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Lockheed Martin Ships MAVEN Spacecraft to NASA
2013-08-07 Read More...
Lockheed Martin delivered NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft to the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Friday, August 2.

CAE Wins US Air Force Contract
2013-08-06 Read More...
CAE has been awarded a contract to provide training for US Air Force Unmanned Aerial

Final Tests for Turkish Air Force’s 1st A400M Aircraft
2013-08-06 Read More...
The first Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter for the Turkish Air Force has begun final tests towards its

AUVSI to Hold Largest Unmanned Systems Expo
2013-08-05 Read More...
AUVSI will hold the largest International Unmanned Systems and Robotics Exposition Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. on 12-15 August

US Navy Requests 13 Additional P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
2013-08-05 Read More...
The U.S. Navy recently awarded Boeing a $1.98 billion contract for 13 additional P-8A Poseidon aircraft, continuing the modernization of U.S. maritime patrol capabilities that will ultimately involve more than 100 P-8As. The contract includes

Argon Adds FH 40 G-SIM to its CBRN Simulator Range
2013-08-05 Read More...
Argon Electronics continues to expand its CBRN training options with the release of the Thermo Scientific FH 40 G-SIM, a simulation instrument that replicates exactly the look, feel and functionality of the real FH 40 G digital survey

Airbus Military Delivers 1st A400M to French Air Force
2013-08-05 Read More...
Airbus Military has formally delivered the first A400M new generation airlifter, which is known in French service as the A400M Atlas, to the French Air Force, a milestone marking the beginning of the transformation of military air transport in

LM Selects NGC's SABR for F-16 AESA Radar Upgrade
2013-08-02 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) has competitively selected Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC)) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for the U.S. Air Force and Taiwan F-16 radar modernization and upgrade

Airbus Military A400M Receives OCCAR Type Acceptance
2013-08-01 Read More...
The Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has received its Type Acceptance at the contractual Initial Operating Clearance (IOC) Standard from OCCAR, the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation, on behalf of the Launch

Raytheon Demos Revolutionary 3DELRR Prototype
2013-08-01 Read More...
Raytheon successfully completed a customer demonstration of new U.S. Air Force expeditionary ground-based prototype radar. Designed to replace the decades old TPS-75 radar system, the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range

Eurocopter’s HAD/E Tiger Helicopter Performs 1st Flight
2013-08-01 Read More...
Eurocopter’s Tiger combat helicopter program has reached an important new milestone with the maiden flight yesterday of the initial Tiger HAD/E variant assembled at Eurocopter's Spanish facilities in Albacete,

NGC Delivers 100th CNI System for F-35 Lightning II
2013-08-01 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has delivered its 100th AN/ASQ-242 communications, navigation and identification (CNI) system to Lockheed Martin Corp. for integration into the F-35 Lightning

Cassidian’s PMR Used in Joint Training by 340 Security Forces
2013-07-31 Read More...
Security Forces from France and 30 foreign countries used Cassidian’s Tetrapol professional mobile radio (PMR) solution during the European Union Police Services Training (EUPST) at the Centre National d’Entrainement des Forces Gendarmerie (CNEFG)

Rolls-Royce Wins LiftSystems™ Order for F-35B Lightning II
2013-07-31 Read More...
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $195.5 million contract to produce and support LiftSystems™ for the F-35 Lightning II program, the unique technology that provides vertical-lift for 5th-generation combat aircraft.

Lockheed Demos Long-Range Air Surveillance Radar
2013-07-31 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) successfully operated its full-scale prototype long-range air surveillance radar during a recent capability demonstration to the U.S. Air

DCNS Completes CVN Charles de Gaulle Refit
2013-07-31 Read More...
The French Navy’s Fleet Support Service (SSF) signed off on the completion of the intermediate refit of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle after six months’ work by

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