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Rolls-Royce Wins AE 1107C Engines Services Contract
2013-01-04 Read More...
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a $52.2 million contract to support AE 1107C engines for V-22 aircraft operated by the US Marine Corps and Air

Obama Signs Defense Policy Bill for 2013
2013-01-03 Read More...
US President Barack Obama has signed into law the annual defense policy bill, authorizing $633 billion in defense spending for

U.S. Drone Strike Kills Senior Taliban Commander
2013-01-03 Read More...
A U.S. drone strike killed a Taliban Commander, his Deputy and eight others in Northern Pakistan, intelligence sources and tribal leaders said

Raytheon Wins US Navy Order for DDG 1000 Program
2013-01-02 Read More...
Raytheon is being awarded a not-to-exceed $169 million modification to previously awarded fixed-price incentive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for deferred mission systems equipment for DDG 1000 and DDG

Lockheed Martin Acquires Assets of CDL Systems Ltd.
2013-01-02 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of CDL Systems Ltd., a software engineering firm that specializes in the development and licensing of vehicle control station software for unmanned

Boeing to Supply 2 More C-40A Aircraft to US Navy
2012-12-30 Read More...
Boeing has received a $145 million order from the U.S. Navy for 2 additional C-40A Clipper transport aircraft, increasing the service's ability to move military personnel and cargo around the world.

“Stormin Norman” Dies at 78
2012-12-28 Read More...
Norman Schwarzkopf, the U.S. General who led Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1991, died on Thursday at the age of

Harris to Provide USAF With Falcon Tactical Radios
2012-12-26 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded an $85 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with Falcon multiband manpack tactical

Raytheon Wins 2 U.S. Navy Contracts
2012-12-24 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $254.6 million contract to procure Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise missiles for fiscal year

Boeing Delivers 1st P-8I Poseidon Aircraft
2012-12-21 Read More...
Boeing made an on-site delivery of the first P-8I aircraft to the Indian Navy in Seattle on December 19, in accordance with the

NGC, US Navy Complete X-47B Deck Handling Trials
2012-12-20 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman

General Dynamics’ 30,000th CSAR Radio Goes to Work
2012-12-20 Read More...
General Dynamics C4 Systems' recent delivery of 674 AN/PRC-112G® radios to the U.S. Air Force included the 30,000(th) Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) radio fielded by General Dynamics.

Raytheon Wins SM-2 Production Contract
2012-12-18 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $108 million contract for continued production of Standard Missile-2 all-up rounds, a majority of which will be sold to U.S. allies through foreign military

ATK Wins .40 Caliber Ammunition Contract
2012-12-14 Read More...
ATK announced that it is being awarded a Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for .40 caliber

ATK Wins AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems Contract
2012-12-12 Read More...
ATK has received a $48-million production contract from the U.S. Navy for the manufacturing of the AAR-47 Missile Warning System.

ATK Wins US Navy's Multi-Option Fuze Contract
2012-12-10 Read More...
ATK received a five-year, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command for the production of the MK 437 Multi-Option Fuze, Navy (MOFN).

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