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Meggitt to Demo Anti-Tank Guided Missile Solution at CANSEC 2017
2017-05-19 Read More...
Meggitt Training Systems’ new Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) training system will make its Canadian debut in Ottawa at CANSEC 2017 from 31 May to 01 June 2017. The company will also display a broader version of its remote weapons station (RWS)

Textron Systems Tests Fury® Against Moving Targets
2017-05-18 Read More...
Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems, a business of Textron Inc., announced the successful testing of the Fury® lightweight precision guided glide munition against moving targets at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. This test marks a

INVISIO Expands Communication, Hearing Protection Range
2017-05-17 Read More...
INVISIO expanded its product range by adding a new control unit for tactical communication and hearing protection. The new INVISIO V50 control unit is designed to meet defense and security customer needs for a system with power supply via

HENSOLDT Expands “Xpeller” Counter-UAV Family
2017-05-15 Read More...
HENSOLDT, the new sensor house, has entered into a collaboration in the area of counter-UAV with sensor provider Squarehead Technology AS, Oslo. At Xponential, Dallas/Texas, HENSOLDT signed a collaboration agreement with Squarehead which adds its

Peli Products Names New EMEA Marketing Director
2017-05-15 Read More...
Peli™ Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance protective cases and advanced portable lighting systems, has appointed Estefania Fenoy as Director of Marketing and Communication for Europe, Middle East and Africa

4th Cessna Citation Longitude Takes to the Skies
2017-05-12 Read More...
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, added its fourth super-midsize Cessna Citation Longitude to the flight-test fleet, propelling the program toward anticipated Federal Aviation Administration type certification later this year. The

INVISIO’s US Office Now Fully Operational
2017-05-12 Read More...
INVISIO, a world-leading technology company developing innovative communications systems with hearing protection, announced that its newly established US subsidiary is up and running and that the organization is expanding with new

General Dynamics Demos 4G Tactical Backbone Network
2017-05-12 Read More...
A General Dynamics Mission Systems engineering team successfully streamed video 62 miles between two tactical antennas on April 20 during the Marine Corps-sponsored Ship-to-Shore Maneuver, Exploration and Experimentation (S2ME2) Task Force

Leonardo Fully Participates at IDEF Exhibition in Turkey
2017-05-11 Read More...
From 9-12 May 2017, Leonardo is exhibiting at IDEF, the 13th edition of Turkey’s major defense and security exhibition. Leonardo has been doing business in Turkey for more than 40 years, participating in major civilian and military projects

Boeing, USAF Demo Airborne Networking System
2017-05-10 Read More...
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) recently demonstrated that multiple aircraft and ground stations can efficiently and securely communicate using the Boeing-developed Talon HATE airborne networking

Raytheon’s Patriot Downed Over 100 Ballistic Missiles Since 2015
2017-05-08 Read More...
Since 01 January 2015, Raytheon’s Patriot™ integrated air and missile defense system has shot down more than 100 tactical ballistic missiles in combat operations around the world. More than 90 of those intercepts involved the low cost Raytheon-made

Raytheon Starts Production of AN/SPY-6(V) Radar
2017-05-05 Read More...
Raytheon Company is being awarded a $327,146,998 Fixed Price Incentive (firm target) modification to previously awarded contract N00024-14-C-5315 to exercise options for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program (AMDR) Low Rate Initial

Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6 Passes Graduation Tests
2017-05-02 Read More...
After a complex series of U.S. Navy flight tests at Pacific Missile Firing Range in Hawaii, Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) proves it’s ready to reach its final stage of the acquisition process: full operational capability. Reaching FOC is a kind of

Thales Acquires Guavus for Real-Time Big Data Analytics
2017-05-02 Read More...
Thales announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the US Company Guavus, a pioneer in real-time Big Data

US Army Recertifies Harris Corporation Airborne Radio
2017-04-28 Read More...
The U.S. Army has recertified Harris Corporation’s AN/ARC-201D airborne radio, validating that the radios are airworthy for use in Army helicopters. The radios will be produced at Harris’ state-of-the-art Rochester, New York,

Second Boeing T-X Aircraft Takes Flight
2017-04-27 Read More...
Boeing and partner Saab have completed the first flight of their second production-ready T-X aircraft, which is identical to the first and designed specifically for the U.S. Air Force advanced pilot training

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