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Saab’s Skeldar V-200 Completes Flight Test Milestones
2013-05-20 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has verified a number of key capabilities of its Skeldar V-200 vertical lift UAS through flight campaigns at different sites in US and Sweden demonstrating the system’s performance for both land and sea based

Lockheed’s 2nd Gen Aegis Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target
2013-05-20 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system achieved its fourth intercept since May 2012.The system successfully launched and guided a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missile to engage a sophisticated,

NGC’s SABR 5th Gen Capability & New B-2 Satcom System
2013-05-17 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) designed for the F-16 fighter aircraft recently demonstrated its autonomous, all-environment precision targeting capability, which will enhance the aircraft's mission

Raytheon's Next Generation SM-3 Destroys Complex Target
2013-05-17 Read More...
A Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Block IB fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target with a sophisticated separating mock

FLIR Systems Wins US Army Contract
2013-05-16 Read More...
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced it has been awarded a two year blanket purchase agreement from the U.S. Army to support the MEDEVAC program.

Raytheon Delivers Electronic Payloads for Gray Eagle UAS
2013-05-15 Read More...
Raytheon has delivered two electronic attack payloads in support of the U.S. Army's Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO)

MBDA, Lockheed to Jointly Market Naval Weapons Systems
2013-05-15 Read More...
MBDA, Europe’s leading missile manufacturer, and Lockheed Martin, manufacturer of the MK 41 Vertical Launch System (photo), have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Lockheed Martin Tests JASSM, eMRBM Prototype
2013-05-14 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM®) Extended Range (photo) successfully completed U.S. Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) flight testing, scoring 20 successes in 21 flights, a success rate of

Harris Wins DHS Communications Support Contract
2013-05-14 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $45 million contract to support Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactical communications

ATK to Acquire Caliber Company
2013-05-14 Read More...
ATK announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Caliber Company, the parent company of Savage Sports Corporation. Savage is one of the world's largest manufacturers of hunting rifles and shotguns, delivering innovative products for more

HAVELSAN, Lockheed Demo Turkish Aegis Feasibility
2013-05-10 Read More...
Lockheed Martin successfully united the capabilities of its Aegis Weapon System with the naval combat management capabilities of leading Turkish defense company HAVELSAN. The results of this effort were demonstrated during a naval combat system

ITT Exelis Wins 2 Separate Contracts
2013-05-10 Read More...
ITT Exelis has been awarded a $6.1 million modification to a U.S. Air Force contract to insert a modern data storage and memory technology into the Strategic Automated Command Control System (SACCS).

Saab Seaeye Opens Biggest Test Tank & New US Office
2013-05-09 Read More...
The largest indoor test facility ever before dedicated to the development of unmanned underwater vehicles has been opened by Saab

Turkish Navy to Get 8 ATR 72-600 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
2013-05-09 Read More...
Alenia Aermacchi has signed an agreement with Savunma Sanayii Müsteşarlığı (SSM), the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries to deliver two ATR 72-600 TMUA (Turkish Maritime Utility Aircraft) and six ATR 72-600 TMPA (Turkish Maritime Patrol

Boeing Upgrades B-52’s Communications System
2013-05-09 Read More...
Boeing is providing an upgraded communications system for U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers so aircrews can send and receive information via satellite links, allowing crews to change mission plans and retarget weapons in flight and better interact with

Rockwell Collins to Upgrade USAF EC-130H Avionics
2013-05-09 Read More...
L-3 Platform Integration has selected Rockwell Collins as the avionics solution provider for a communication, navigation and surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) avionics upgrade for the U.S. Air Force EC-130H

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