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Harris Wins New Order for Falcon Multiband Tactical Radios
2014-01-15 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received $21 million in orders from a NATO country for Falcon® multiband tactical radios. The orders were received during the second quarter of fiscal

NGC's Hunter UAS Exceeds 100,000 Combat Flight Hours
2014-01-14 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed 100,000 combat flight hours in

Boeing Sends Protected Signal through Military Satellite
2014-01-14 Read More...
Boeing has applied new anti-jamming technology to an existing military satellite for the first time, expanding the military's potential to access secure communications more

Raytheon Wins SM-3 Contract
2014-01-14 Read More...
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Company an undefinitized contract action (UCA) valued at $156 million for the procurement of Standard Missile-3 Block IB guided

Modernized S-61T Helicopter Completes Maiden Flight
2014-01-14 Read More...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced the successful maiden test flight of the S-61T™ helicopter with an integrated glass cockpit and enhanced performance

Lockheed Martin Wins 2 JASSM Production Contracts
2014-01-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received two production contracts on December 19 totaling $449 million from the U.S. Air Force for continued production of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and the Extended Range (ER)

Tognum AG Becomes “Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG”
2014-01-13 Read More...
Effective immediately, the former Tognum AG will now operate under the name of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG.

Report: U.S. to Spend $1 Trillion on Nuclear Arms
2014-01-10 Read More...
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday the United States had always supported a strong nuclear deterrent and would continue to do so, even as it braces for a nuclear forces

Cubic Wins Contract for Air Combat Training Equipment
2014-01-09 Read More...
Cubic Defense Systems, a subsidiary of Cubic Corporation announced it has been awarded a contract worth $25 million from the U.S. Air Force for its P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) to meet international

Lockheed Martin Advances Aegis Affordability for US Navy
2014-01-08 Read More...
Under a recent contract order for the production of Aegis weapons systems, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy championed an affordability approach that will drive cost savings into all phases of the program, including production, integration and

NGC, U.S. Navy Complete 9 Flights of Triton UAS
2014-01-07 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Navy have completed nine initial flight tests of the Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), marking the half-way point in a process called envelope expansion.

USAF Selects Raytheon's High-Bandwidth Satellite Terminal
2013-12-30 Read More...
Raytheon, the only provider of fielded Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite terminals that protect the military's most sensitive information, was chosen by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) under a $134,399,631contract to develop a terminal

Textron to Acquire Beechcraft
2013-12-30 Read More...
Textron Inc. announced it has reached agreement to purchase all outstanding equity interests in Beech Holdings, LLC, the parent of Beechcraft Corporation, for approximately $1.4 billion in

Electric UAV Market to Exceed $1 Billion by 2023
2013-12-27 Read More...
The total market value for electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will reach over one Billion dollars by 2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx report, Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) 2013-2023.

Rockwell Collins Completes Acquisition of ARINC Inc.
2013-12-26 Read More...
Rockwell Collins announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of ARINC Incorporated from The Carlyle Group for $1.4

L-3 Acquires Mustang Technology Group, L.P.
2013-12-24 Read More...
L-3 Communications announced effective immediately, that it has acquired Mustang Technology Group,

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