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GA-ASI Demos Enhanced Sensor Dissemination Capability
2013-06-20 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, today announced its successful participation in the recent U.S.

ITT Exelis Wins Contract from Lockheed’s F-35 Program
2013-06-19 Read More...
ITT Exelis has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Lockheed Martin to fabricate composite blade seal components for all variants of the F-35 Lightning II program.

Oshkosh Defense Demonstrates JLTV Prototypes
2013-06-17 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, successfully demonstrated its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototypes at an event hosted by the U.S. JLTV Joint Program Office in Quantico,

Raytheon Battlefield Radio Transmits Data to Stryker Vehicles
2013-06-17 Read More...
Raytheon's jam-resistant, battlefield radio recently transmitted data securely over the air to more than 30 Stryker combat vehicles, proving that it could meet the U.S. Army's need for a tactical wireless Internet via a vehicle-mounted mobile radio

ATK at Paris Air Show 2013
2013-06-14 Read More...
ATK will participate as an exhibitor at the 2013 Paris Air Show and will highlight a variety of capabilities and programs at the show, which will be held at Le Bourget Airport from 17-23 June 2013.

Bell Boeing Wins Contract for 99 V-22 Osprey Aircraft
2013-06-14 Read More...
The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. and Boeing, has been awarded a five-year U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) contract for the production and delivery of 99 V-22 Osprey tiltrotor

F-35 Completes First in-Flight Missile Test
2013-06-13 Read More...
The US Air Force has for the first time fired a missile from an F-35 fighter jet, edging the aircraft that is being developed for the US military and a dozen other countries closer to combat readiness, a spokeswoman for the project said earlier this

Boeing Wins US Army Order for 177 Chinook Helicopters
2013-06-12 Read More...
In an agreement that will save the U.S. government more than $800 million, the Army and Boeing have signed a $4 billion multi-year contract for 177 CH-47F Chinook helicopters, with the Army holding options that could increase its total buy to 215

Boeing to Display Dreamliner Pair at Paris Show
2013-06-11 Read More...
A pair of super-efficient 787 Dreamliners will be the featured Boeing products on display at the Paris Air Show, which begins June 17 at the Le Bourget exhibition

NGC to Support U.S. Navy on Minehunting Integration
2013-06-11 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Navy's integration onto an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) of the Northrop Grumman-built AQS-24A Side Look Sonar System to look for bottom and volume mines

MBDA France, OKTAL-SE Sign Partnership Agreement
2013-06-11 Read More...
MBDA France, part of MBDA Group, Europe’s leading missile manufacturer, and Oktal-SE, worldwide multispectral simulation software major player, are pleased to announce that they have materialized their fructuous collaborative work, started in 1991

KONGSBERG Completes F-35 JSM Fit Check
2013-06-11 Read More...
KONGSBERG and Lockheed Martin have completed a fit check of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) in the internal carriage bay of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

Lockheed Delivers 1st Modernized Laser Range Finder
2013-06-10 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) Laser Range Finder Designator (LRFD) to the U.S. Army for the AH-64D/E Apache

Lockheed Martin Conducts PAC-3 MSE Missile Test
2013-06-07 Read More...
Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile successfully engaged, intercepted and destroyed two different threat representative targets during a flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, New

ITT Exelis Wins US Navy Contract
2013-06-07 Read More...
ITT Exelis has been awarded a contract valued at more than $125 million by Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, to deliver the latest variant of the AN/ALQ-214 airborne

US Army Selects Bell V-280 Valor for JMR-TD Program
2013-06-07 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, announced that the Bell V-280 Valor™, its third generation tiltrotor design, has been selected by the U.S. Army for the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrator (TD) program.

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