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Harris Wins Falcon III Multiband Manpack Radios Order
2012-05-15 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $75 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract - with an initial delivery order of $8 million - for its Falcon III®

F-35 to Replace Most US Combat Fleet by 2020
2012-05-14 Read More...
The Pentagon plans to have the F-35 fighter jet replace most of the combat aircraft fleet of the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps by the end of the

Boeing & USAF Complete 1st QF-16 Aerial Target Flight
2012-05-14 Read More...
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force completed the first manned flight of the QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) on May 4 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville,

Raytheon Completes 1st Flight Test of Improved SM-3
2012-05-11 Read More...
Raytheon completed the first successful flight test of the Standard Missile-3 Block IB, which is the cornerstone of phase two of the administration's Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA). This is the 20th successful intercept for Raytheon's SM-3

FN MAG Machine Gun Goes Polymer
2012-05-10 Read More...
The 7.62x51mm NATO caliber FN MAG - designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Belgium-based small arms manufacturer FN Herstal - comes now standard with a polymer

First Travis C-5B Inducted
2012-05-10 Read More...
Lockheed Martin last week inducted into its facilities in Marietta, Georgia, the first C-5B Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, California, to become a C-5M Super

Boeing KC-46 Tanker Completes Preliminary Design Review
2012-05-09 Read More...
The Boeing KC-46 Tanker program has completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) with the U.S. Air Force, a key milestone in the development of the next-generation aerial refueling

Lockheed's DAGR Drags Moving Target from AH-64 Apache
2012-05-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) successfully tracked and engaged a moving target in a recent demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground,

Raytheon Fires 4 Excalibur from Denel’s G6 Howitzer
2012-05-09 Read More...
Raytheon has fired four Excalibur 155mm precision-guided artillery projectiles from the Denel-manufactured G6 self-propelled howitzer as part of a field trial

Thales HPIRS & GPS to Equip Embraer’s KC-390 Aircraft
2012-05-07 Read More...
Thales has been awarded a contract by Embraer Defence and Security to provide the Inertial Navigation System (INS) and the GPS of the KC-390 military transport

ITT Exelis Proposes Open EW Testing for B-1B Bomber
2012-05-07 Read More...
ITT Exelis has proposed an open architecture system for the U.S. Air Force’s B-1B bomber that will expedite testing of the aircraft’s integrated electronic warfare system and reduce maintenance effort and cost throughout its life

Airbus Military A400M Receives EASA RTC Certificate
2012-05-04 Read More...
Airbus Military has received the initial type certification for the A400M new generation airlifter, marking a key milestone on the road to first delivery around the turn of the year.

NGC Test Fires its FIRESTRIKE™ Next-Gen Laser
2012-05-04 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has test fired the first product in its next-generation FIRESTRIKE™ family of high-energy, solid-state lasers that meet goals for size and weight reduction and ruggedization for operational

P&W Delivers 50th F135 Engine for the F-35 JSF
2012-05-04 Read More...
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, has successfully delivered the 50th production F135 engine – powering Lockheed Martin's fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II – to the U.S. Department of

Lockheed Delivers Last Historic F-22 Raptor to U.S. Air Force
2012-05-03 Read More...
Lockheed Martin leadership delivered yesterday the 195th and last F-22 Raptor to U.S. Air Force leadership in a ceremony at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics site in Marietta,

Cassidian's SSSR Completes Certification Measurements
2012-05-03 Read More...
Cassidian, the defense and security division of EADS, has successfully completed all certification measurements of its MSSR 2000 I (MSSR = Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar) secondary radar by the AIMS Program Office of the US Department of

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