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Raytheon, US Navy Deliver 4,000th Tomahawk Block IV Cruise Missile
2017-08-17 Read More...
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy have delivered the 4,000th Tomahawk™ Block IV cruise missile to the fleet. The highly advanced missile can circle for hours, shift course instantly on command and strike with pinpoint

Lockheed Martin Wins U.S. Army Order for ATACMS Missiles
2017-08-16 Read More...
Lockheed Martin has received a $161 million production contract for the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile for the U.S.

Boeing Board Elects Caroline Kennedy as New Director
2017-08-15 Read More...
The Boeing Board of Directors has elected Caroline B. Kennedy as a new

AAR Starts Work on Landing Gear Contract for US Air Force
2017-08-14 Read More...
AAR received the Notice to Proceed on the $909,394,297 fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for the Landing Gear Performance-Based Logistics One

Harris Delivers Navigation Payload for 3rd LM GPS III Satellite
2017-08-11 Read More...
Harris Corporation has delivered the third of 10 advanced navigation payloads to Lockheed Martin (LM), which will increase accuracy, signal power and jamming resistance for U.S. Air Force GPS III

U.S. Aircraft Carrier to Visit Vietnam Next Year
2017-08-11 Read More...
A U.S. aircraft carrier will visit Vietnam next year, the Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday, in a sign of improving relations between the two countries, according to

NGC to Integrate AFTRS-R on Joint STARS
2017-08-10 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract to upgrade existing radio terminals aboard the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet and replace them with Air Force Tactical Receive

Lockheed Martin Unveils Next Generation Missile Defense Sensor Technology
2017-08-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin will unveil its next generation air and missile defense radar demonstrator at the annual Space & Missile Defense Symposium this week in Huntsville,

INVISIO Wins New U.S. Department of Defense Contract
2017-08-09 Read More...
INVISIO has been awarded a two-year IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity) contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for communication and hearing protection systems. The award is for up to USD 13 million and the first order has

Thales Announces New Executive Committee Appointments
2017-08-08 Read More...
Thales announced the following two new appointments to its Executive

Harris to Supply Falcon III HMS Manpack Radios to US Army
2017-08-07 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received a delivery order to supply its multi-channel Falcon III ® HMS (Handheld, Manpack & Small Form-Fit) Manpack radios to support two major U.S. Army test events. The order was received during the first quarter of

Oshkosh Defense Wins New JLTV Order from US Army
2017-08-04 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, announced that the U.S. Army has placed another order for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program including 748 vehicles and 2,359 installed and packaged kits. The order

Lockheed Martin Invests $350 Million in Satellite Production Facility
2017-08-04 Read More...
Preliminary construction is underway on a new, $350 million Lockheed Martin facility that will produce next-generation satellites. Located on the company’s Waterton Canyon campus near Denver, the new facility is the latest step in an ongoing

Insitu Celebrates One Million Flight Hours
2017-08-03 Read More...
Insitu reached a milestone worth celebrating when the company’s unmanned platforms - ScanEagle, Integrator and RQ-21A Blackjack - hit a collective one million operational flight hours last week. This event represents the latest achievement in the

Boeing Team Completes KC-46 Tanker Electromagnetic Testing
2017-08-01 Read More...
A Boeing-led team, including U.S. Air Force and Naval Air Systems Command representatives, recently completed KC-46 tanker electromagnetic

Boeing to Modernize Next-Generation Chinook Helicopter
2017-07-31 Read More...
Boeing will build and test three U.S. Army CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters as part of a modernization effort that will likely bring another two decades of work to the company's Philadelphia

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