor

Collins Aerospace to Support JSTARS Aircrew Simulators for Another 10 years
2019-12-11 Read More...
After nearly two decades of providing sustainment support, Collins Aerospace Systems has received a 10-year extension from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide services critical to maintaining the training system for the E-8C Joint Surveillance

Russia’s Latest Corvette Test-Fires Cruise Missiles in Sea Trials
2019-12-11 Read More...
Russia’s latest corvette Gremyashchiy test-fired cruise missiles during trials at a Northern Fleet practice range in the White Sea, the Fleet’s press office reported on

Deep to Succeed Whited as President of General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS)
2019-12-11 Read More...
General Dynamics announced that General Dynamics Land Systems’ President Gary L. Whited has informed the company of his intent to retire effective April 1,

Iranian Navy Receives New Combat, Reconnaissance Drone
2019-12-10 Read More...
A home-made combat, reconnaissance and tactical drone named ‘Simorgh (Phonix)’ was delivered to the Iranian Navy on Saturday, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Airbus Appoints New Communications Leadership Team
2019-12-09 Read More...
In order to support its newly-created Communications & Corporate Affairs function, which will go live on 1 January 2020, Airbus has appointed a new Communications leadership team who will work together to bring the next

Russian Helicopters to Start Production of Ka-62 in 2020
2019-12-09 Read More...
Russia’s new medium multirole Ka-62 helicopter made its maiden flight in May 2017, and its certification is expected to be finalized in

Australia Selects GA-ASI’s MQ-9B for Project Air 7003
2019-12-09 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), the world’s leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), has been advised that the Australian Government has selected GA-ASI’s MQ-9B

Safran Chooses Outsight to Accelerate Autonomous Solutions Development
2019-12-09 Read More...
Safran and Outsight announce their partnership on autonomous mobility technologies and embark its revolutionary 3D Semantic Camera on different types of vehicles, drones and other

Damen Completes Combat Systems Installation on Indonesian Guided Missile Frigate
2019-12-09 Read More...
Damen Shipyards Group and its partner PT PAL have completed the installation of combat systems to the first of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense’s series of SIGMA 10514 Perusak Kawal Rudal (PKR) guided missile frigates, the KRI Raden Eddy

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