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GD Electric Boat Awarded $5.1 Billion by U.S. Navy for Columbia-Class Submarines
2022-12-25 Read More...
General Dynamics Electric Boat announced the U.S. Navy has awarded a $5.1 billion modification of the previously awarded Columbia Integrated Product and Process Development Contract for the Columbia class of submarines, the nation's next-generation

U.S. Department of Defense Exercises Option for 26 TH-73A “Thrasher” Helicopters
2022-12-25 Read More...
Leonardo welcomed the announcement made by the U.S. Department of Defense to award AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. a 110.5 million USD firm-fixed price modification to the previously awarded contract for the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Helicopter

US Secretary of Defense Receives Egyptian President at the Pentagon
2022-12-22 Read More...
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to the Pentagon on 14 December, saying Egypt is not only a leader in the Middle East and Africa, but on the world

Leidos Awarded Air-Breathing Hypersonic System Contract
2022-12-20 Read More...
Leidos has been awarded a $334 million contract to assist the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in developing an air-breathing hypersonic system. The Expendable Hypersonic Multi-mission ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and

L3Harris to Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne
2022-12-20 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies and Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. together announced the signing of a definitive agreement for L3Harris to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $58 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.7 billion, inclusive of net

Oshkosh Defense Receives Order for More JLTVs as Follow-on Contract Award Nears
2022-12-20 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, announced that the U.S. Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal has placed a $543 Million order for 1,681 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), 618 trailers (JLTV-T), and associated packaged

L3Harris to Provide Smart Bomb Release Units for Bahrain, Jordan & Morocco’s F-16s
2022-12-18 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies announced a $29 million contract to provide smart weapon release systems to three allied military forces in the Middle East and North Africa regions, enabling pilots to double the number of smart munitions their F-16s can

L3Harris Awarded Contract to Support Battlespace ISR
2022-12-15 Read More...
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract worth up to $886 million to support Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities for the Army, Department of Defense and Intelligence

Raytheon to Develop Common Tactical Edge Network for USAF’s Advanced Battle Management System
2022-12-13 Read More...
Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, has been selected to develop a Common Tactical Edge Network, or CTEN, in support of the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF’s) Advanced Battle Management

U.S House of Representatives Backs Bill for Record Military Spending in 2023
2022-12-13 Read More...
The U.S. House of Representatives last week backed legislation paving the way for the defense budget to hit a record $858 billion next year, $45 billion more than proposed by President Joe

Northrop Grumman’s AARGM-ER Completes Fourth Missile Live Fire
2022-12-11 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed the fourth successful flight test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER). The U.S. Navy launched the missile from an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft on

Lockheed Martin Delivers Mid-Range Capability Weapon System to U.S. Army
2022-12-08 Read More...
Lockheed Martin delivered the first Mid-Range Capability (MRC) battery, also known as the Typhon Weapon System, to the United States Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office

Leonardo DRS to Supply Third Generation FLIR Sensors to U.S. Army
2022-12-08 Read More...
Leonardo DRS (DRS) announced it has received a contract award from the U.S. Army to provide advanced infrared sensors for the next-generation sighting systems. These sensors will replace the current Horizontal Technology Integration

Textron’s Bell V-280 Valor Chosen as New U.S. Army Long-Range Assault Aircraft
2022-12-06 Read More...
Textron Inc. announced that Bell Textron Inc., a Textron company, has been awarded the development contract for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA)

GA-ASI Demonstrates Network Relay Using Laser Communications
2022-12-05 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) completed a fully-networked demonstration using multiple Laser Communication terminals. The network included ground, mobile and airborne terminals. During the

GA-ASI Flies Autonomous Collaboration Using Avenger UAS
2022-12-01 Read More...
On November 17, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) paired a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger® Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) with a Sabreliner, operated by Lockheed Martin and acting as a surrogate

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