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Cubic to Support US Navy Combat Ship Training
2013-03-04 Read More...
Cubic Corporation’s Orlando-based Simulation Systems Division announced that it has received three prime contracts from Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) to develop

Sagem Wins EOMS-NG Shipborne Optronics Order
2013-03-01 Read More...
Sagem (Safran) has signed a new contract with French naval shipyard DCNS, main contractor, for EOMS-NG (Electro-Optical Multifunction System – New Generation) systems that will be installed in 2014 on 4 large French navy amphibious

DCI Wins CRIMSON Maritime Security Project
2013-03-01 Read More...
DCI has been awarded with a European Union service contract worth one million euro regarding maritime security. The CRIMSON (Critical Maritime Routes Programme Monitoring, Support and Evaluation Mechanism) project will last for two years.

Raytheon Delivers 1st SM-6 from New Alabama Facility
2013-03-01 Read More...
Raytheon delivered the first Standard Missile-6 all-up-round to the U.S. Navy from its new integration and testing facility in Huntsville, Alabama.

Lockheed to Begin Work on Next Set of GPS III Satellites
2013-02-28 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin two fixed-price contracts totaling $120 million to procure long lead parts for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth next generation Global Positioning System satellites, known as GPS

France Orders 3rd TRS Ground Master 400 Radar
2013-02-28 Read More...
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has selected ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) to supply the French Air Force with a third Ground Master 406 radar for the Lyon Mont-Verdun airbase.

Boeing’s Phantom Eye Completes 2nd Flight
2013-02-27 Read More...
Boeing's liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system completed its second flight on February 25, demonstrating capabilities that will allow it to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions for up to four

BAE-Lockheed Test Long Range Land Attack Projectile
2013-02-27 Read More...
BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin recently completed a series of successful guided flight tests for 155-mm Long Range Land Attack Projectiles (LRLAP) as part of the on-going qualification test program at White Sands Missile Range in New

Eurocopter’s EC175 Starts Global Demonstration Tour
2013-02-26 Read More...
The next-generation Eurocopter EC175, which sets new standards in the medium-sized twin-engine helicopter market segment, started an international demonstration tour that enables operators to experience first-hand its exceptional performance, flight

Boeing Acquires CPU Tech's Acalis Business
2013-02-26 Read More...
Boeing continues to address its global customers' enduring need to protect warfighters from information-assurance attacks by acquiring CPU Technology Inc.'s Acalis

MBDA Wins 1st Export Order for SIMBAD-RC
2013-02-25 Read More...
MBDA has signed a first contract with an export customer for the acquisition of its naval air defence system SIMBAD-RC, one year after launching its self-financed

Afghan Security Forces Order Navistar Armored Cabs
2013-02-25 Read More...
Navistar Defense, LLC, already a key supplier to the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP), has received an urgent delivery order from the U.S. Army (TACOM LCMC) to retrofit 205 armored cabs onto Navistar Medium Tactical

Almak's Construction Well Underway
2013-02-25 Read More...
DCI jointly created with Piriou the company NavOcéan, last July, in order to be equipped with a Maritime Training Ship

JLENS Demos Tactical Ballistic Missile Defense Capability
2013-02-21 Read More...
Enemy tactical ballistic missiles may soon be easier to detect and track. During a series of recent tests, a Raytheon JLENS demonstrated tactical ballistic missile defense (TBMD) capability when it detected and tracked a total of 4 ballistic-missile

DCI Opens a Representative Office in Singapore
2013-02-20 Read More...
DCI confirmed its development on an international level at IDEX by announcing the opening of a new representative office in

Aegis BMD Uses Satellite Tracking Information for 1st Time
2013-02-14 Read More...
Lockheed Martin's second-generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system achieved its first intercept using tracking information from the space tracking and surveillance system demonstration satellites during a Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

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