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Pentagon Official Confirms 1-Year Delay For JSF
2010-02-18 Read More...
Pentagon Officials confirmed Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn's announcement of this week that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program will be delayed by about one year.The Pentagon's No. 2 Official said that the jet's development schedule

Oshkosh Defense: $158 Million Order for U.S. Marine Corps Heavy Fleet
2010-02-10 Read More...
Oshkosh Corporation announced that its Defense Division received a delivery order to an existing contract valued at more than $158 million from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command for more than 400 Logistics Vehicle System Replacements

F-35 Chief Fired
2010-02-02 Read More...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Manager Feb. 1, saying someone must be held accountable for the program's delays and cost overruns.

US Expanding Missile Defences in Gulf
2010-02-01 Read More...
The United States has expanded land and sea-based missile defense systems in and around the Gulf to counter what it sees as Iran's growing missile threat, US officials

Unarmed Drones to Pakistan
2010-01-22 Read More...
The United States plans to provide Pakistan with a dozen unarmed drone aircraft that will help bolster its military as it takes on Taliban militants, U.S. defense officials

Tests for Textron's XM1100 Scorpion
2010-01-21 Read More...
Textron Defense Systems announced that its XM1100 Scorpion networked sensor and munitions system successfully completed a rigorous test series at White Sands Missile Range in New

Rafale: The Semac Revolution
2010-01-15 Read More...
In just a few short months, Dassault Aviation configured the Rafale fighter to carry the Semac pod, enabling it to participate in the Red Flag exercise in the United

Harris: $119m Orders
2010-01-08 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, received orders totaling $119 million to supply JTRS-approved Falcon III AN/PRC-152(C) tactical handheld radio systems with vehicular amplifier adapters to the

GD: $112 M in Stryker Contracts
2010-01-07 Read More...
General Dynamics Land Systems was awarded an $84 million contract for battle-damage assessment, repair services and materials for Stryker brigades deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, General Dynamics was awarded $28 million for 474 hull

Boeing Laser Demo Accepts Oshkosh Military Truck
2010-01-06 Read More...
Boeing announced today that it accepted the Oshkosh Defense military truck that will carry a Boeing-built laser beam control system for the U.S. Army's High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD)

US Delays New 'Bunker Buster' Bomb
2009-12-19 Read More...
A 'bunker buster' bomb with more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor is to be put into service by the United States next December, six months later than previously scheduled, the Defence Department

Lockheed Martin: Critical Milestones Achieved
2009-12-16 Read More...
Lockheed Martin Missile Defense Systems achieved several key milestones in 2009, including five successful intercepts and numerous other major accomplishments, further solidifying Lockheed Martin as a world leader in air and missile defense.

1st Test Flight for Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III
2009-12-07 Read More...
The Boeing AH-64D Apache Block III program completed the first flight of its structures test aircraft. The test, conducted Nov. 23 in Mesa, demonstrated flight characteristics and handling maneuvers. Tests to continue to expand the helicopter's

US pitches unique F-35 Fighter Jet to Israel
2009-11-24 Read More...
The US has offered to add Israeli systems and munitions to a new US-built fighter jet and deliver it to Israel by 2015, provided a deal is sealed in coming

P&W Delivers 400th F119 Engine to US Air Force
2009-11-24 Read More...
Pratt & Whitney delivered the 400th F119 engine, which powers the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, to the U.S. Air Force.

CILAS delivers MILDA to DGA
2009-11-05 Read More...
ORLEANS, November 5th 2009 – CILAS recently delivered to the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) the prototype of the compact laser source MILDA – Mid Infrared Laser for DIRCM Application. The DGA awarded this project to CILAS two years ago,

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