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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)

NGC Completes Common Infrared Countermeasure PDR
2013-08-15 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has achieved another major milestone in developing equipment to defend helicopters against man-portable air defense systems and other heat-seeking

FLIR Acquires DigitalOptics’ Micro-Optics Assets
2013-08-15 Read More...
FLIR Systems, announced that it has acquired certain assets of DigitalOptics Corporation's micro-optics business for a purchase price of $14.9 million. Included in the purchase are fabrication equipment and more than 200

INVISIO Wins Canadian Dept. of National Defense Order
2013-08-15 Read More...
INVISIO has through its Canadian distribution partner Levitt Safety received an order from the Canadian Department of National

Russian Air Force to Get 60 Mi-28UB Helicopters by 2020
2013-08-14 Read More...
The Russian Defense Ministry will procure up to 60 Mi-28UB helicopters to improve the training of pilots for Mi-28N gunships, the Air Force Commander

Pilatus Delivers the 1,200th PC-12
2013-08-14 Read More...
In a ceremony in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (USA), the Swiss aircraft manufacturer delivered the 1,200th unit of its single engine turboprop PC-12 to fractional aircraft ownership program

Raytheon to Complete 29 Advanced SM-3 Block IB Missiles
2013-08-14 Read More...
Raytheon Company was awarded a $218,530,196 contract by the Missile Defense Agency to complete the assembly and delivery of 29 Standard Missile-3 Block IB missiles. Launched off U.S. Navy ships, SM-3 interceptors protect the

1 Million Flight Hours for Apache’s Targeting, Pilotage Sensor
2013-08-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army celebrated one million flight hours for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) during ceremonies held on 08 August at Lockheed Martin's Orlando, Florida,

INVISIO Receives US Army Order
2013-08-13 Read More...
INVISIO (IVSO) has, through its U.S. distribution partner TEA Headsets, received an order from the U.S. Army.

JLENS-Guided AMRAAM Intercepts Cruise Missile
2013-08-13 Read More...
The U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force intercepted for the first time an anti-ship cruise missile surrogate using Raytheon Company's Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) cued by

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