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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

Orbital ATK to Supply Non-Standard Ammunition to US DoD
2016-04-20 Read More...
Orbital ATK, Inc., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced it has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract award with the U.S. government to supply non-U.S. standard ammunition (NSA) and mortar

Thales to Deliver Fulmar UAS System to Malaysia
2016-04-20 Read More...
Thales reinforces its commitment to supporting Malaysian maritime security by securing a contract to deliver the Fulmar UAS system to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement

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,

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