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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

Afghanistan Requests Individual and Crew Served Weapons
2016-08-24 Read More...
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Afghanistan for individual and crew served weapons, equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $60

Sensonor Supplies IMUs for NASA Raven, Near Earth Orbit
2016-08-24 Read More...
Sensonor AS first began supplying its standard Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Gyroscope Modules for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space applications in 2012, beginning with the launch of the NASA sponsored AeroCube-4

Raytheon to Build Naval Strike Missile Launchers
2016-08-23 Read More...
Raytheon Company has received an initial contract to produce Naval Strike Missile (NSM) launchers at its production facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The deal ushers in U.S. manufacturing of the Norwegian-developed weapon

US, South Korea Start Joint Military Exercise
2016-08-23 Read More...
South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) on Monday to maintain their combined forces’ readiness against North Korea's potential aggression amid Pyongyang's threats to launch a pre-emptive

Boeing Awarded $2.8B for KC-46A Tanker Initial Production
2016-08-22 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing $2.8 billion on August 18 for KC-46A tanker low-rate initial

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