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Boeing Completes Satellite for NASA TDRS Constellation
2016-04-15 Read More...
Boeing has completed, and delivered to storage, the last in a series of satellites for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation. TDRS-M is the sixth Boeing-built satellite for the NASA network providing high-bandwidth

Dassault Aviation Celebrating 100th Anniversary
2016-04-14 Read More...
Dassault Aviation is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016. The production of the first aircraft part designed by its founder, Marcel Dassault, the Éclair propeller, was used on French airplanes during the first major aerial combat in history,

Raytheon, USAF Complete GPS OCX First Qualification Test
2016-04-14 Read More...
On March 4, Raytheon successfully passed the first formal qualification test milestone for the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System. Known simply as GPS OCX, this new system offers significant

Lockheed Martin Delivers 150,000th Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round
2016-04-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 150,000th Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round (ELGTR), which gives warfighters the only live-fire laser-guided bomb (LGB) training solution available

UK, France Launch Rapid Deployment Exercise
2016-04-12 Read More...
A joint force between the UK and France will face its biggest development test to date as the two countries come together for an

Russian MiG-31BM Takes Longest Non-Stop Flight
2016-04-11 Read More...
Russian pilots managed to break the record for the longest non-stop flight of a MiG-31BM interceptor aircraft, according to Russian Central Military District spokesman Yaroslav

SIPRI: Global Defense Budgets Hit $1.68 Trillion in 2015
2016-04-08 Read More...
Global military spending has begun rising in real terms for the first time since the U.S. began its withdrawal of troops from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Russia’s 5th Generation T-50 Fighter to Enter Service this Year
2016-04-08 Read More...
Russia's fifth generation T-50 fighter jet is a multi-role plane capable of resolving an array of special tactical tasks, according to Givi Dzhandzhgava, Head of the Ramenskoye Instrument Design

Raytheon, DRS to Develop Next-Gen Infrared Night Vision for US Army
2016-04-08 Read More...
The U.S. Army awarded $56 million to the team of Raytheon Company and DRS Technologies to engineer, manufacture and develop the 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared B-Kit, an upgrade to night vision equipment that will allow ground troops to

Cessna Skyhawk Aircraft Now Fitted With Angle of Attack System
2016-04-08 Read More...
Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc ., a Textron Inc. company, announced during the Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-in and Expo, that Safe Flight’s SCc Angle of Attack (AoA) system is now standard on all Cessna Skyhawk 172

Russian Helicopters to Produce About 200 Helicopters in 2016
2016-04-07 Read More...
The Russian Helicopters holding company plans to manufacture approximately 200 helicopters this year, the company’s CEO Alexander Mikheev said

Lockheed Martin Mini-Missile Takes Flight in New Demonstration
2016-04-07 Read More...
A Lockheed Martin-built Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor was successfully launched from a Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) in an engineering demonstration on April 4 at White Sands Missile Range, New

TAI’s Hurkus Trainer Passes Critical Flight Test
2016-04-06 Read More...
The Hurkus, an indigenous basic trainer built by Tusas Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), passed a critical flight test that may pave the way for its certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency

Thales, Airbus D&S to Produce Digital Maps for French Defense Ministry
2016-04-06 Read More...
The French National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information (IGN) has awarded Thales and Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus D&S) the GeoMaps contract to supply the French Ministry of Defence database with digital geographic data on a range of

Lockheed Martin-Led Team to Build LCS 25 for U.S. Navy
2016-04-05 Read More...
The U.S. Navy has awarded the Lockheed Martin led industry team a contract for one fully funded Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The contract award includes funding for seaframe construction, systems integration and

Thales to Upgrade French Defense Ministry’s Telecom Networks
2016-04-04 Read More...
As part of the DESCARTES program to upgrade all French Ministry of Defense (MoD) data and telephony infrastructure networks, the French Defense Procurement and Technology Agency (DGA) has awarded Thales two key contracts: the upgrade of the SOCRATE

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