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Boeing’s Phantom Eye Completes 2nd Flight
2013-02-27 Read More...
Boeing's liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system completed its second flight on February 25, demonstrating capabilities that will allow it to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions for up to four

Boeing Acquires CPU Tech's Acalis Business
2013-02-26 Read More...
Boeing continues to address its global customers' enduring need to protect warfighters from information-assurance attacks by acquiring CPU Technology Inc.'s Acalis

MBDA Wins 1st Export Order for SIMBAD-RC
2013-02-25 Read More...
MBDA has signed a first contract with an export customer for the acquisition of its naval air defence system SIMBAD-RC, one year after launching its self-financed

JLENS Demos Tactical Ballistic Missile Defense Capability
2013-02-21 Read More...
Enemy tactical ballistic missiles may soon be easier to detect and track. During a series of recent tests, a Raytheon JLENS demonstrated tactical ballistic missile defense (TBMD) capability when it detected and tracked a total of 4 ballistic-missile

Aegis BMD Uses Satellite Tracking Information for 1st Time
2013-02-14 Read More...
Lockheed Martin's second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system achieved its first intercept using tracking information from the space tracking and surveillance system demonstration satellites during a Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

Raytheon’s SM-3 Engages Target with Remote Sensor
2013-02-14 Read More...
A Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 Block IA fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using tracking data from a remote Raytheon sensor payload on the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrator

Lockheed Martin, Saudi Arabian Airlines Sign MoU
2013-02-12 Read More...
Saudi Arabian Airlines, the national flag carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Lockheed Martin, the U.S. global security and aerospace company recently signed a memorandum to pursue potential new business opportunities together in the

F-35A Completes 3-Year Clean Wing Flutter Test
2013-02-12 Read More...
An F-35A Lightning II conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, known as AF-1, completed its final test mission for clean wing flutter recently.

Thales Wins Optronics Order for Upgraded LAV III Vehicles
2013-02-12 Read More...
Thales Canada announced that it has been awarded a significant subcontract from General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada for the delivery of uncooled optronics technology to be applied to 409 modernized Canadian Army LAV III combat vehicles.

NGC Sensor Demos Hostile Fire Detection Capability
2013-02-12 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NGC’s) AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS), developed for the F-35 Lightning II, has added hostile ground fire detection to its capabilities by successfully detecting and locating tanks that

Dunford Takes Command of NATO Forces in Afghanistan
2013-02-11 Read More...
U.S. General Joseph Dunford assumed command of NATO Forces in Afghanistan on Sunday, taking over from General John Allen as the coalition prepares to withdraw the bulk of its combat troops by next

Boeing Phantom Eye Completes Taxi Testing
2013-02-08 Read More...
Boeing's liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system has completed taxi testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California as it progresses toward its second

BAE THAAD Seeker Performs Historic Test
2013-02-08 Read More...
BAE Systems’ Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) infrared imaging seeker successfully engaged a medium-range ballistic missile target recently in the largest, most complex missile defense test in U.S.

Javelin Demonstrates Extended Range Capability
2013-02-07 Read More...
The Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture recently demonstrated the ability of the Javelin missile to engage targets beyond its current maximum range requirements during a series of tests at Eglin Air Force Base,

US Air National Guard Welcomes Boeing’s C-17s
2013-02-06 Read More...
Boeing and the U.S. Air National Guard on February 2 marked the 164th Airlift Wing's transition to the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, making Memphis Air National Guard Base the latest to receive the advanced

Boeing Delivers 6th Production P-8A Poseidon to U.S. Navy
2013-02-05 Read More...
Boeing delivered the sixth production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy January 31, successfully completing the first group of low-rate initial production aircraft that are dramatically improving the service's maritime patrol

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