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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

Textron Systems Demos Hybrid Quadrotor on Aerosonde SUAS
2016-05-02 Read More...
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. business, announced the successful demonstration of the Aerosonde™ Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) enabled with Hybrid Quadrotor™ technology - allowing the system to take-off and land vertically

Raytheon Awarded Two US Navy Contracts
2016-04-29 Read More...
The U.S. Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) has awarded Raytheon Company up to $104 million to conduct operations and maintenance for the Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) program. ROTHR is a long-range surveillance

Boeing KC-46 Program’s Second 767-2C Aircraft Completes First Flight
2016-04-29 Read More...
With a successful first flight on April 25th, Boeing has added the fourth and final flight test aircraft to the KC-46 Pegasus fleet, a

Textron to Upgrade 24 US Army RQ-7B V2 Shadow® TUAS
2016-04-27 Read More...
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. business, announced that it has received a $116.5 million award from the U.S. Army for an additional 24 RQ-7B V2 Shadow ® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS)

Lockheed Martin Wins New USAF Order for JASSM-ER
2016-04-25 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received a $116.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for continued production of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range

RUAG to Manufacture Structures for Vulcan Rocket
2016-04-25 Read More...
RUAG Space will supply carbon structures for United Launch Alliance's (ULA’s) new Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. This was announced by both companies at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs last

Textron Systems to Supply A2PATS™ to Naval Air Warfare Center
2016-04-22 Read More...
Textron Systems Electronic Systems, a Textron Inc. business, announced it has been awarded a five year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at up to $49 million for its Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time

Rohde & Schwarz to Provide Integrated Communications System to Royal Malaysian Navy
2016-04-21 Read More...
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has selected Rohde & Schwarz to provide state-of-the-art, IP-based communications systems for its Second Generation Patrol Vessel - Littoral Combat Ships (SGPV-LCS). BNS is in progress of building the vessels in its

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