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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

U.S. Air Force Authorizes Extended Service Life for F-16
2017-04-14 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force authorized extending the service life of the Lockheed Martin F-16’s designed service life to 12,000 Equivalent Flight Hours - far beyond the aircraft’s original design service life of 8,000

GA-ASI’s Predator B Demos Threat Radar Detection
2017-04-13 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced the successful airborne demonstration of a Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) on a GA-ASI Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper® Block 5

Orbital ATK Wins Small-Caliber Ammunition Orders
2017-04-12 Read More...
Orbital ATK announced it has received $92 million in small-caliber ammunition orders from the U.S.

MBDA Tests Sea Venom with Lynx, Super Lynx Helicopters
2017-04-07 Read More...
MBDA has successfully conducted air carriage and jettison trials of its cutting-edge Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile on board the Lynx Mk 8 naval

MQ-4C Triton Completes Test with Improved Software
2017-04-07 Read More...
The U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), completed formal lab testing and a successful first flight of an improved software suite that enhances the autonomous unmanned system’s operational capabilities and enables

Raytheon Tests New Electric Gun for Phalanx® Weapon System
2017-04-06 Read More...
Raytheon Company successfully tested a new electric gun for the Phalanx® Close-In Weapon System. The upgrade allows soldiers and sailors to fire at varying rates, which uses less

Orbital ATK Wins Contract for Multi-Function Fuze
2017-04-06 Read More...
Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced it has received a $21 million contract for first article test and production of the MK419 Mod 1 Multi-Function Fuze

$2.2 Billion Boeing Contract Funds P-8 Aircraft for US, Australia, UK
2017-04-05 Read More...
Boeing, the U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force and the United Kingdom Royal Air Force will continue modernizing global maritime patrol capabilities through a $2.2 billion contract awarded March 30 for at least 17 P-8A Poseidon

Raytheon’s AMDR Executes 1st Ballistic Missile Test
2017-04-04 Read More...
Raytheon Company’s AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar searched for, acquired and tracked a ballistic missile test target during the radar’s first dedicated Ballistic Missile Defense exercise at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility

Initial Integration for U.S. Army’s MAPS Soft-Kill Demonstrator
2017-03-30 Read More...
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) recently completed initial integration for the U.S. Army’s Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) soft-kill

First Gowind® 2500 by DCNS Succeeds in Sea Trials
2017-03-24 Read More...
On March 17th, 2017, DCNS announced the success of the first sea trials of the first-of-class Gowind® 2500 corvette under construction in Lorient, France by

Lockheed Martin-Built SBIRS Satellite Sends First Images
2017-03-24 Read More...
From its final orbit location 22,000 miles above the equator, the third Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite recently sent its first images back down to Earth, a milestone known as “first

Boeing’s 9th Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Launched
2017-03-23 Read More...
Boeing’s ninth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite launched into orbit today and will provide the United States and six allied nations with increased communications capabilities to prevent, protect against and respond to

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