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General Dynamics Demos 4G Tactical Backbone Network
2017-05-12 Read More...
A General Dynamics Mission Systems engineering team successfully streamed video 62 miles between two tactical antennas on April 20 during the Marine Corps-sponsored Ship-to-Shore Maneuver, Exploration and Experimentation (S2ME2) Task Force

Leonardo Fully Participates at IDEF Exhibition in Turkey
2017-05-11 Read More...
From 9-12 May 2017, Leonardo is exhibiting at IDEF, the 13th edition of Turkey’s major defense and security exhibition. Leonardo has been doing business in Turkey for more than 40 years, participating in major civilian and military projects

Boeing, USAF Demo Airborne Networking System
2017-05-10 Read More...
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) recently demonstrated that multiple aircraft and ground stations can efficiently and securely communicate using the Boeing-developed Talon HATE airborne networking

Raytheon’s Patriot Downed Over 100 Ballistic Missiles Since 2015
2017-05-08 Read More...
Since 01 January 2015, Raytheon’s Patriot™ integrated air and missile defense system has shot down more than 100 tactical ballistic missiles in combat operations around the world. More than 90 of those intercepts involved the low cost Raytheon-made

Raytheon Starts Production of AN/SPY-6(V) Radar
2017-05-05 Read More...
Raytheon Company is being awarded a $327,146,998 Fixed Price Incentive (firm target) modification to previously awarded contract N00024-14-C-5315 to exercise options for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program (AMDR) Low Rate Initial

Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6 Passes Graduation Tests
2017-05-02 Read More...
After a complex series of U.S. Navy flight tests at Pacific Missile Firing Range in Hawaii, Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) proves it’s ready to reach its final stage of the acquisition process: full operational capability. Reaching FOC is a kind of

Thales Acquires Guavus for Real-Time Big Data Analytics
2017-05-02 Read More...
Thales announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the US Company Guavus, a pioneer in real-time Big Data

US Army Recertifies Harris Corporation Airborne Radio
2017-04-28 Read More...
The U.S. Army has recertified Harris Corporation’s AN/ARC-201D airborne radio, validating that the radios are airworthy for use in Army helicopters. The radios will be produced at Harris’ state-of-the-art Rochester, New York,

Second Boeing T-X Aircraft Takes Flight
2017-04-27 Read More...
Boeing and partner Saab have completed the first flight of their second production-ready T-X aircraft, which is identical to the first and designed specifically for the U.S. Air Force advanced pilot training

U.S. Army Orders More Q-53 Counterfire Radars
2017-04-26 Read More...
Lockheed Martin will manufacture additional AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar systems for the U.S. Army under a $1.6 billion order-dependent

Long Range Discrimination Radar Passes Design Review
2017-04-24 Read More...
Less than 18 months from contract award, the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR), developed by Lockheed Martin, passed Preliminary Design Review (PDR), indicating that detailed design on the radar system can move forward. The radar system will

Oshkosh to Renovate US Army’s Heavy Tactical Trucks
2017-04-19 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, and Oshkosh Corporation Company, has received an order from the US Army to carry out recapitalization work on some of its tactical trucks, the Department of Defense stated in a press

Bell Helicopter to Participate at Army Aviation Summit
2017-04-19 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced its show plans for the 2017 Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, April 26-28,

BAE to Design Space, Missile Defense Solutions for US Army
2017-04-17 Read More...
BAE Systems has been chosen for a position on a new eight-year, $3 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to continue supporting the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command

Orbital ATK Wins Order for Sidewinder Missile Rocket Motors
2017-04-17 Read More...
Orbital ATK announced it has received a contract award from the U.S. Air Force for production of rocket motors for the AIM-9P

MQ-8C Fire Scout Completes 1st Flight from US Navy’s LCS
2017-04-17 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s autonomous helicopter, MQ-8C Fire Scout, took to the air for the first time from a U.S. Navy independence-class Littoral Combat ship, USS Montgomery (LCS-8). The flight took place off the coast of California during the

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