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31 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan
2011-08-08 Read More...
A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, along with 7 Afghan commandos. This was the deadliest

F-35 Tests Suspended After Device Failure
2011-08-05 Read More...
The US Defense Department has suspended fleetwide ground and flight test operations of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, its costliest arms

Cassidian’s Reshaping to Address New Markets
2011-08-04 Read More...
Cassidian is adapting its organization in order to create a further empowered and streamlined customer-oriented structure across the globe.

Boeing Dedicates C-17 to Honored US Army Members
2011-07-28 Read More...
Boeing joined the U.S. Air Force at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to help dedicate a C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have received the Congressional Medal of

Raytheon & FBI Complete National Data Exchange
2011-07-27 Read More...
In a major initiative sponsored by the FBI and its criminal justice partners, Raytheon completed the latest increment of the National Data Exchange (N-DEx) criminal justice information sharing system.

Oshkosh to Recapitalize 160 FHTV US Army Trucks
2011-07-21 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will recapitalize 160 trucks from the U.S. Army’s Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) fleet, including Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical

Poll: Obama Disappoints Arabs
2011-07-18 Read More...
Two years after US President Barack Obama called for a "new beginning" in relations with the Muslim world in a groundbreaking speech from Cairo, his popularity among Arabs has nosedived, a poll

14 Firms Win $3.8bn US Army Orders in 20 Countries
2011-06-20 Read More...
The US Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District said it has awarded $3.8 billion worth of contracts to 14 firms on behalf of the Transatlantic Division and the Army Corps of

NGC's Firebird Uses 3 Eyes and 4th Sensor Payload
2011-06-16 Read More...
Northrop Grumman’s Firebird intelligence-gathering air system successfully used 3 different high-definition video sensors and an electronics support payload all at the same time - a future capability sought by the U.S. military that's available

New Recapitalized Oshkosh Trucks for U.S. Army
2011-06-10 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense will deliver more than 730 trucks from the U.S. Army’s Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV), including new and recapitalized Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A4s and new Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) A1s,

MBDA Rolls Out 10,000th Diamond Back® Wing
2011-06-09 Read More...
MBDA Missile Systems celebrated a milestone in the company’s U.S. history during a ceremonial rollout of the 10,000th Diamond Back® wing assembly at their Westlake Village, California division.

Raytheon-Boeing: Together in JAGM Program
2011-06-08 Read More...
Raytheon submitted its proposal for the U.S. Army and Navy's Joint Air-to-Ground Missile competition and responded as a prime contractor. Raytheon is teamed with Boeing for the JAGM

ITT’s Lightweight Countermeasures System
2011-05-30 Read More...
ITT Corporation developed a groundbreaking countermeasures system to protect helicopters from shoulder-fired, heat-seeking

ATK Supplies Key Test Component to Raytheon
2011-05-27 Read More...
ATK, the leading solid rocket motor producer in the U.S., provided a key component for the latest successful missile defense test of a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IA

Early Delivery of AH-1Z Cobra System
2011-05-27 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The TSS units feature upgraded software to provide additional targeting

NGC to Continue Support of USA’s ABIS System
2011-05-26 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a follow-on task order valued at up to $141 million for continued development of the U.S. Department of Defense Automated Biometric Identification

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