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L3Harris to Provide Smart Bomb Release Units for Bahrain, Jordan & Morocco’s F-16s
2022-12-18 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies announced a $29 million contract to provide smart weapon release systems to three allied military forces in the Middle East and North Africa regions, enabling pilots to double the number of smart munitions their F-16s can

L3Harris Awarded Contract to Support Battlespace ISR
2022-12-15 Read More...
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract worth up to $886 million to support Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities for the Army, Department of Defense and Intelligence

Raytheon to Develop Common Tactical Edge Network for USAF’s Advanced Battle Management System
2022-12-13 Read More...
Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, has been selected to develop a Common Tactical Edge Network, or CTEN, in support of the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF’s) Advanced Battle Management

U.S House of Representatives Backs Bill for Record Military Spending in 2023
2022-12-13 Read More...
The U.S. House of Representatives last week backed legislation paving the way for the defense budget to hit a record $858 billion next year, $45 billion more than proposed by President Joe

Northrop Grumman’s AARGM-ER Completes Fourth Missile Live Fire
2022-12-11 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed the fourth successful flight test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER). The U.S. Navy launched the missile from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft on

Lockheed Martin Delivers Mid-Range Capability Weapon System to U.S. Army
2022-12-08 Read More...
Lockheed Martin delivered the first Mid-Range Capability (MRC) battery, also known as the Typhon Weapon System, to the United States Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office

Leonardo DRS to Supply Third Generation FLIR Sensors to U.S. Army
2022-12-08 Read More...
Leonardo DRS (DRS) announced it has received a contract award from the U.S. Army to provide advanced infrared sensors for the next-generation sighting systems. These sensors will replace the current Horizontal Technology Integration

Textron’s Bell V-280 Valor Chosen as New U.S. Army Long-Range Assault Aircraft
2022-12-06 Read More...
Textron Inc. announced that Bell Textron Inc., a Textron company, has been awarded the development contract for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA)

GA-ASI Demonstrates Network Relay Using Laser Communications
2022-12-05 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) completed a fully-networked demonstration using multiple Laser Communication terminals. The network included ground, mobile and airborne terminals. During the

GA-ASI Flies Autonomous Collaboration Using Avenger UAS
2022-12-01 Read More...
On November 17, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) paired a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger® Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) with a Sabreliner, operated by Lockheed Martin and acting as a surrogate

L3Harris to Provide Advanced Infrared Sensor for Javelin Missile Launch System
2022-12-01 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies will provide an advanced infrared sensor that will enhance the Javelin Weapon System’s Command Launch Unit, which is broadly used in U.S. and foreign military operations, by helping to reduce the time needed to engage

Leonardo DRS Announces Closing of Merger with RADA
2022-12-01 Read More...
Leonardo announced the completion of the all-stock merger between its US subsidiary Leonardo DRS, Inc. (“Leonardo DRS”) and RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (“RADA”), together also becoming a combined publicly listed company (the “Combined

U.S. Navy Declares Initial Operational Capability for Boeing’s HAAWC
2022-11-28 Read More...
Boeing’s High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability, or HAAWC, has satisfied all requirements for initial operational capability status from the U.S.

PAC-3 Intercepts Target in Test of Lockheed Martin’s Remote Interceptor Guidance-360
2022-11-28 Read More...
For the first time, the U.S. Army used a newly developed Lockheed Martin communication technology to help a PAC-3 missile intercept a cruise missile

Japan Intercepts Targets with Raytheon’s SM-3® Block IB and SM-3 Block IIA
2022-11-23 Read More...
During a demonstration off the Coast of Kauai, Hawaii, Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force successfully intercepted short and medium-range ballistic missile targets with SM-3® Block IB and SM-3 Block IIA

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Consolidates its Eight Divisions into Four
2022-11-20 Read More...
Boeing announced a series of executive leadership changes and reorganizations aimed at accelerating operational discipline, first-time quality and performance while streamlining senior leadership roles and

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