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Peli Products Launches Largest Peli™ Air Case
2021-06-11 Read More...
Peli Products (Peli), the global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance cases, set another benchmark for the product segment with the launch of the Peli™ Air 1646 Case, the largest case in the Peli™ Air Case

Oshkosh Defense to Update Weapon System on U.S. Army Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles
2021-06-09 Read More...
The U.S. Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) announced that it has awarded Oshkosh Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, a $942.9 million contract to integrate a 30mm Medium Caliber Weapon System

U.S. Navy’s Boeing MQ-25 Becomes First Unmanned Aircraft to Refuel Another Aircraft
2021-06-09 Read More...
For the first time in history, the U.S. Navy and Boeing have demonstrated air-to-air refueling using an unmanned aircraft - the Boeing-owned MQ-25™ T1 test asset - to refuel another

Curtiss-Wright to Upgrade U.S. Navy Seahawks’ Mission & Flight Management Computers
2021-06-09 Read More...
Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it was awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to provide its Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) computers and video processing modules to upgrade the Mission Computer and Flight Management Computer (MC/FMC)

InVeris Delivers Advanced Mobile Training Systems to Australian Defence Force
2021-06-04 Read More...
InVeris Training Solutions, the leading provider of integrated live-fire and virtual weapons training systems and services for domestic and international military and law enforcement, has successfully passed on-site acceptance testing for 14 Mobile

Lockheed Martin Tests U.S. Navy’s Hypersonic Strike System
2021-06-04 Read More...
The Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman team successfully conducted a significant live fire hypersonic strike system test in support of the U.S. Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) and U.S. Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)

Survey: “Peli Cases Favored Solution to Protect Drones”
2021-06-04 Read More...
Peli Cases are renowned for being highly resistant to impact, dust, and water. Thus, they are the ideal protective gear to transport delicate objects such as drones. The US Manufacturer conducted a survey to drone users and

KNDS Appoints Philippe Balducchi as Chief Financial Office
2021-06-02 Read More...
KNDS, the defense technology group which brings together Nexter (France) andKrauss-Maffei Wegmann (Germany) to form Europe’s leading company for militaryland systems, is filling the position of its Group Chief Financial Officer with

Saab to Upgrade German Tornados’ Radar Warners
2021-05-27 Read More...
Saab has received an order from Panavia Aircraft GmbH to upgrade the radar warning equipment on the Tornado aircraft operated by the German Air Force. The order value is approximately 400 million SEK (US$ 48.3

Fincantieri to Build Second Constellation-Class Frigate for U.S. Navy
2021-05-26 Read More...
The U.S. Department of Defense announced that the Navy is exercising an approximately US$ 555 million option to have Fincantieri U.S. subsidiary, Marinette Marine (FMM) build the second Constellation-class guided-missile

CZG Completes Acquisition of Colt
2021-05-26 Read More...
CZG – Česká zbrojovka Group SE (“CZG” or “the Group”; PSE: CZG) announced that, after securing all necessary regulatory approvals from the U.S. and Canadian authorities, it has successfully closed on its acquisition of 100% of the equity interest in

Lockheed Martin’s First Modernized SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Now Under U.S. Space Force Control
2021-05-21 Read More...
Following a successful launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 18th, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Delta 4 operations team is now "talking" with the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5)

GA-ASI’s Gray Eagle ER Enables Joint Terminal Attack Controller Operations
2021-05-19 Read More...
On April 23, 2021, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) demonstrated enhanced situational awareness and targeting capability for ground forces during a company-funded technology demonstration at Yuma Proving Grounds,

Lockheed Martin Names New Leader for Fighter Program
2021-05-19 Read More...
Lockheed Martin announced OJ Sanchez as the new Vice President and General Manager for Aeronautics Integrated Fighter Group (IFG), succeeding Bridget Lauderdale who was recently named Vice President and General Manager for the F-35 Lightning II

Peli Supports the Scientific Expedition Team “Glacialis”
2021-05-19 Read More...
Peli™ Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance protective cases and advanced lighting solutions, is proud to sponsor the non-profit organization Expedition Glacialis whose goal is to raise

Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile Completes Longest Flight To-Date
2021-05-18 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) successfully completed its fourth consecutive flight test with the U.S. Army in a 400-kilometer demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, New

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