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Boeing Emphasizes Affordability, Modularity in New ICBM Design
2017-12-04 Read More...
Boeing’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program successfully completed its first key review with the U.S. Air Force, validating program technical requirements prior to the design and development phase of America’s next intercontinental

Nexter Group’s Artillery & Weapon Systems at Expodefensa
2017-12-04 Read More...
Nexter, is present in Colombia for the Expodefensa exhibition, being held in Bogota from 4 to 6

Lockheed Martin Assembles 3rd U.S. Air Force GPS III Satellite
2017-11-29 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force’s third GPS III satellite in production flow at Lockheed Martin’s advanced satellite manufacturing facility in Denver, Colorado is now fully integrated into a complete space

Enhanced Bittium SafeMove® Software Portfolio Released
2017-11-29 Read More...
Bittium releases a new version of the Bittium SafeMove® software product portfolio. The Windows user interface and look and feel have been completely re-designed to cater for end-users who depend on reliable and secure mobile

Northrop Grumman to Compete for Multiple Army Training Contracts
2017-11-28 Read More...
The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) for its Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support

Harris Completes Testing for James Webb Space Telescope
2017-11-24 Read More...
Harris Corporation has partnered with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to successfully complete thermal vacuum testing for the James Webb Space Telescope - validating its ability to operate in the frigid space

U.S. Senate Passes $700 Billion Defense Bill for 2018
2017-11-21 Read More...
The U.S. Senate passed a $700 billion defense policy bill on Thursday, backing President Donald Trump’s call for a bigger, stronger military, but leaving unsettled how to fund the massive spending increase amid a Republican-led push to cut

V-22 Osprey Fleet Tops 400,000 Hours
2017-11-20 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, and Boeing, announced the Bell Boeing V-22 fleet of tiltrotor aircraft, including both CV-22 and MV-22 variants, has surpassed the 400,000-flight hour

Harris Develops Digital Navigation Payload for GPS III Satellites
2017-11-13 Read More...
Harris Corporation has completed development of the company’s fully digital Mission Data Unit (MDU), which is at the heart of its navigation payload for Lockheed Martin’s GPS III satellites 11 and

Boeing Team Loads Milestone Missile into Silo
2017-11-09 Read More...
Boeing and the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) team recently bolstered America’s defense against long-range ballistic missiles, ahead of schedule, with the installation of the 44th

Harris System to Launch Aboard NOAA Satellite
2017-11-08 Read More...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) - scheduled to launch November 10 - will feature an advanced Harris Corporation environmental measurement instrument to improve U.S. weather

MBDA Inc. to Produce Diamond Back® Wing Assemblies for Small Diameter Bomb
2017-11-02 Read More...
MBDA Inc. announced a new contract award from Boeing to produce up to 21,000 Diamond Back® Wing Assemblies for the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB-1). This new contract follows a U.S. Air Force award to Boeing for additional SDB-1

Saab’s Gripen E Goes Supersonic
2017-11-01 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab announces that the Gripen E smart fighter flew supersonic for the first time. The aircraft broke the sound barrier over the Baltic Sea on the 18th

USAF Orders 6 More A-29 Aircraft to Afghanistan Program
2017-11-01 Read More...
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and its partner Embraer Defense & Security have received orders from the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) A-29 Afghanistan Program for six more A-29 Super Tucano

Lockheed Martin Wins Order for Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bombs
2017-10-27 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received a $131 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for follow-on production of Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB)

Orbital ATK to Supply New Components for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
2017-10-27 Read More...
Orbital ATK announced it has received an initial $24 million contract from Lockheed Martin to produce additional composite components for the F-35 Joint Strike

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