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Oshkosh Wins FMTV Contract from U.S. Army
2016-10-03 Read More...
The U.S. Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, a $409 million contract to produce 1,661 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) trucks and 31 trailers, under Order Year 7 of the current FMTV contract. Deliveries

Raytheon’s New Missile Defense Radar Passes Critical Test
2016-10-03 Read More...
The world’s newest, lower-tier air and missile defense radar just completed a critical milestone, moving it one step closer to testing in an operational

Harris, Boeing Developing Next-Gen Avionics Technology
2016-10-03 Read More...
Harris Corporation and Boeing are developing next-generation avionics technology for current and future military aircraft to improve and protect aviators’

L-3 WESCAM Appoints Mike Greenley as President
2016-09-29 Read More...
L-3 WESCAM announced that Mike Greenley has been appointed President, reporting to Jeff Miller, President of L-3’s Integrated Sensor Systems (ISS)

Oshkosh Awarded U.S. Army Order for JLTV Program
2016-09-28 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced that the U.S. Army has placed a $42 million order that exercises available options for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program including vehicles, installed kits and packaged

Bell Helicopter Unveils V-247 “Vigilant” Tiltrotor UAS
2016-09-26 Read More...
Speaking before an audience of aviation and military experts assembled at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, unveiled the Bell V-247 Vigilant

PAC-3 Destroys Tactical Ballistic Missile Target
2016-09-26 Read More...
Two Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missiles successfully intercepted two tactical ballistic missile (TBM) targets today as part of a U.S. Army-led missile defense flight test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The test demonstrated the hit-to-kill

NGC Delivers First Mine Hunting Sonar Upgrades to US Navy
2016-09-23 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has delivered the first of three lots of mine hunting sonar upgrade kits to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division. The ultimate end users will be the HM-12, -14 and -15 Mine

Predator-Series Exceed 4 Million Flight Hours
2016-09-23 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, announced that its Predator®-series family of aircraft, including MQ-1

New B-21 Stealth Bomber Named “The Raider”
2016-09-22 Read More...
The Secretary of the US Air Force, the honorable Deborah Lee James, announced the name of the B-21 bomber today, the Raider, during her state of the Air Force address at the Air Force Association’s national

LM Wins Order for Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bombs
2016-09-21 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) received an $87.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for follow-on production of Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB)

Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS WICHITA
2016-09-20 Read More...
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team launched the 13th Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) into the Menominee River at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard on September

RUAG Space USA Inaugurates Huntsville Business Office
2016-09-19 Read More...
RUAG Space USA held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially commemorate its Huntsville (Alabama) business office. Together with Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle and the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce, the RUAG team was welcomed to the business

Hawker 400XPR Achieves FAA Certification
2016-09-19 Read More...
Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation, Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification on all 400XPR program

U.S. Navy Links Standard Missile-6 with F-35 Fighter
2016-09-16 Read More...
In a first-of-its-kind engagement, a Raytheon Company Standard Missile-6 linked with an F-35 fighter destroyed a medium-range, medium-altitude, subsonic target. The USS Desert Ship (LLS 1), a land-based U.S. Navy Combat System equipped with the

CAE Wins Training Services Contracts
2016-09-15 Read More...
CAE announced that it has won defense contracts valued at more than C$120 million to provide a range of training services and simulation product upgrades for global military

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