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Boeing to Build 56 More A-10 Wings for US Air Force
2013-09-10 Read More...
Boeing will continue improving U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II mission readiness, and decreasing maintenance costs, through a follow-on order for 56 replacement wings for that

Northrop Grumman at DSEI
2013-09-09 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) will highlight its capabilities in command, control, communications, computers, intelligence (C4I), border security, unmanned ground systems, cyber security as well as navigation and maritime systems at the Defence

LM's Paveway II DMLGB Employed in Navy Exercises
2013-09-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB) was successfully employed in recent U.S. Navy Tactics Development exercises at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center in Fallon,

Boeing, US Air Force Finalize KC-46A Tanker Design
2013-09-06 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing have validated the final design elements of the KC-46A Tanker and concluded that the proposed design embodies and can meet Air Force requirements, clearing the way for production and testing of the next-generation

UTC Aerospace Systems, HeliDax Sign Service Contract
2013-09-06 Read More...
UTC Aerospace Systems has signed a major contract with French company HeliDax SAS to provide aftermarket service for its fleet of helicopters – the largest EC120 worldwide fleet in operation today. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United

Raytheon GPS Launch Receives IATT Certification
2013-09-06 Read More...
Raytheon received Interim Authorization to Test (IATT) security certification for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) Launch and Checkout System (LCS) four months ahead of

MEADS Identification Friend or Foe System Certified
2013-09-05 Read More...
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system has been certified for

Rohde & Schwarz at DSEI 2013
2013-09-03 Read More...
“Creating situational awareness” is the motto of the Rohde & Schwarz booth at DSEI (London, 10-13 September 2013). The company offers integrated communications and intelligence solutions for all branches of the armed

Lockheed Martin Wins Heavyweight Torpedo Order
2013-09-03 Read More...
Lockheed Martin will provide the U.S. Navy and allied navy customers from Canada and The Netherlands with upgrade kits and services for the MK 48 heavyweight torpedo under a new, $37 million contract award, part of a five-year effort to upgrade the

Supreme Group at DSEI 2013
2013-09-02 Read More...
Supreme Group, a global leader in the provision of end-to-end supply chain solutions in challenging environments around the world, will highlight the new concepts in the Total Support Force model and contractor expeditionary logistics during DSEI

Significant Improvements for Boeing’s Advanced Super Hornet
2013-08-30 Read More...
During three weeks of flight testing the Advanced Super Hornet, Boeing and partner Northrop Grumman demonstrated that the fighter can outperform threats for decades to come with improvements that make the jet much harder for radar to detect and give

Bombardier, IRKUT Enter Discussions on MS-21 Aircraft
2013-08-29 Read More...
Bombardier Aerospace presented further evidence of its growing relationship with Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with the announcement of its intention to enter into exploratory discussions with leading Russian aircraft

Lockheed Wins Counterfire Radar Production Order
2013-08-28 Read More...
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin (LM) $206 million in additional orders for the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53), a long-range counterfire radar that provides soldiers with enhanced 360-degree protection from indirect

Bombardier at Moscow Air Show (MAKS 2013)
2013-08-28 Read More...
Bombardier Aerospace is showcasing its Q400 NextGen aircraft, as well as the cockpit and full-scale cabin demonstrators for its all-new CSeries jetliner at the 2013 International Aviation and Space Salon - MAKS 2013 - at Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport

Boeing Begins Assembling 2nd KC-46A Tanker Aircraft
2013-08-27 Read More...
Boeing officially began assembling the second KC-46A Tanker last week as workers loaded the aircraft’s wing spar into an Automated Spar Assembly Tool.

SM-6 Engages 1st Over-The-Horizon Targets at Sea
2013-08-26 Read More...
The U.S. Navy fired two Raytheon Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) interceptors from the USS Chancellorsville, successfully engaging two cruise missile targets (BQM-74 drones) in the missile's first over-the-horizon test scenario at

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