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Telephonics' AN/ZPY-4 Completes 1st GMTI Mode Flight
2012-09-28 Read More...
Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, announced the successful flight test of the AN/ZPY-4(V) Maritime Surveillance Radar (AN/ZPY-4(V)) upgraded with a Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI)

ATK Wins AARGM Full-Rate Production Contract
2012-09-28 Read More...
ATK has been awarded a $71 million contract for the full-rate production of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile

Helidax Exceeded 40,000 Flight Hours on EC120 Colibri
2012-09-27 Read More...
Helidax, a subsidiary of DCI and INAER, announced that it has exceeded 40,000 flight hours on EC120 Colibri aircraft, in their Calliope configuration, after 2 years of

Saab Wins US Army, Thai Navy Orders
2012-09-27 Read More...
Swedish defense and security company Saab has signed a new contract with the U.S. Army for the company’s Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon

Coastal Surveillance 2012 to Host Saudi Navy Officer
2012-09-27 Read More...
The 9th annual Coastal Surveillance 2012 conference is back this year and will be held on 30-31 October 2012 at the Singapore

Thales at ADS Show Europe & UAV Show Europe
2012-09-27 Read More...
On September 26th and 27th, Thales is taking part in ADS Show Europe, dedicated to through-life support services for aerospace and defense organizations, and UAV Show Europe, a business convention for unmanned air systems

Alenia Aermacchi Delivers 1st Set of Eurofighter Components
2012-09-27 Read More...
The first set of main components made by Alenia Aermacchi for the first Eurofighter Typhoon of Tranche 3a has been shipped from Alenia Aermacchi’s Caselle plant to the BAE Systems plant in Warton,

LM's DAGR Demonstrates Ground Launch Capability
2012-09-26 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently conducted two separate DAGR® missile flight tests, successfully firing the missiles from a prototype pedestal launcher and hitting a stationary

NGC Installs New Radar on all Operational B-2 Bombers
2012-09-26 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has successfully completed, ahead of schedule, all field installations of a new radar system for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of B-2 stealth

Raytheon’s JLENS & MALD-J Decoy Undergo Separate Tests
2012-09-25 Read More...
A recent U.S. Army and Navy test proved Raytheon’s JLENS can integrate with defensive systems currently in the U.S. Navy's inventory to provide, for the first time, overland cruise missile defense from the

Lockheed Wins Apache M-TADS/PNVS PBL Contract
2012-09-25 Read More...
Lockheed Martin has received a $111 million Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from the U.S.

Boeing to Build 11 More P-8 Poseidon Planes for US Navy
2012-09-24 Read More...
Boeing Company has won a $1.9 billion contract to build 11 more P-8 maritime surveillance planes for the US Navy, according to the US Defense

UAV SHOW EUROPE 2012
2012-09-24 Read More...
UAV SHOW EUROPE is taking place on September 25th, 26th and 27th in Bordeaux-Merignac, France.

33,000 U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan
2012-09-24 Read More...
The last of the 33,000 American surge troops sent to Afghanistan two years ago have left late last

Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile
2012-09-21 Read More...
Pakistan announced it had test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile on Monday, September 17, 2012.

NGC to Supply More STARLite Radars for Gray Eagle UAS
2012-09-21 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has been selected to supply an additional 44 STARLite wide area surveillance radars for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System

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