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Raytheon Awarded New US Air Force AMRAAM Order
2016-03-23 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $573 million contract modification to exercise the option on a previously awarded contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles

Beechcraft to Support NATO Flying Training in Canada
2016-03-23 Read More...
Beechcraft Defense Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced it recently signed a contract with CAE, to provide service support for the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC)

Raytheon Tests Upgraded Patriot Air and Missile Defense System
2016-03-22 Read More...
The newly upgraded Raytheon Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system has again proven that it can destroy a ballistic missile with different kinds of interceptors fired in rapid

Thales Completes Acquisition of Vormetric
2016-03-21 Read More...
Thales announced the closing of its acquisition of Vormetric, a leading provider of data protection solutions in physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures, after approval by the regulatory authorities. The transaction price is approximately 375

Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 MSE Intercepts Missile Target in Flight Test
2016-03-21 Read More...
A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target today at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, as part of a U.S. Army-led flight

Oshkosh Defense Showcases Winning JLTV at AUSA Global Force
2016-03-18 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, showcased its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama on March 15-17,

Javelin JV Team Wins U.S. Secretary of Defense PBL Award
2016-03-18 Read More...
The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded the U.S. Army and the Javelin™ Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, the Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in

Textron Systems Electronic Systems Celebrates eCASS Partnership with Lockheed Martin, U.S. Navy
2016-03-17 Read More...
Textron Systems Electronic Systems, a Textron Inc. business, celebrates a continued collaboration with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy on the Electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS)

Second CH-53K Helicopter Joins Flight Test Program
2016-03-16 Read More...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, announced the second CH-53K helicopter has joined the flight test program and achieved first flight. In addition the first aircraft into the test program has achieved flight envelope expansion to 120 knots for

Raytheon’s SM-6 Shatters Engagement Distance Record
2016-03-09 Read More...
Raytheon's Standard Missile-6, successfully engaged five targets and shattered its previous maximum engagement range record, set in June of 2014.This test series, supported by the Cooperative Engagement Capability, validated the tactical warfighting

US, South Korea Begin Largest Annual Military Exercises
2016-03-08 Read More...
South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest-ever annual joint military exercises on Monday with a special focus on bolstering the allies' wartime capability to launch precision strikes on North Korea's top leadership, officials said

2nd Boeing, USAF KC-46A Tanker Completes 1st Flight
2016-03-07 Read More...
The Boeing test team successfully completed the first flight of the program’s second KC-46A tanker aircraft yesterday, taking off from Paine Field and landing later at Boeing Field in

Sikorsky Opens State-of-the-Art Customer Care Center
2016-03-03 Read More...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company unveiled several initiatives to provide new and enhanced services supporting the company’s customers. The announcements were made at the ongoing 2016 Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo show.“Sikorsky

Harris to Supply HMS Manpack Radios to U.S. Army
2016-03-02 Read More...
Harris Corporation was one of three awardees of a multi-award IDIQ contract to supply HMS Manpack radios to the U.S. Army. The IDIQ contract consists of a five-year base and an additional five-year option and has a ceiling of $12.7 billion.The Army

AM General Secures New HMMWV Vehicle, Parts Contracts
2016-03-02 Read More...
AM General announced it has secured $57 million in HMMWV contracts and vehicle parts for Iraq, Serbia, Argentina, and the U.S. National Guard and Reserve.These contracts demonstrate the growing global demand for affordable readiness and reliability

U.S. Test Fires Second Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2016-03-01 Read More...
The U.S. military test-fired its second Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in a week on Thursday night, seeking to demonstrate its nuclear arms capacity at a time of rising strategic tensions with Russia and North Korea.The unarmed Minuteman III

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