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Exelis Wins Order for Radios, Kits, Spare Parts & Training
2013-09-30 Read More...
Exelis has been awarded a foreign military sale contract valued at $115 million to provide an existing international customer with additional communications

AS&E Wins Mideast & Int’l ZBV Mobile Screening Orders
2013-09-30 Read More...
American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced that it has received orders for a total of ten ZBV® mobile screening

Raytheon Completes AI3 & PERM Tests
2013-09-30 Read More...
In a first-of-its-kind test for Raytheon Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 (photo) destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in

LM Joins Cyber Security Mission to Saudi Arabia & Kuwait
2013-09-27 Read More...
Lockheed Martin joined a cyber security and critical infrastructure protection trade mission to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait led by the Department of

U.S. Signs U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
2013-09-27 Read More...
The United States, the world’s biggest arms exporter, on Wednesday signed the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that aims to regulate conventional arms

Raytheon Delivers 2,000th MAGR 2000 GPS System
2013-09-27 Read More...
Raytheon has delivered its 2,000th Miniaturized Airborne GPS Receiver (MAGR)

Lockheed Martin Havoc 8x8 Completes Protection Testing
2013-09-26 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Havoc 8x8 Armored Modular Vehicle successfully completed protection systems testing, achieving every test objective during a series of blast tests this

Oshkosh JLTV Solution on Display at Modern Day Marine
2013-09-26 Read More...
The U.S. Marine Corps is reshaping its light vehicle fleet to equip Marines with the right mix of protected mobility for future

Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Completes 1st Pilotless Flight
2013-09-26 Read More...
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight, demonstrating the next generation of combat training and

Exelis Makes Last Delivery to US Navy IDECM Program
2013-09-25 Read More...
Exelis has successfully completed the final delivery of AN/ALQ-214(V)3 Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) systems to the Naval Air Systems Command

NGC Readies MQ-8C Fire Scout for Flight Operations
2013-09-25 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) turned on the power to the U.S. Navy's first MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter and rotated the aircraft's four blades for the first

LM's Aegis Intercepts Most Sophisticated Target To Date
2013-09-23 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM), the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated, on the first attempt, the second generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System's capability to engage a sophisticated, separating short

ATK Delivers 100th AARGM Production Missile
2013-09-23 Read More...
In August, ATK’s Defense Electronic Systems hosted a ceremony commemorating the delivery of the 100th production AARGM missile to the U.S. Navy. The event was held in ATK’s Ridgecrest, CA facility and was attended by approximately 70 distinguished

US Navy Launches 2 Raytheon SM-3 Missiles at Single Target
2013-09-20 Read More...
In a Missile Defense Agency test, the U.S. Navy launched two Raytheon-made Standard Missile-3 Block IBs from the USS Lake Erie against a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile

Kelvin Hughes, Marshall Land Systems Surveillance Solutions
2013-09-19 Read More...
Kelvin Hughes and Marshall Land Systems will be combining their skills and capabilities to offer surveillance systems, designed for delivering to, and operation in, austere

Report: Al-Qaeda Set Up Anti-Drone Cells
2013-09-19 Read More...
Al-Qaeda’s leaders have been bolstering their anti-drone efforts, setting up cells of engineers to shoot down, disable or hijack U.S. drones, the Washington Post reported citing classified

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