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Boeing to Remanufacture 117 U.S. Army Apache Helicopters
2016-04-18 Read More...
Boeing continues its role as the United States’ leading provider of attack helicopters with a contract to remanufacture 117 AH-64D Apaches to the new, more capable AH-64E

U.S. Army Commissioning First Female Officers for Ground Combat
2016-04-18 Read More...
The US Army is commissioning 22 women as infantry and armor officers under historic new rules allowing females to serve in ground combat roles, USA Today reported

Raytheon Wins $1B Next Generation Jammer EMD Contract
2016-04-18 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $1 billion sole source contract for Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) for Increment 1 of the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ), the advanced electronic attack technology that combines high-powered,

Pratt &Whitney to Produce New Lot of F-35 Engines
2016-04-15 Read More...
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract valued at approximately $1.4 billion for the production of the ninth lot of F135 propulsion systems powering the F-35 Lightning

Boeing Completes Satellite for NASA TDRS Constellation
2016-04-15 Read More...
Boeing has completed, and delivered to storage, the last in a series of satellites for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation. TDRS-M is the sixth Boeing-built satellite for the NASA network providing high-bandwidth

Dassault Aviation Celebrating 100th Anniversary
2016-04-14 Read More...
Dassault Aviation is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016. The production of the first aircraft part designed by its founder, Marcel Dassault, the Éclair propeller, was used on French airplanes during the first major aerial combat in history,

Raytheon, USAF Complete GPS OCX First Qualification Test
2016-04-14 Read More...
On March 4, Raytheon successfully passed the first formal qualification test milestone for the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System. Known simply as GPS OCX, this new system offers significant

Lockheed Martin Delivers 150,000th Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round
2016-04-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 150,000th Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round (ELGTR), which gives warfighters the only live-fire laser-guided bomb (LGB) training solution available

SIPRI: Global Defense Budgets Hit $1.68 Trillion in 2015
2016-04-08 Read More...
Global military spending has begun rising in real terms for the first time since the U.S. began its withdrawal of troops from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Raytheon, DRS to Develop Next-Gen Infrared Night Vision for US Army
2016-04-08 Read More...
The U.S. Army awarded $56 million to the team of Raytheon Company and DRS Technologies to engineer, manufacture and develop the 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared B-Kit, an upgrade to night vision equipment that will allow ground troops to

Cessna Skyhawk Aircraft Now Fitted With Angle of Attack System
2016-04-08 Read More...
Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc ., a Textron Inc. company, announced during the Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-in and Expo, that Safe Flight’s SCc Angle of Attack (AoA) system is now standard on all Cessna Skyhawk 172

Lockheed Martin Mini-Missile Takes Flight in New Demonstration
2016-04-07 Read More...
A Lockheed Martin-built Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor was successfully launched from a Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) in an engineering demonstration on April 4 at White Sands Missile Range, New

Lockheed Martin-Led Team to Build LCS 25 for U.S. Navy
2016-04-05 Read More...
The U.S. Navy has awarded the Lockheed Martin led industry team a contract for one fully funded Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The contract award includes funding for seaframe construction, systems integration and

Lockheed Martin Restarts Production of Tactical Missile System in Arkansas
2016-04-01 Read More...
Lockheed Martin has restarted its Tactical Missile System (TACMS) production line at the company’s facility in Camden,

U.S. Approves $3.2 Billion P-8A Patrol Aircraft Sale to UK
2016-03-28 Read More...
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom for P-8A Aircraft and associated equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $3.2

Oshkosh Defense Wins Two US Army Contracts
2016-03-28 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, will recapitalize 1,212 Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) and produce 345 trailers following multiple orders from the U.S. Army valued at more than $430

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