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Latest Aegis Combat System Completes 1st Live Firing Test
2013-08-26 Read More...
The Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy team’s Aegis Combat System successfully completed the first live firing test that proves the system can defend beyond its line of sight by integrating data from a remote sensor to intercept a

Boeing Produces 250,000th JDAM Guidance Kit
2013-08-22 Read More...
Boeing marked its recent production of the 250,000th Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kit, a major milestone for a program that, since 1998, has reliably and affordably converted unguided munitions into near-precision

Two Boeing EMARSS Aircraft Begin Flight Tests
2013-08-21 Read More...
Two Boeing Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) aircraft have arrived at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for airborne tests of the target-tracking capabilities they will provide to the U.S.

Raytheon Intercepts Low Quadrant Elevation Rocket
2013-08-21 Read More...
Raytheon successfully intercepted and destroyed a low quadrant elevation (QE) 107mm rocket as part of the second series of guided test vehicle (GTV) flight tests of the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative (AI3)

F-35B’s First Night Vertical Landing Aboard USS WASP
2013-08-21 Read More...
Last Wednesday, August 14, U.S. Marine Corps test Pilot Lt. Colonel Russell Clift performed the first F-35B night-time vertical landing aboard the USS

Raytheon’s Patriot Launches PAC-3 Missile
2013-08-19 Read More...
Raytheon new-production Patriot Air and Missile Defense System successfully launched a PAC-3 missile to engage a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. This test was the culmination of two years of testing of

Harris Wins FAA's NextGen DCNS Program Order
2013-08-19 Read More...
Harris has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin work on the seven-year, $150 million Data communications Network Services (DCNS) element of its Data Communications Integrated Services (DCIS)

GA-ASI Demonstrates Electronic Attack in USMC Exercise
2013-08-16 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, announced its successful demonstration of Predator B’s Electronic

Boeing Thin Disk Laser Exceeds Performance Requirements
2013-08-16 Read More...
The Boeing Thin Disk Laser system, which integrates a series of high-power industrial lasers to generate one concentrated, high-energy beam, exceeded required thresholds for power and beam quality during a demonstration for the Department of

Lockheed Delivers 22 JLTV Vehicles to U.S. Army & Marines
2013-08-15 Read More...
Lockheed Martin celebrated the delivery of 22 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps today under the JLTV program's Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD)

NGC Completes Common Infrared Countermeasure PDR
2013-08-15 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has achieved another major milestone in developing equipment to defend helicopters against man-portable air defense systems and other heat-seeking

FLIR Acquires DigitalOptics’ Micro-Optics Assets
2013-08-15 Read More...
FLIR Systems, announced that it has acquired certain assets of DigitalOptics Corporation's micro-optics business for a purchase price of $14.9 million. Included in the purchase are fabrication equipment and more than 200

INVISIO Wins Canadian Dept. of National Defense Order
2013-08-15 Read More...
INVISIO has through its Canadian distribution partner Levitt Safety received an order from the Canadian Department of National

Pilatus Delivers the 1,200th PC-12
2013-08-14 Read More...
In a ceremony in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (USA), the Swiss aircraft manufacturer delivered the 1,200th unit of its single engine turboprop PC-12 to fractional aircraft ownership program

Raytheon to Complete 29 Advanced SM-3 Block IB Missiles
2013-08-14 Read More...
Raytheon Company was awarded a $218,530,196 contract by the Missile Defense Agency to complete the assembly and delivery of 29 Standard Missile-3 Block IB missiles. Launched off U.S. Navy ships, SM-3 interceptors protect the

1 Million Flight Hours for Apache’s Targeting, Pilotage Sensor
2013-08-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army celebrated one million flight hours for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) during ceremonies held on 08 August at Lockheed Martin's Orlando, Florida,

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