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Boeing C-17 SAC Program Support Exceeds 1,000 Missions
2014-09-04 Read More...
Boeing has supported more than 1,000 missions for the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) program’s fleet of three C-17 airlifters, achieving a mission capable rate of nearly 94% during the five years it has provided maintenance, engineering and

MBDA Signs 2 Letters of Intent at MSPO
2014-09-04 Read More...
On 2nd September, at the MSPO military exhibition in Kielce (Poland), Antoine Bouvier, CEO of MBDA, signed two Letters of Intent (LoI) with Waldemar Skowron, CEO of MESKO and with Ryszard Kardasz, CEO of PIT-RADWAR, relating to the Polish “Wisla”

MBDA at MSPO 2014
2014-09-02 Read More...
MBDA’s stand at MSPO 2014 (1 to 4 September; Kielce, Poland) focuses on air defense capabilities and especially on the ASTER 30 missile (photo), which is being displayed at the MSPO exhibition. The Aster 30 is the munition of the SAMP/T system,

Debut at MSPO Expo Highlights STREIT Group Expansion
2014-09-02 Read More...
STREIT Group is participating in MSPO Expo, in Kielce, Poland, which marks another milestone in the company’s global expansion.

Boeing Features Combat Helicopters, KC-46 Tanker at MSPO
2014-09-01 Read More...
Boeing is participating in the annual MSPO International Defence Industry exhibition in Kielce, Poland, which runs September 1-4.

Raytheon AI3 Missile Intercepts First Cruise Missile Target
2014-09-01 Read More...
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Army achieved the first intercept of a cruise missile by the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative missile. An AI3 missile also destroyed an unmanned aerial system

Global Hawk Variants Safely Surpass 100,000 Hours
2014-09-01 Read More...
Two U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) high altitude long endurance (HALE) series safely surpassed 100,000 combat/operational support hours.

Raytheon Delivers 1st Rolling Airframe Missiles to US Navy
2014-08-29 Read More...
Raytheon Company delivered the first Block 2 variant of its Rolling Airframe Missile system to the U.S. Navy as part of the company's 2012 Low Rate Initial Production

First RQ-4 Global Hawk Hits 100th Flight on NASA Mission
2014-08-27 Read More...
The first completed Global Hawk has made history again with its 100th flight in support of NASA environmental research. The milestone occurred on a flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California more than 16 years after its first flight in

Dempsey: “We Will Act If ISIS Directly Threatens Us”
2014-08-26 Read More...
General Martin Dempsey said that once he determines that the Islamic State militants in Iraq have become a direct threat to the U.S. homeland, he will recommend the U.S. military move directly against the group in Syria.

F-35 Flight Test Milestones Maturing Combat Capabilities
2014-08-26 Read More...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program continued a steady path of flight test milestones in August, including weapons separation, software compatibility and flight hours, all demonstrating program

Raytheon Tests Upgraded High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile
2014-08-25 Read More...
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Air Force successfully flight tested an upgraded High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM). The HARM Control Section Modification (HCSM) is more precise and accurate, which reduces potential collateral

Exelis Wins U.S. Army Information Technology Contract
2014-08-22 Read More...
Exelis has been awarded a $517 million contract for enterprise information management and information technology support services by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Harris Receives NSA Type-1 Certification
2014-08-22 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received Type-1 National Security Agency (NSA) certification for its Falcon III ® RF-340M multi-channel manpack radio. The certification enables Harris to field the radios for secure voice and data communications up through

F-16V Completes Major Capability Milestone
2014-08-21 Read More...
The newest configuration of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, the F-16V, has reached a major capability milestone with the integration of anew Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA)

C-130 Hercules Airlifter Celebrates 60th Anniversary
2014-08-21 Read More...
The Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules reaches another major milestone August 23 marking the 60th anniversary of its first flight at Burbank, California, in

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