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Raytheon to Expand Southern Arizona Operations
2016-11-22 Read More...
Raytheon Company plans to expand its Southern Arizona operations by adding nearly 2,000 jobs at the Missile Systems business headquarters over a five year

Harris Receives NSA Certification for Falcon III® Radios
2016-11-18 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received Type-1 National Security Agency (NSA) certification for its Harris Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G Multiband Networking Manpack Radio to run the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)

Boeing to Consolidate Defense and Space Sites
2016-11-17 Read More...
Boeing is taking steps to operate its Defense, Space & Security business more efficiently through facilities consolidations and work movements that will increase employment in Los Angeles County, St. Louis, and Huntsville,

US Air Force Orders Thales Deployable - ILS Systems
2016-11-17 Read More...
Thales has received an order from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide three Deployable - Instrument Landing Systems

GA-ASI Conducts First Flight of Avenger ER
2016-11-16 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, announced the successful first flight of its new Avenger®

Boeing Names Pat Goggin President of BDS Development
2016-11-14 Read More...
Boeing is promoting Pat Goggin to be President of its Defense, Space & Security Development organization, succeeding Jim O’Neill who will retire next

Airbus Defense & Space’s TRS-4D Radars Equip LCS Ship
2016-11-11 Read More...
Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. (Airbus DS) is under contract with its affiliate, Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security GmbH, to provide TRS-4D naval radars for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program through Freedom-variant LCS prime

Lockheed Martin Modernized TACMS Missile Engages Target
2016-11-11 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s first modernized Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile completed a successful first flight test at White Sands Missile Range, New

Harris Mesh Reflectors Deploy on US Navy MUOS Satellite
2016-11-10 Read More...
Two Harris Corporation unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors successfully deployed October 30 on orbit onboard the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) satellite. MUOS-5, an advanced, new secure communications satellite built by

INVISIO Establishes U.S. Subsidiary
2016-11-09 Read More...
INVISIO has established a wholly owned subsidiary in the USA to increase its presence in the US market. The establishment is part of the company’s strategic objective to build a strong presence in key markets. The company has also begun recruiting

FLIR Concludes Acquisition of Point Grey Research
2016-11-08 Read More...
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced it has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of the business of Point Grey Research Inc., for an aggregate purchase price of $259 million in cash, or an enterprise value of $256 million excluding

PROTECTOR MCT-30 Turret to Equip Dragoon Vehicle
2016-11-07 Read More...
On Thursday October 27th, the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems and Project Manager for the Stryker Brigade Combat Team, in conjunction with General Dynamics Land Systems, presented the first of the up-gunned “Dragoon”

South Korea, US Start Joint Amphibious Drill
2016-11-01 Read More...
Marines from South Korea and the United States kicked off an amphibious landing operation along the eastern coast, a military official said Monday, the latest in a series of military drills meant to demonstrate the resolve of the allies to counter

Raytheon to Continue Sentinel Support for Royal Air Force
2016-11-01 Read More...
The Royal Air Force has awarded Raytheon U.K. a £131 million extension of its contract to manage support services for the Sentinel surveillance aircraft program. The award extends the contract to

First H225M Helicopter Unveiled in Naval Combat Version
2016-10-31 Read More...
Helibras and Airbus Helicopters have opened a new chapter in the history of the H225M multirole utility helicopter with the official presentation of the first aircraft in naval combat

Northrop Grumman Demos AQS-24B Mine Hunting System
2016-10-28 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) successfully demonstrated the AQS-24B mine hunting system at the Royal Navy-sponsored Unmanned Warrior exercise in Scotland. This was the first time the AQS-24B towed mine hunting sensor has been deployed from an

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