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NGC Demos Joint STARS, Global Hawk Interoperability
2013-03-07 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) recently completed a successful exchange of radar data during a flight test involving the U.S. Air Force's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) and the RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40

Boeing to Offer Inmarsat-4 Mobile Satcom Bandwidth
2013-03-07 Read More...
Responding to global demand for mobile satellite communications bandwidth, Boeing has been certified by Inmarsat to offer commercial customers a variety of capabilities - including 3G, Voice over Internet Protocol, streaming video, direct dialing

Lockheed Martin Wins 2 U.S. Navy Contracts
2013-03-06 Read More...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martina 5-year, $100 million contract to provide combat system engineering services - including the design, development, integration, test and life cycle support - for all Aegis-equipped

Thales UK, Airbus Military: Training for RAF’s A400M
2013-03-06 Read More...
Thales UK and Airbus Military have signed an 18-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence to supply training services for the A400M Atlas, the Royal Air Force’s next-generation military transport

Boeing Joins UBC in Composite Materials Research
2013-03-06 Read More...
Boeing has become the founding industrial member of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Composites Research Network (CRN), helping Canadian scientists to turn new discoveries in composite manufacturing into practical

EDA Selects Thales to Conduct FUCOM Study
2013-03-05 Read More...
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has commissioned Thales to conduct a study of the main terrestrial and satellite communication network programs in European Union countries: FUCOM (for future

European Defence Agency Studies Future Land Systems
2013-03-05 Read More...
Based on an analysis of the European land defence industry, the European Defence Agency (EDA) has identified distinct areas for prioritised common actions on European demonstrator programs, on key enabling technologies and technologies of dual

Nexter Meets 2012 Objectives
2013-03-04 Read More...
Nexter Systems’ Board of Directors met in Versailles, France on February 27, 2013 to close the consolidated financial statements for the Nexter Group’s 2012 financial

ITT Exelis Wins Communications Equipment Order
2013-03-04 Read More...
ITT Exelis has been awarded a direct commercial contract valued at $11.6 million to provide a wide range of communications equipment to an undisclosed international

Cubic to Support US Navy Combat Ship Training
2013-03-04 Read More...
Cubic Corporation’s Orlando-based Simulation Systems Division announced that it has received three prime contracts from Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) to develop

Sagem Wins EOMS-NG Shipborne Optronics Order
2013-03-01 Read More...
Sagem (Safran) has signed a new contract with French naval shipyard DCNS, main contractor, for EOMS-NG (Electro-Optical Multifunction System – New Generation) systems that will be installed in 2014 on 4 large French navy amphibious

DCI Wins CRIMSON Maritime Security Project
2013-03-01 Read More...
DCI has been awarded with a European Union service contract worth one million euro regarding maritime security. The CRIMSON (Critical Maritime Routes Programme Monitoring, Support and Evaluation Mechanism) project will last for two years.

Raytheon Delivers 1st SM-6 from New Alabama Facility
2013-03-01 Read More...
Raytheon delivered the first Standard Missile-6 all-up-round to the U.S. Navy from its new integration and testing facility in Huntsville, Alabama.

Lockheed to Begin Work on Next Set of GPS III Satellites
2013-02-28 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin two fixed-price contracts totaling $120 million to procure long lead parts for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth next generation Global Positioning System satellites, known as GPS

France Orders 3rd TRS Ground Master 400 Radar
2013-02-28 Read More...
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has selected ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) to supply the French Air Force with a third Ground Master 406 radar for the Lyon Mont-Verdun airbase.

Boeing’s Phantom Eye Completes 2nd Flight
2013-02-27 Read More...
Boeing's liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system completed its second flight on February 25, demonstrating capabilities that will allow it to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions for up to four

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