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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

U.N. Chief Urges Meeting on Nuclear-Free Middle East
2014-08-20 Read More...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that the failure to hold a conference on establishing a nuclear-weapons-free-zone in the Middle East this year could jeopardize the success of next year’s review of the landmark 1970 agreement aimed at stopping

USAF to Get CAE’s Aeromedical Evacuation Training System
2014-08-20 Read More...
CAE announced it has been awarded a contract through ADS Inc. and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Tailored Logistics Support (TLS) program to provide the United States Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) at Dobbins Air Force Base with a

Northrop Grumman, US Navy Integrate Manned, Unmanned Flight Operations
2014-08-19 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Navy offered a glimpse of the future of carrier aviation on August 17 by conducting a series of cooperative flights from the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), using an X-47B Unmanned

Lockheed Martin Conducts First Fully Autonomous Mission
2014-08-19 Read More...
Lockheed Martin, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), successfully conducted a fully autonomous resupply, reconnaissance, surveillance and target-acquisition

Avon Sets Standard for Riot Control Respiratory Protection
2014-08-19 Read More...
Avon Protection has announced the award of DEKRA Gmbh certifications for the CE approved HM50 CBRN respirator and the HMK150 Helmet Mask Kombination System. Avon’s HMK150 is the only product on the market approved to this

US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Expands Operational Area
2014-08-18 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk, a wide area surveillance unmanned aircraft system, has just completed its 100th operational mission in Southwest Asia and recently moved into the Pacific region.

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