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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

Lockheed Martin to Produce First Lot of Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles
2017-07-28 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received an $86.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy and Air Force for Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)

Boeing, Dassault Systèmes Extend Partnership
2017-07-27 Read More...
Dassault Systèmes and Boeing have extended their partnership. Boeing will expand its deployment of Dassault Systèmes’ products across its commercial aviation, space and defense programs to include the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE

Lockheed Martin’s F-35s Surpass 100,000 Flight Hours
2017-07-26 Read More...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft fleet recently exceeded 100,000 flight hours while the F-35 Integrated Test Force teams are completing the remaining requirements in the program's System Development and Demonstration (SDD)

US Navy Fires 1st Tomahawk From New Submarine Payload Tubes
2017-07-21 Read More...
For the first time, the U.S. Navy test fired two Raytheon-built Tomahawk cruise missiles from new submarine payload tubes on the Virginia-class USS North Dakota

RUAG Space Starts Production at New Florida Facility
2017-07-20 Read More...
RUAG Space, a leading product supplier to the space industry, held a celebratory reception on 11 July, marking the commencement of full production capabilities in its Titusville, Florida

Orbital ATK Demos Common Fuze for Medium Caliber Ammunition
2017-07-19 Read More...
Orbital ATK gave a close up look at the effectiveness of the company’s common fuze capability for medium caliber ammunition fired from its Bushmaster® Chain Gun® family during a demonstration at the company’s Bushmaster User Conference at Big Sandy

First Firing of MBDA’s Brimstone from Eurofighter Typhoon
2017-07-18 Read More...
The first live firing of MBDA’s Brimstone air-to-surface missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon has been successfully completed as part of ongoing development work to significantly upgrade the capability of the aircraft. The trial is part of work to

Thales to Equip 3 Royal Navy Warships With Anti-Sub Sonars
2017-07-17 Read More...
Thales announced a major boost for jobs and investment in the maritime industry with the news that it has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems to supply its anti-submarine warfare sonar for the Royal Navy’s new Type 26

BAE Systems to Provide EW Suite for US SOCOM’s C-130s
2017-07-14 Read More...
The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has selected BAE Systems to provide new electronic warfare (EW) systems for its fleet of AC/MC-130J aircraft. BAE Systems will upgrade the aircraft’s survivability equipment with the capability to detect,

Orbital ATK Completes Launch of IRBM for MDA
2017-07-14 Read More...
Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced the successful launch of its Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) target for the Missile Defense Agency

THAAD System Intercepts Target in Major Flight Test
2017-07-13 Read More...
The Lockheed Martin built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system successfully intercepted a target in a missile defense test led by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency with critical support provided by the U.S.

SRC, Inc. Celebrates 60th Anniversary
2017-07-11 Read More...
SRC, Inc. commemorated 60 years of innovation in 2017. Since inception, the not-for-profit research and development organization has been focused on helping to solve its customers’ “impossible” challenges in the areas of defense, environment and

Bell 525 Relentless Resumes Flight Test Program
2017-07-11 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced that the Bell 525 Relentless program has resumed flight test activity after receiving experimental certificate renewal from the Federal Aviation Administration

CH-53K King Stallion Completes First Extended Flight
2017-07-07 Read More...
Lockheed Martin announced the CH-53K King Stallion program has successfully completed its first extended “cross country” flight from Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Florida, facility to Naval Air Station Patuxent River,

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