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Boeing MSA Demonstrator Completes 1st Flight
2014-03-07 Read More...
Boeing’s Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) demonstrator recently completed its first flight to verify airworthiness, an important milestone toward providing a low-risk and cost-effective maritime surveillance solution designed for search and

Cubic Completes Acquisition of Intific
2014-03-06 Read More...
Cubic Corporation announced it has completed the acquisition of Intific, Inc., an Austin, Texas-based advanced technology company focused on software and game-based solutions in modeling and simulation, training and education, cyber warfare, and

Exelis to Supply More EW Components to Pakistan’s F-16s
2014-03-05 Read More...
Exelis announced last week it has received $9 million from the U.S. Air Force to supply spare components for electronic warfare (EW) technology provided to Pakistan under an existing

U.S. Suspends All Military Engagements with Russia
2014-03-04 Read More...
The United States suspended all military engagements with Russia, including military exercises and port visits, as Washington sought ways to punish Moscow over its military intervention in Ukraine without escalating the crisis.

Raytheon, US Navy Test Tomahawk Block IV’s Upgrades
2014-02-28 Read More...
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy have successfully tested communications advancements to the Tomahawk Block IV cruise

Boeing Wins $2.4 Billion Order for 16 P-8A Poseidon
2014-02-28 Read More...
Boeing's P-8A Poseidon program will enter full production, following a $2.4 billion contract award from the U.S. Navy for 16 additional aircraft that will bolster maritime patrol

Exelis to Supply Components for Sikorsky CH-53K Helicopter
2014-02-27 Read More...
Exelis has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $34 million from Sikorsky to produce major structural airframe components for four production-representative CH-53K heavy lift helicopters.

LM Adapts Missile Defense Analytics for Sepsis Detection
2014-02-26 Read More...
Using analytical technology developed to detect launched missiles, Lockheed Martin (LM) has discovered a way to identify sepsis, a potentially fatal blood condition, between 14 to 16 hours earlier than physicians currently

Pentagon to Cut U.S. Army to Pre-World War II Level
2014-02-25 Read More...
The Defense Department on Monday proposed cutting the Army to its smallest size in 74 years, slashing a class of attack jets and rolling back personnel costs in an effort to adjust a department buoyed by a decade of war to an era of leaner

Exelis to Support US Navy Minesweeping Solutions
2014-02-25 Read More...
Exelis has received a contract valued at more than $13 million to provide the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, with depot level repair, maintenance and modifications for two mine defense systems currently fielded with the U.S.

NGC’s Common Imagery Processor to Support Global Hawk
2014-02-24 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) Common Imagery Processor (CIP) has taken another important step in supporting the Global Hawk Block 40 Unmanned Aircraft System by deploying to Grand Forks Air Force Base in Grand Forks, North Dakota, last

Lockheed Martin Demos JAGM Dual-Mode Guidance Section
2014-02-24 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) dual-mode guidance section engaging a laser-designated moving target during an internally funded flight test at Eglin Air Force Base,

Raytheon Demonstrates Griffin Block III Missile
2014-02-21 Read More...
Raytheon Company demonstrated its latest variant of the combat-proven Griffin® missile, the Griffin Block III, throughout a series of test shots culminating in several direct hits against a variety of static and moving

Oshkosh Defense Showcases JLTV Solutions at AUSA Winter
2014-02-20 Read More...
The focus of the AUSA Winter Symposium and Exposition is “preparing the Army for an unpredictable global security environment out to the year 2020 and beyond.” Crucial to this preparation will be future light tactical vehicles that can provide both

U.S. Navy Tests Infrared Search & Track on Super Hornet
2014-02-20 Read More...
The U.S. Navy recently tested, for the first time on a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft, the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor that will find hard-to-detect targets over long

US Department of Defense Eyes $4.5bn Missile Defense Hike
2014-02-20 Read More...
The US Department of Defense plans to ask Congress for $4.5 billion in extra missile defense funding over the next five years as part of the fiscal 2015 budget request, say congressional sources and an

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