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Keel Laying Ceremony for Austal’s JHSV2
2011-11-11 Read More...
On November 8, 2011, Austal held a keel-laying ceremony for its second Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), "Choctaw County" (JHSV 2), one of seven Austal-designed 103-metre US Navy Joint High Speed Vessels under contract with the US Department of

Only 40 Hours to Build Raytheon’s SDB II Seeker
2011-11-10 Read More...
Raytheon engineers have reduced the time required to build the Small Diameter Bomb II uncooled tri-mode seeker from more than 75 hours to 40

GD to Acquire Force Protection
2011-11-10 Read More...
General Dynamics and Force Protection entered into a definitive merger agreement under which General Dynamics will acquire Force Protection for a price of $5.52 per share of common stock, or approximately $360

Development of NH90 Formally Completed
2011-11-09 Read More...
The NH90 program has reached a major milestone with the declaration of compliance for the NH90 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopter) variant’s Final Operational

Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2011 to Host Ex CIA Chief
2011-11-08 Read More...
General Michael Hayden, United States Air Force (USAF), Retired, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Deputy Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) is the keynote speaker at Black Hat Abu Dhabi. He will share his

Reports: Pakistan Starts Hiding its Nuclear Weapons
2011-11-07 Read More...
Pakistan has begun moving its nuclear weapons in low-security vans on congested roads to hide them from U.S. spy agencies, making the weapons more vulnerable to theft by Islamist militants, two U.S. magazines reported

Lockheed Awards F-35 JSF Follow-on Contract to Harris
2011-11-07 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $32.7 million follow-on production contract from Lockheed

Poll: Israelis Evenly Split on Striking Iran
2011-11-04 Read More...
Israelis are virtually evenly divided on whether the Jewish state should launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran, with 41% in favor and 39% opposed, a poll published on Thursday

Raytheon Airborne Processors Track Multiple Ballistic Missiles
2011-11-04 Read More...
During a test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, Raytheon airborne processors demonstrated precision tracking of multiple ballistic targets from an airborne

Lockheed Conducts Successful PAC-3 Missile Test
2011-11-03 Read More...
Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile target today in a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, New

NGC Wins Counter-Rocket, Artillery & Mortar Systems Contract
2011-11-02 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) received a $124 million award to provide personnel for expanded operations of Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) sense-and-warn systems in Afghanistan and

ATK’s New Large Class Stage III Rocket Motor
2011-11-02 Read More...
ATK and the US Air Force successfully tested ATK's newly developed Large Class (92-inch diameter) Stage III solid rocket motor at the Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in

P&W Rocketdyne to Test New Liquid Propulsion System
2011-11-02 Read More...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a $14 million contract to test new liquid-propulsion technologies that could be used to help intercept incoming ballistic missiles.

Cassidian Developed Most Powerful Ground Surveillance Radar
2011-11-01 Read More...
Cassidian, the defense and security division of EADS, has developed the world's most powerful radar for battlefield surveillance for use by the German Armed Forces.

NATO Tests Indra's Aircraft Protection Solution Against Manpads
2011-11-01 Read More...
The MANTA system, a solution developed by Indra to protect aircraft from surface-to-air missile attacks, was tested by NATO with positive

A400M Completes Water Ingestion Tests
2011-10-31 Read More...
Airbus Military has successfully completed testing to demonstrate the new-generation A400M airlifter's ability to operate on wet runways and taxiways without ingesting water into the engines.

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