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Raytheon Developing New Technology for DARPA’s GXV-T
2016-10-12 Read More...
Raytheon Company is developing new technology to provide comprehensive situational awareness to troops inside windowless armored vehicles, as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T)

US, South Korea Begin Joint Naval Drills
2016-10-11 Read More...
South Korean and US forces have launched large-scale joint naval drills in a show of force against what they call North Korea’s provocations in the restive

Harris Corporation Debuts Global Innovation Center
2016-10-10 Read More...
Harris Corporation recently unveiled the Harris Global Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art, interactive technology

Rockwell Collins to Repair US UH-60 Display Units
2016-10-10 Read More...
The U.S. Army has selected Rockwell Collins to service the MFD-268C4 multi-function display (MFD) units for its UH-60M Black Hawk fleet under a five-year firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. This is a follow-on

Harris Wins US Army Order for Falcon III Radios
2016-10-07 Read More...
The U.S. Army has placed an initial order of approximately $10 million for Harris Corporation’s Falcon III® AN/VRC-118 Mid-tier Networking Vehicular Radio (MNVR) after receiving a Milestone C decision and authorization for a limited rate production

Raytheon Runs First AMRAAM-ER Tests from NASAMS
2016-10-06 Read More...
Raytheon Company has successfully flight-tested the newest variant of the combat-proven AMRAAM® missile from the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS™, surface-based

Lockheed Martin to Upgrade Apache Helicopters’ Sensor
2016-10-05 Read More...
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $49.3 million contract to upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) on the AH-64E Apache

PHOTONIS Demos 4G Night Vision at AUSA
2016-10-04 Read More...
PHOTONIS is demonstrating 4G Night Vision with a Virtual Reality simulator at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual general meeting in Washington, USA from 3 to 5

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

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