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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

F-35, Aegis Combat System Demo Integration Potential
2016-09-15 Read More...
Two pre-eminent weapon systems, the F-35 Lightning II and Aegis Weapon System, worked together for the first time during a live fire exercise. The joint Lockheed Martin, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps exercise was the first live fire missile event

Kongsberg Maritime, Siemens Sign Partnership Agreement
2016-09-14 Read More...
Kongsberg Maritime and Siemens have signed a partnership agreement based on delivery of components on Variable Frequency Drives systems for offshore and maritime

Lockheed Martin Delivers 2,000th JASSM® to U.S. Air Force
2016-09-08 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 2,000th Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM®) to the U.S. Air

Septentrio’s Altus NR2 GNSS Receiver Now Offered by Esri
2016-09-07 Read More...
Esri customers in the United States can now purchase Septentrio’s Altus NR2 high-accuracy GNSS receiver, according to an announcement from the two partner

Textron Systems Delivers First TAPV to Canadian Army
2016-09-02 Read More...
Textron Systems Canada Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced recently delivered the first Tactical Armored Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) to the Canadian Army. The Canadian Army is fielding the first vehicles to the 5th Canadian Division Support Base

Raytheon Wins US Navy MK 54 Torpedo Contract
2016-09-02 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $37,723,774 firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive, cost and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of MK 54 lightweight torpedo common parts kits; MK 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedo kits; and MK 54

Raytheon to Modernize Ground Controls for Global Hawk
2016-08-31 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a subcontract valued up to $104 million to modernize the ground segment for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk autonomous aircraft. Raytheon partners with Northrop Grumman as the ground integrator for Global Hawk

INVISIO Receives Follow-Up Order from US Army
2016-08-29 Read More...
INVISIO has received another order from US army’s modernization program TCAPS. The order value amounts to approximately SEK 10 million and delivery is planned to take place successively in

Northrop Grumman Completes G/ATOR Block II Design Reviews
2016-08-25 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Marine Corps have achieved two major milestones in developing the Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) mode for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar

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