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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.

ITT Exelis Wins US Army IT Services Contract
2013-06-06 Read More...
ITT Exelis has been awarded a U.S. Army contract to continue to provide information technology operations and maintenance support to the U.S. Army in Southwest and Central Asia.

General Dynamics Units Win Mega US Navy Contracts
2013-06-05 Read More...
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a contract valued at $2.8 billion for the construction of 4 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, with an option for a fifth

Exelis Completes Technology Maturation of US Navy NGJ
2013-06-05 Read More...
ITT Exelis has successfully completed the 33-month technology maturation phase of the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer (NGJ)

Lockheed Completes LRASM Vertical Launch System Tests
2013-06-04 Read More...
Lockheed Martin successfully completed MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) “push-through” testing of a simulated Long Range Anti-Ship Missile

U.S. Marine Corps Selects Oshkosh P-19 R Vehicles
2013-06-03 Read More...
The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, to deliver its new fleet of P-19 Replacement Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF)

Raytheon Books Paveway™ II Contract
2013-06-03 Read More...
Raytheon booked a $106 million contract for its combat-proven Paveway™ II family of precision-guided munitions. The company was awarded the direct commercial sale from an international customer.

Navistar Demos MaxxPro® Recovery Vehicle at CANSEC
2013-05-30 Read More...
Navistar Defence Canada, Inc. is demonstrating the proven state-of-the-art commercial towing and recovery technology of the MaxxPro® Recovery Vehicle (MRV) this week at CANSEC (Ottawa, Canada, 29-30 May

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