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Harris Wins 5-Year Contract from US Department of Navy
2017-10-17 Read More...
The U.S. Department of Navy has awarded Harris Corporation a five-year, $765 million ceiling, single-award IDIQ contract to provide tactical radios and ancillary devices to the Navy and Marine

Boeing, U.S. Air Force Complete 1st KC-46 to KC-46 Refueling
2017-10-16 Read More...
A Boeing-U.S. Air Force test team recently refueled a KC-46A tanker from another KC-46A tanker for the first

U.S. Army Receives First New Generation Abrams Tank
2017-10-13 Read More...
The U.S. Army took delivery of the first of six newly-upgraded MIA2 SEP v3 Abrams Main Battle Tanks. The first MIA2 SEP v3 tank, built by General Dynamics Land Systems, is slated to arrive as soon as this month - as part of a delivery of initial

Lockheed Martin’s ATACMS Concludes New Flight Test
2017-10-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin conducted another successful Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) modernization flight test recently at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. All test objectives were

Thales to Offer Communications Support for Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers
2017-10-12 Read More...
As a leading provider of intelligence systems, smart connectivity and associated services to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Thales has secured a seven year contract to provide through-life support for communications systems of the Royal Navy’s

Oshkosh Showcases JLTV Vehicles with NextGen Capabilities
2017-10-11 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, is showcasing two variants of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) with next generation lethality and networking capabilities at the AUSA Conference

Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Marinette Marine to Build LCS 27
2017-10-11 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded the Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) team a contract to build an additional LCS. The contract value is under the 2017 congressional cost cap of $584 million per

CMI Defence Races for US Army Mobile Protected Firepower
2017-10-11 Read More...
CMI Defence announced it has joined with world class contractors to compete in the US Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. It is also delivering a medium caliber turret within the framework of its CRADA collaboration with the US

Raytheon Names Todd Ernst Vice President, Corporate Development
2017-10-11 Read More...
Raytheon Company announced that Todd Ernst (photo) has been named Vice President, Corporate Development to succeed Michael J. Cody, who is retiring after serving more than eight years in the role at the company. The change is effective November 6,

Cubic Demos Overmatch and Readiness Solutions at AUSA
2017-10-10 Read More...
Cubic Corporation announced that its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) and Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business divisions are demonstrating industry-leading simulation, training and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance

Boeing to Acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
2017-10-10 Read More...
Boeing plans to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a world-class innovator, developer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace platforms, under an agreement signed by the companies. Aurora specializes in autonomous systems technologies to

Boeing, European Commission to Address Global MilSatCom 2017
2017-10-10 Read More...
Now featuring a speaker line-up of over 50 defence satellite communications experts, SMi Group’s Global MilSatCom 2017 Conference and Exhibition is confirmed as the biggest in its 19 year

Thales Ranks No. 1 in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
2017-10-09 Read More...
This year, for the first time, Thales has been ranked by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as the company with the most advanced corporate responsibility policy in the aerospace and defense

Orbital ATK Showcases Defense Innovations at AUSA
2017-10-09 Read More...
Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, is highlighting its innovative defense technologies that protect the warfighter and provide combat overmatch on today’s battlefield during the Association of the United States

New CEO to be Named for RUAG Defence
2017-10-09 Read More...
Dr. Markus A. Zoller, CEO RUAG Defence, is set to leave RUAG at the end of October 2017 in order to pursue a new challenge outside of the company. Andreas Berger, Senior Vice President NEO RUAG Defence, will head up the division on an ad interim

A400M to Get Two New Thales Military Training Simulators
2017-10-05 Read More...
As part of a long-standing relationship between the two companies, Airbus has awarded Thales a contract for a further two new A400M military training simulators (Nos. 7 and

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