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Boeing Opens Equipped P-8A Maintenance Training Center
2016-05-17 Read More...
Boeing has equipped the U.S. Navy’s new P-8 Maintenance Training Facility with a suite of realistic, interactive training systems, another key step in the service's efforts to fully integrate the aircraft into the

Lori Robinson First Woman to Head US Military Command
2016-05-16 Read More...
Air Force General Lori Robinson took charge of the US military’s Northern Command on Friday, becoming the first woman to head a US combatant

Textron Systems Expands Unmanned Systems Service & Support Center
2016-05-12 Read More...
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. business, announced the construction completion and grand opening of the company’s new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) training and maintenance facility, the Unmanned Systems Service & Support Center,

Harris Wins Foreign Military Sales IDIQ Contract for Tactical Radios
2016-05-11 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received a five-year, $405 million ceiling, single-award follow-on IDIQ contract from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics

Thales to Supply Scorpion® Helmet Display for Air Force EF-18 Fighter Jets
2016-05-11 Read More...
The Spanish Ministry of Defense will equip the EF-18 with 80 Thales Scorpion® Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (HMCS). These HMCS will be installed in the aircraft during the course of 2016 and 2017, once the operational qualification phase and

Oshkosh Offers 5 M-ATV Variants to Meet Armed Forces Mission Requirements
2016-05-09 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, is offering five Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) variants to meet a full range of mission requirements for armed forces around the

Bell Helicopter Completes V-280 Valor Wing and Fuselage Mate
2016-05-09 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, has successfully joined the V-280 Joint Multi Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) wing and nacelles to the aircraft fuselage. The milestone occurred last week at the company’s aircraft assembly center in

Sikorsky Conducts Combat Rescue Helicopter Air Vehicle Preliminary Design Review
2016-05-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced the successful execution of the Combat Rescue Helicopter Program (CRH) Air Vehicle Preliminary Design Review

US Tests “Sea Hunter,” World’s Largest Unmanned Ship
2016-05-06 Read More...
The US military has begun tests on the world’s largest unmanned ship, a self-driving 130ft vessel which can hunt down enemy submarines without a single sailor at the

Thales Releases Q1 2016 Order Intake and Sales
2016-05-05 Read More...
Thales released Wednesday its order intake and sales for Q1 2016. Patrice Caine (photo), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, commented: “Business over the first few months of 2016 confirmed the acceleration of Thales’s sales momentum, which was

Orbital ATK Wins New Order for Small Caliber Ammunition
2016-05-05 Read More...
Orbital ATK, Inc., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that it has received orders totaling $210 million to produce small caliber ammunition for the U.S.

NATO Alliance Getting New Supreme Commander
2016-05-05 Read More...
The NATO alliance this week is getting a new Supreme Commander, a former top-ranking US military Officer in Korea hailed Tuesday by Defense Secretary Ash Carter as a proven warrior-diplomat and “a soldiers’

Oshkosh Features TerraMax UGV Technology at AUVSI Conference
2016-05-04 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, is featuring its TerraMax ™ Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) technology equipped on a MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle ( M-ATV ) during the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s

CybAero Performs Test Campaign from Visby-Class Corvette
2016-05-04 Read More...
During the last week of April CybAero ended an extensive test campaign with their ship based system APID One. The clients of the campaign were FMV (the Swedish Defence Procurement Agency) in collaboration with the Swedish

Harris to Supply Airborne Jammers for US Navy Electronic Warfare Program
2016-05-04 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received an $88 million order to supply electronic jammers for U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet

Raytheon to Produce 1st Multi-Spectral Targeting System With Next-Generation Accuracy
2016-05-03 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Company a $90 million first-lot production contract for the next-generation Multi-Spectral Targeting System. The AN/DAS-4, the latest variant of the MTS™ family of sensors, incorporates greater fire control and

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