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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

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

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