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Harris Names Chris Tucker Head of Middle East Operations
2017-06-29 Read More...
Harris Corporation has named retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Chris Tucker Vice President and Managing Director of the company’s Middle East Operations, based in Abu

Thales Demos Mine-Hunting Unmanned Package
2017-06-29 Read More...
In June 2017, on the occasion of the Belgian Defense Technology & Industry Day trials, held at the Naval Base at Zeebrugge, Thales successfully demonstrated the performances of its latest SAMDIS Multi-view Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) system

Russia’s Yury Dolgoruky Submarine Test-Fires Bulava ICBM
2017-06-29 Read More...
The Russian Northern Fleet’s Project 955 Borei-class nuclear submarine Yury Dolgoruky successfully test-fired a Bulava Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the Russian Defense Ministry said in a

Orbital ATK Demos MK44 Chain Gun in Two Configurations
2017-06-29 Read More...
Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, provided its customer and partner base a live demonstration of its MK44 Bushmaster® Chain Gun® firing a variety of both 30mm and 40mm ammunition during the company’s Bushmaster User

Boeing, Georgia Tech Launch Development Research Center
2017-06-29 Read More...
Boeing and Georgia Institute of Technology have announced the opening of a new advanced development research center that will tackle some of the toughest technical challenges in

India to Acquire Another Boeing C-17 Transport Aircraft
2017-06-28 Read More...
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India for C-17 transport aircraft. The estimated cost is $366.2

Leonardo DRS Completes Acquisition of Daylight Solutions
2017-06-28 Read More...
Leonardo announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Leonardo DRS, completed the acquisition of Daylight Solutions, Inc., a leading developer and supplier of quantum cascade laser based products and

First Helicopter-Based Firing of High Energy Laser System
2017-06-28 Read More...
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office, in collaboration with U.S. Special Operations Command, recently completed a successful flight test of a high energy laser system onboard an Apache AH-64 at White Sands Missile

Airbus Helicopters Delivers 15th H145M to German Air Force
2017-06-28 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the 15th and final H145M multi-role helicopter to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). The helicopters, stationed in Laupheim, are operated by the Bundeswehr special

Second Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite in Full Production
2017-06-28 Read More...
In a specialized cleanroom designed to streamline satellite production, Lockheed Martin is in full production building GPS III – the world’s most powerful GPS

Raytheon’s Kennedy Ranked Among Top US CEOs
2017-06-27 Read More...
Employer database and employment review site Glassdoor has named Kennedy to its 2017 Employees' Choice list of the 100 highest-rated CEOs of U.S. companies. The list honors leaders of businesses with more than 1,000 employees, based on anonymous

Saab Wins Self-Protection Systems Order for H225M Caracal Helicopters
2017-06-27 Read More...
Defence and security company Saab has received a contract from Airbus Helicopters for the IDAS integrated electronic warfare self-protection systems for H225M Caracal multirole utility

Safran Acquires ISEI, a Specialist in Flight Data Management
2017-06-26 Read More...
Safran Electronics & Defense has purchased the French company ISEI, specialized in flight data acquisition systems and associated services for helicopters and light

CAMCOPTER® S-100 Completes Qualification Flights for French Navy
2017-06-26 Read More...
Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) once again convinced with its outstanding maritime capability when successfully completing qualification flights for the French Navy from 29 May to 3 June

Harris to Upgrade F-35 Lightning II Mission System Avionics
2017-06-23 Read More...
Lockheed Martin has selected Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) to upgrade mission system avionics for the F-35 Lightning II as part of the Technology Refresh #3 (TR3) program, significantly boosting the aircraft’s data storage, display processing and

MBDA Presents Network-Centric Engagement Solutions
2017-06-23 Read More...
MBDA presented NCES (Network-Centric Engagement Solutions), a new network-centric ground based air defense architecture based on the latest real-time data exchange protocols. Currently undergoing integration tests with a view to delivery to a

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