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North Korea’s Rocket Launch Fails
2012-04-13 Read More...
News of North Korea's abortive rocket launch was announced Friday after Pyongyang admitted that the highly publicized attempt had

GD to Provide Communications to the 160th Signal Brigade
2012-04-13 Read More...
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army’s Network Enterprise Technology Command to support the 160th Signal

Aster 30 Intercepts Supersonic Sea-Skimming Target
2012-04-12 Read More...
The French Navy’s Horizon class air defence frigate, Forbin, successfully engaged a supersonic target simulating an anti-ship missile flying at very low altitude.

Eurocopter Recognized by the French Aviation Safety Agency
2012-04-12 Read More...
Eurocopter recently received FRA145 approval from the French Aviation Safety Agency (DSAé) following a series of audits conducted by the DSAé in

ITT Exelis Delivers Imaging System for GeoEye-2 Satellite
2012-04-11 Read More...
ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems has delivered GeoEye’s next-generation commercial imaging system for the GeoEye-2 satellite to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale,

NGC Celebrates New Milestone in EW Technology
2012-04-11 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) recently celebrated the completion of its 2,000th microwave power module, an integral component in radars, jammers and other military

Boeing to Upgrade USAF B-1 Navigation System
2012-04-10 Read More...
Boeing has received a $55.3 million production contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the B-1 Lancer navigation

A330 MRTT Makes 1st Flight in RAF Service
2012-04-10 Read More...
The Airbus Military A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport has made its maiden flight in service with the UK Royal Air Force April

North Korea’s Long-Range Rocket Installed on Launch Pod
2012-04-10 Read More...
North Korea’s long-range rocket, scheduled to put what it says is a satellite into orbit next week, has been installed on its launch platform, foreign journalists

Eurocopter to Supply 6 EC725 Helicopters to Indonesia
2012-04-09 Read More...
Eurocopter signed a contract with PT Dirgantara Indonesia/Indonesian Aerospace for the supply of six EC725 to be received in

ITT Exelis Wins Pakistan Air Force Contract
2012-04-09 Read More...
ITT Exelis has definitized a $54 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to provide the Pakistan Air Force with modern, digital radio frequency memory-based jamming

Thales to Supply GPS Receivers for French Navy Lynx
2012-04-09 Read More...
Thales has been awarded a contract by the Service Industriel de l'Aéronautique (SIAé), France's military aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul service, to supply stand-alone GPS receivers for the French Navy's Lynx helicopters, which are

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber’s 1st Sortie Over North Pole
2012-04-06 Read More...
Under contract to the U.S. Air Force, Northrop Grumman Corporation's B-2 Spirit stealth bomber has completed its first 18.5-hour sortie over the North Pole to validate new flight management

NGC Delivers 1st F-35 Center Fuselage Produced by IAL
2012-04-05 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) first F-35 center fuselage produced by its Integrated Assembly Line (IAL) was delivered to Lockheed Martin on March 16,

iRobot Warrior & PackBot Robots Sold to Progress Energy
2012-04-05 Read More...
iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, announced that 3 of the company’s robots have been purchased by Progress Energy and are in use at the Robinson Nuclear Plant near Hartsville, South

ATK Defense Starts Operations
2012-04-04 Read More...
ATK announced that the ATK Defense business group commenced operations at the beginning of the company's new fiscal year, on April 1,

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