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NASA, GA-ASI to Upgrade Ikhana’s Capabilities
2012-12-04 Read More...
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) have partnered in a collaborative agreement to allow for the development and flight testing of new command and control satellite link capabilities on a

nEUROn UCAV Completes 1st Flight
2012-12-03 Read More...
nEUROn, the European Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle demonstrator, has completed its first flight in Istres (France) achieving a major milestone in the nEUROn program, where defense and security company Saab has played a critical role in the design,

KONGSBERG’s Latest Naval Training Solution
2012-12-03 Read More...
KONGSBERG will debut its latest integrated naval training solution at the ongoing I/ITSEC 2012 in Orlando, Florida (03-06

Thales at I/ITSEC 2012
2012-12-03 Read More...
Thales, a global technology leader for the Defense, Security, Transportation, Aerospace and Space markets will participate in I/ITSEC 2012, the world’s largest modeling, simulation and training conference, being held at the Orange County Convention

1st Catapult Launch of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft
2012-12-03 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Navy have conducted the Navy's first catapult launch of an unmanned system using the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS)

Raytheon Wins Paveway II Order
2012-11-30 Read More...
Raytheon was awarded a $422 million contract for its combat-proven Paveway™ II family of precision-guided munitions. The company was awarded the direct commercial sale from an international customer.

Harris Wins Falcon Radio Contract from NATO Country
2012-11-29 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received an $11 million order from the Ministry of Defense of a NATO country for the Falcon III® Secure Personal Radio (SPR).

Boeing to Design New Tail Kit for B61’s Ballistic Munition
2012-11-29 Read More...
Boeing will help to modernize the B61 free-fall ballistic munition by designing a new tail kit under a $178 million contract from the U.S. Air

P&W to Develop Advanced Variable Speed Turbine
2012-11-29 Read More...
Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to research and develop an Advanced Variable-Speed Power Turbine (AVSPOT) to meet the range and lift requirements for current and future force

Lockheed Martin Tests New Ground-Based Laser
2012-11-28 Read More...
Lockheed Martin announced that it has successfully demonstrated a portable, ground-based military laser system in a series of tests against representative airborne

NGC Demos Air & Missile Defense Radar Technology
2012-11-27 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has successfully completed its technology demonstration contract for the U.S. Navy's Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) by achieving both contract objectives: demonstrating that the critical technology is mature

3rd AW169 Prototype Completes Maiden Flight
2012-11-26 Read More...
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that the third prototype of the new generation 4.5 tonne light intermediate AW169 helicopter recently successfully completed its maiden flight at Cascina Costa in Italy.

Mideast Nuclear Arms Talks Won’t be Held Mid December
2012-11-26 Read More...
The mid-December conference on banning nuclear weapons in the Middle East will not take place, the US State Department said, without making clear when, or whether, it would take

Russia Against NATO Missiles on Turkish-Syrian Border
2012-11-23 Read More...
Russia's Foreign Ministry cautioned Thursday against Turkey's intention to deploy NATO Patriot missiles on its border with

OTOKAR Unveils 1st Prototypes of ALTAY Main Battle Tank
2012-11-23 Read More...
The first prototypes of Turkey’s first national main battle tank ALTAY which is designed and developed by OTOKAR has been introduced. Realized with an investment of about 500 million US$, the ALTAY Project is planned for mass production in

€10 Billion Allocated to European Space Programs
2012-11-23 Read More...
ESA concluded a successful two-day Council meeting at ministerial level in Naples, Italy.

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