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Bell Boeing Wins Contract for 99 V-22 Osprey Aircraft
2013-06-14 Read More...
The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. and Boeing, has been awarded a five-year U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) contract for the production and delivery of 99 V-22 Osprey tiltrotor

F-35 Completes First in-Flight Missile Test
2013-06-13 Read More...
The US Air Force has for the first time fired a missile from an F-35 fighter jet, edging the aircraft that is being developed for the US military and a dozen other countries closer to combat readiness, a spokeswoman for the project said earlier this

Field Trials for Cassidian's SPEXER 1000 Security Radar
2013-06-13 Read More...
Cassidian, the defense and security division of EADS, has proved the capabilities of its newly developed SPEXER 1000 security radar in a series of large-scale field trials, employing realistic

Russia to Unveil Advanced Warplanes at Paris Air Show
2013-06-13 Read More...
Russia will unveil its most advanced aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker fighter jet and the Ka-52 Alligator helicopter gunship, at the Paris Air Show in June, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)

Rockwell Collins at Paris Air Show
2013-06-13 Read More...
At this year’s 50th Annual Paris Air Show (17-23 June), Rockwell Collins will be launching a family of technologies that will provide helicopter pilots with unprecedented situational awareness to help them meet the challenges of flying in an

FN Herstal at Paris Air Show
2013-06-13 Read More...
Taking advantage of its century-long expertise in the design, development and manufacture of combat-proven machine guns, FN Herstal started to integrate 7.62x51mm NATO and .50 cal machine guns onto various platforms several decades

Final Section of Queen Elisabeth Class Loaded Out
2013-06-13 Read More...
The BAE Systems built Aft Island of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier was loaded onto a sea-going barge Wednesday ahead of its journey from the company’s Scotstoun site to

Boeing Wins US Army Order for 177 Chinook Helicopters
2013-06-12 Read More...
In an agreement that will save the U.S. government more than $800 million, the Army and Boeing have signed a $4 billion multi-year contract for 177 CH-47F Chinook helicopters, with the Army holding options that could increase its total buy to 215

Russian Missile Forces to Hold 200 Drills in Next 6 Months
2013-06-12 Read More...
Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces will conduct over 200 exercises in the next six months, the Defense Ministry has

Eurocopter’s X3 Hybrid Helicopter Breaks Speed Record
2013-06-12 Read More...
The Eurocopter X3 hybrid helicopter has opened the frontiers of aviation by attaining a speed milestone of 255 knots (472 km/hr) in level flight on June

Boeing to Display Dreamliner Pair at Paris Show
2013-06-11 Read More...
A pair of super-efficient 787 Dreamliners will be the featured Boeing products on display at the Paris Air Show, which begins June 17 at the Le Bourget exhibition

NGC to Support U.S. Navy on Minehunting Integration
2013-06-11 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Navy's integration onto an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) of the Northrop Grumman-built AQS-24A Side Look Sonar System to look for bottom and volume mines

MBDA France, OKTAL-SE Sign Partnership Agreement
2013-06-11 Read More...
MBDA France, part of MBDA Group, Europe’s leading missile manufacturer, and Oktal-SE, worldwide multispectral simulation software major player, are pleased to announce that they have materialized their fructuous collaborative work, started in 1991

KONGSBERG Completes F-35 JSM Fit Check
2013-06-11 Read More...
KONGSBERG and Lockheed Martin have completed a fit check of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) in the internal carriage bay of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

Lockheed Delivers 1st Modernized Laser Range Finder
2013-06-10 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) Laser Range Finder Designator (LRFD) to the U.S. Army for the AH-64D/E Apache

Lockheed Martin Conducts PAC-3 MSE Missile Test
2013-06-07 Read More...
Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile successfully engaged, intercepted and destroyed two different threat representative targets during a flight test today at White Sands Missile Range, New

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