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Boeing, US Air Force KC-46A Tanker Completes First Flight
2015-09-29 Read More...The Boeing and U.S. Air Force (USAF) team successfully completed the first flight of a KC-46A tanker aircraft Friday, taking off from Paine Field at 1:24 p.m. (PST) and landing four hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle.
Orbital ATK’s AARGM Missile Scores Direct Hit Against Mobile Ship Target
Orbital ATK, Inc. and the U.S. Navy successfully launched and scored a hit against the Mobile Ship Target during Block 1 upgrade test firings of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) at the Point Mugu Sea Range on August 18,
Lockheed Martin to Begin Testing 3-Cell ExLS in 2016
Lockheed Martin is concluding production of its 3-Cell ExLS Stand Alone Launcher designed to fire MBDA’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) in October and, following qualification testing in mid-2016, will be available for use by Allied Navies
MBDA to Market BAE’s Laser-Guided Rocket in Europe
BAE Systems, Inc. announced an agreement with MBDA to support marketing efforts for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWSTM) laser-guided rocket. Under the terms of the agreement, MBDA will lead marketing efforts for the BAE Systems, Inc.
Boeing Delivers 7 Australian Chinooks Ahead of Schedule
Boeing delivered the seventh CH-47F Chinook to the Australian Army on budget August 10th, three weeks ahead of schedule, supporting modernization of Australia’s cargo helicopter fleet and eventually replacing the Commonwealth’s six older CH-47D
AM General Secures 6-Year Configured Ambulances Contract
AM General has been awarded a $428,295,155 firm-fixed-price, multi-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for new M997A3 HMMWV Ambulance Chassis Vehicles for domestic disaster relief efforts by the Army, Army Reserve and Army
Raytheon to Begin Full Rate Production of AIM-9X Block II
The U.S. Navy cleared Raytheon Company to begin full-rate production on the AIM-9X® Sidewinder Block II infrared air-to-air missile. The program completed operational test and evaluation earlier this year and Raytheon is now approved to produce
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