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Oshkosh to Deliver HET A1 Vehicles to U.S. Army
2011-04-08 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will deliver more than 270 Heavy Equipment Transporters (HET) A1 vehicles following a delivery order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command

ATK Wins HTVSF EMD Contract
2011-04-08 Read More...
ATK was awarded a $35.8 million contract for the Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Hard Target Void Sensing Fuze (HTVSF) program.

Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II Program
2011-04-07 Read More...
Raytheon’s Small Diameter Bomb II program completed a U.S. Air Force critical design review (CDR), clearing the way for the weapon to begin captive flight testing later this

Test Progress for LM’s F-35 Lightning II
2011-04-06 Read More...
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II test jets made considerable flight test progress during the first quarter of 2011, conducting 199 test flights versus a plan of 142

P&W's F119 Engine Reaches Hot Section Full-Life Capability
2011-04-04 Read More...
Pratt & Whitney's F119 engine powering the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor, successfully reached its first hot section full-life capability of 4,325 total accumulated cycles (TACs), during a recent mission at Langley Air Force Base in

AERO Vodochody recognized as Top Supplier for Sikorsky
2011-04-04 Read More...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. recently held its 4th annual Supplier Summit in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA with senior executives from the top 150 supplier companies.

“No Health Risk” from Airport Body Scanners
2011-04-02 Read More...
A recent University of California study found that full-body scanners used to secure airports do not pose health risks. About 1,000 of these scanners will be deployed across the United States alone by end of this

Lockheed Martin Wins THAAD Production Contract
2011-04-01 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received a production contract totaling $789.8 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency.

LM Rolls Out 1st MC-130J Combat Shadow II
2011-03-31 Read More...
Lockheed Martin rolled out the first aircraft in a new fleet of MC-130J Combat Shadow IIs for the U.S. Air Force’s Special Operations Command (AFSOC) during a ceremony held on 29 March 2011 in Marietta, Georgia

Systematic Prepares for Viking 11
2011-03-31 Read More...
On 21 March, Systematic began training Administrators and Super Users for Viking 11, a large scale exercise organised by the Folke Bernadotte Academy and the Swedish Armed

LM's HIT Center for Testing Missile Defense Systems
2011-03-30 Read More...
Lockheed Martin held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Huntsville Integrated Test (HIT) Center in Huntsville, Alabama, earlier this

Harris: Falcon III Radios for MRAP Vehicles
2011-03-30 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, received an $11.7 million order to supply Falcon III(r) multiband handheld radio systems in vehicular configurations to the

Austal Awarded 2nd US Navy Ship Order
2011-03-28 Read More...
The U.S. Navy has announced a fixed price incentive contract for the construction of a fourth 127-metre trimaran Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS 8) valued at USD$368.6

ATK Wins 2 US Contracts
2011-03-28 Read More...
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) received a $50 million follow-on contract modification for production of the Mortar Guidance Kit (MGK) under the U.S. Army's Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI)

EADS Eyes Vector Aerospace
2011-03-25 Read More...
In light of recent statements in the press, EADS confirms that it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Vector Aerospace Corporation.

HC-130J Completes Developmental Testing
2011-03-25 Read More...
The new HC-130J personnel recovery aircraft, developed for the United States Air Force Air Combat Command, has completed developmental testing.

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