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Boeing Delivers Six Enhanced B-52 Bomber Weapons Bay Launchers
2016-01-15 Read More...
Six of the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 bombers can now take flight with a greater variety of weapons, thanks to enhanced internal weapons bay launchers delivered by Boeing. The upgraded launchers allow the B-52 to carry GPS-guided or “smart” weapons in

Saab Wins Carl-Gustaf Ammunition and US Army Contracts
2016-01-14 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has signed a contract for the production and delivery of ammunition for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system

HIMARS Achieves One Million Operational Hours Milestone
2016-01-14 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) recently achieved a significant milestone with U.S. military forces, reaching one million operational

Raytheon Wins RAM Block 2 Order, Tests SeaRAM with Newest Missile Variant
2016-01-13 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $66.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for fiscal year 2016 for Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 guided missile round pack

President of Oshkosh Defense to Retire in February
2016-01-11 Read More...
Oshkosh Corporation, a leading manufacturer of specialty and military vehicles, announced today that John M. Urias (photo), Executive Vice President of Oshkosh Corporation and President of Oshkosh Defense, LLC., will retire effective February 6,

Lockheed Martin Wins THAAD Missile-Defense Contract
2016-01-06 Read More...
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a $528 million contract in December 2015 for production and delivery of interceptors for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

Lockheed Martin to Deliver 78 C-130J Super Hercules to U.S. Government
2016-01-05 Read More...
Lockheed Martin will deliver 78 C-130J Super Hercules to the U.S. government through a C-130J Multiyear II contract, which was announced by the U.S. government on December 30,

U.S. International Arms Sales Jump 35% in 2014
2015-12-31 Read More...
Foreign arms sales by the United States jumped by almost $10 billion in 2014, about 35%, even as the global weapons market remained flat and competition among suppliers increased, a new congressional study has

NGC to Produce US Navy’s Shipboard Laser Weapon System Demonstrator
2015-12-24 Read More...
The U.S. Navy will get a peek at a future where high energy laser weapons could defend its ships against attack under a contract awarded October 22 to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) by the Office of Naval Research

Cubic to Acquire TeraLogics and GATR Technologies
2015-12-23 Read More...
Cubic Corporation announced the acquisition of TeraLogics, LLC and the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire GATR Technologies, Inc.

NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Aircraft Takes Flight
2015-12-22 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation and members of NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA) celebrated an important and much anticipated

Harris Corporation Wins US Navy Electronic Warfare Contract
2015-12-21 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received a three-year, $54 million ceiling, single-award IDIQ contract from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to provide electronic warfare (EW) technology and engineering services for the Advanced Decoy Architecture Project

Oshkosh Resumes Work on Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
2015-12-17 Read More...
The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) has directed Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, to resume work on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) production contract.

LM, U.S. Navy Conduct First LRASM Captive-Carry Flights on F/A-18E/F
2015-12-16 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) and the U.S. Navy recently completed the first Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) prototype captive-carry flight tests on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The flights were conducted at Patuxent River Naval Air Station,

Raytheon’s SM-3 Demos First Ballistic Missile Intercept
2015-12-11 Read More...
The Missile Defense Agency conducted the first intercept test of a Raytheon Land-Based Standard Missile-3 Block IB (photo) from the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test

Harris Corporation Wins Expeditionary Warfare IDIQ Order from U.S. Army
2015-12-09 Read More...
The U.S. Army has awarded Harris Corporation a five-year, $800 million ceiling, multi-award IDIQ contract to provide expeditionary warfare products and services to the Army Research Lab

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