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NGC, US Navy Complete X-47B Deck Handling Trials
2012-12-20 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman

General Dynamics’ 30,000th CSAR Radio Goes to Work
2012-12-20 Read More...
General Dynamics C4 Systems' recent delivery of 674 AN/PRC-112G® radios to the U.S. Air Force included the 30,000(th) Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) radio fielded by General Dynamics.

Raytheon Wins SM-2 Production Contract
2012-12-18 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $108 million contract for continued production of Standard Missile-2 all-up rounds, a majority of which will be sold to U.S. allies through foreign military

ATK Wins .40 Caliber Ammunition Contract
2012-12-14 Read More...
ATK announced that it is being awarded a Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for .40 caliber

ATK Wins AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems Contract
2012-12-12 Read More...
ATK has received a $48-million production contract from the U.S. Navy for the manufacturing of the AAR-47 Missile Warning System.

ATK Wins US Navy's Multi-Option Fuze Contract
2012-12-10 Read More...
ATK received a five-year, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command for the production of the MK 437 Multi-Option Fuze, Navy (MOFN).

Thales Among 100 Most Innovative Companies
2012-12-07 Read More...
Thales has been named as a “Thomson Reuters 2012 Top 100 Global Innovator” earlier this

Patriot Gets Smarter, Faster and Tougher
2012-12-06 Read More...
Deep inside the factory where Patriot defense systems are made, Ken Arruda stopped beside a rolling cart and pointed to a white card sprinkled with what looked like grains of

Raytheon to Develop Next-Gen Guidance Section for JAGM
2012-12-05 Read More...
Raytheon received a contract from the U.S. Army's Aviation Missile Command to develop and deliver a next-generation guidance section for Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) continued technology development (CTD).

LM Delivers 1st US Army Digital Range Training System
2012-12-05 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) delivered its first Digital Range Training System to the U.S. Army for live fire gunnery qualifications by armored vehicle crews and has begun development on a third range under a $13.8 million contract

Panetta: Al Qaeda Battle in Afghanistan to Stretch for Years
2012-12-05 Read More...
Al Qaeda fighters are still trying to make inroads into Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, cautioning that battling the group would be a core U.S. mission there for years to

ATK to Continue Development of MDACS Technologies
2012-12-05 Read More...
ATK has been awarded a $52.7 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to continue development of Modular Divert and Attitude Control System (MDACS) technologies applicable to the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIB missile

Boeing Demos New CRVS Technology at I/ITSEC
2012-12-04 Read More...
At the ongoing 2012 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando (03-06 December), Boeing is demonstrating new technology with its Constant Resolution Visual System

NASA, GA-ASI to Upgrade Ikhana’s Capabilities
2012-12-04 Read More...
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) have partnered in a collaborative agreement to allow for the development and flight testing of new command and control satellite link capabilities on a

KONGSBERG’s Latest Naval Training Solution
2012-12-03 Read More...
KONGSBERG will debut its latest integrated naval training solution at the ongoing I/ITSEC 2012 in Orlando, Florida (03-06

Thales at I/ITSEC 2012
2012-12-03 Read More...
Thales, a global technology leader for the Defense, Security, Transportation, Aerospace and Space markets will participate in I/ITSEC 2012, the world’s largest modeling, simulation and training conference, being held at the Orange County Convention

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