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Latest Aegis Combat System Completes 1st Live Firing Test
2013-08-26 Read More...
The Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy team’s Aegis Combat System successfully completed the first live firing test that proves the system can defend beyond its line of sight by integrating data from a remote sensor to intercept a

Interview: Anatoly Isaykin, Director General, Rosoboronexport
2013-08-23 Read More...
“Allegations that pricing of the Russian helicopters supplied to Afghanistan under the contract with the United States of America is too high, are groundless”, says Anatoly Isaykin, Director General of

Russia to Deliver 12 More Su-30 Fighter Jets to Vietnam
2013-08-22 Read More...
Russia will deliver another batch of 12 Sukhoi Su-30MK2 fighter aircraft to Vietnam under a recent contract worth about $450 million, a defense industry source

Boeing Produces 250,000th JDAM Guidance Kit
2013-08-22 Read More...
Boeing marked its recent production of the 250,000th Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kit, a major milestone for a program that, since 1998, has reliably and affordably converted unguided munitions into near-precision

Two Boeing EMARSS Aircraft Begin Flight Tests
2013-08-21 Read More...
Two Boeing Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) aircraft have arrived at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for airborne tests of the target-tracking capabilities they will provide to the U.S.

Raytheon Intercepts Low Quadrant Elevation Rocket
2013-08-21 Read More...
Raytheon successfully intercepted and destroyed a low quadrant elevation (QE) 107mm rocket as part of the second series of guided test vehicle (GTV) flight tests of the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative (AI3)

Russia, France Start Joint Air Drills
2013-08-21 Read More...
Russian and French Air Force pilots have started a four-day joint exercise in central Russia, a Defense Ministry spokesman said

F-35B’s First Night Vertical Landing Aboard USS WASP
2013-08-21 Read More...
Last Wednesday, August 14, U.S. Marine Corps test Pilot Lt. Colonel Russell Clift performed the first F-35B night-time vertical landing aboard the USS

Record Maritime Flotilla Expected at DSEI
2013-08-20 Read More...
A record number of ships (subject to operational requirements) have confirmed their presence at Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) between September 10 and 13. The vessels will dock alongside the ExCeL

US, South Korea Stage Annual Military Drills
2013-08-20 Read More...
South Korea and the United States started annual joint military exercises on Monday, South Korean media have reported citing the Combined Forces Command

Raytheon’s Patriot Launches PAC-3 Missile
2013-08-19 Read More...
Raytheon new-production Patriot Air and Missile Defense System successfully launched a PAC-3 missile to engage a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. This test was the culmination of two years of testing of

Harris Wins FAA's NextGen DCNS Program Order
2013-08-19 Read More...
Harris has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin work on the seven-year, $150 million Data communications Network Services (DCNS) element of its Data Communications Integrated Services (DCIS)

Russia Hosts CIS Air Military Exercises
2013-08-16 Read More...
Some 20 units from a joint air defense system of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a bloc of former Soviet republics in Eurasia, have begun a large-scale exercise in Russia’s Volga region, a Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman said

GA-ASI Demonstrates Electronic Attack in USMC Exercise
2013-08-16 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, announced its successful demonstration of Predator B’s Electronic

Boeing Thin Disk Laser Exceeds Performance Requirements
2013-08-16 Read More...
The Boeing Thin Disk Laser system, which integrates a series of high-power industrial lasers to generate one concentrated, high-energy beam, exceeded required thresholds for power and beam quality during a demonstration for the Department of

Lockheed Delivers 22 JLTV Vehicles to U.S. Army & Marines
2013-08-15 Read More...
Lockheed Martin celebrated the delivery of 22 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps today under the JLTV program's Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD)

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