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LM’s Mission Equipment Package for US Army Helicopters
2013-08-08 Read More...
Lockheed Martin will offer a universal, highly adaptable and affordable Mission Equipment Package (MEP) to meet requirements for the Joint Multi-Role/Future Vertical Lift (JMR/FVL) rotary wing program, with potential applications for other customers

Honeywell's 131-9 APU Reaches 100 M Hours of Service
2013-08-07 Read More...
A vital piece of Honeywell technology, the 131-9 series Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), recently became the second from Honeywell’s family of APUs to surpass 100 million hours in service across more than 7,500

Raytheon, US Army Complete 1st AI3 Guided Test Series
2013-08-07 Read More...
Raytheon and the U.S. Army successfully completed the first guided test vehicle (GTV) flight series of the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative (AI3) program. The series consisted of two flight tests against different target

Lockheed Martin Ships MAVEN Spacecraft to NASA
2013-08-07 Read More...
Lockheed Martin delivered NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft to the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Friday, August 2.

CAE Wins US Air Force Contract
2013-08-06 Read More...
CAE has been awarded a contract to provide training for US Air Force Unmanned Aerial

AUVSI to Hold Largest Unmanned Systems Expo
2013-08-05 Read More...
AUVSI will hold the largest International Unmanned Systems and Robotics Exposition Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. on 12-15 August

US Navy Requests 13 Additional P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
2013-08-05 Read More...
The U.S. Navy recently awarded Boeing a $1.98 billion contract for 13 additional P-8A Poseidon aircraft, continuing the modernization of U.S. maritime patrol capabilities that will ultimately involve more than 100 P-8As. The contract includes

LM Selects NGC's SABR for F-16 AESA Radar Upgrade
2013-08-02 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) has competitively selected Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC)) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for the U.S. Air Force and Taiwan F-16 radar modernization and upgrade

Raytheon Demos Revolutionary 3DELRR Prototype
2013-08-01 Read More...
Raytheon successfully completed a customer demonstration of new U.S. Air Force expeditionary ground-based prototype radar. Designed to replace the decades old TPS-75 radar system, the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range

NGC Delivers 100th CNI System for F-35 Lightning II
2013-08-01 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has delivered its 100th AN/ASQ-242 communications, navigation and identification (CNI) system to Lockheed Martin Corp. for integration into the F-35 Lightning

Rolls-Royce Wins LiftSystems™ Order for F-35B Lightning II
2013-07-31 Read More...
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $195.5 million contract to produce and support LiftSystems™ for the F-35 Lightning II program, the unique technology that provides vertical-lift for 5th-generation combat aircraft.

Lockheed Demos Long-Range Air Surveillance Radar
2013-07-31 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) successfully operated its full-scale prototype long-range air surveillance radar during a recent capability demonstration to the U.S. Air

Biden Visits Pratt & Whitney Facility in Singapore
2013-07-30 Read More...
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited Eagle Services Asia, Pratt & Whitney's Singapore-based engine overhaul facility, on July 27, while touring the country as part of a six-day trade and diplomatic trip that also included a stop in India earlier in

GA-ASI Completes Improved Gray Eagle Flight Tests
2013-07-30 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, announced the successful first flight of the U.S. Army’s Improved

LM's Sniper ATP Achieves Operational Flight Status on B-52
2013-07-29 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) has achieved operational flight status on the B-52

Lockheed Delivers 3rd AEHF Satellite to US Air Force
2013-07-26 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) shipped the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on July 10, where it will be prepared for a September liftoff aboard an Atlas V

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