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Aegis Runs Air, Missile Defense Tests During NATO Exercise
2017-10-19 Read More...
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency, supported by Lockheed Martin, successfully conducted a series of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) tests in the Atlantic Ocean during Formidable Shield 2017 (FS-17) from 24 September to 17 October 2017. Naval

Raytheon Opens New Engineering Facility in Albuquerque
2017-10-18 Read More...
Raytheon Company has opened a new facility in the Sandia Science and Technology Park, expanding its operations to develop and produce range monitoring and telemetry systems for the U.S. and its allies. The expansion will bring 60 new high-tech

Harris Wins 5-Year Contract from US Department of Navy
2017-10-17 Read More...
The U.S. Department of Navy has awarded Harris Corporation a five-year, $765 million ceiling, single-award IDIQ contract to provide tactical radios and ancillary devices to the Navy and Marine

Boeing, U.S. Air Force Complete 1st KC-46 to KC-46 Refueling
2017-10-16 Read More...
A Boeing-U.S. Air Force test team recently refueled a KC-46A tanker from another KC-46A tanker for the first

U.S. Army Receives First New Generation Abrams Tank
2017-10-13 Read More...
The U.S. Army took delivery of the first of six newly-upgraded MIA2 SEP v3 Abrams Main Battle Tanks. The first MIA2 SEP v3 tank, built by General Dynamics Land Systems, is slated to arrive as soon as this month - as part of a delivery of initial

Oshkosh Showcases JLTV Vehicles with NextGen Capabilities
2017-10-11 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, is showcasing two variants of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) with next generation lethality and networking capabilities at the AUSA Conference

Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Marinette Marine to Build LCS 27
2017-10-11 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded the Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) team a contract to build an additional LCS. The contract value is under the 2017 congressional cost cap of $584 million per

CMI Defence Races for US Army Mobile Protected Firepower
2017-10-11 Read More...
CMI Defence announced it has joined with world class contractors to compete in the US Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. It is also delivering a medium caliber turret within the framework of its CRADA collaboration with the US

Raytheon Names Todd Ernst Vice President, Corporate Development
2017-10-11 Read More...
Raytheon Company announced that Todd Ernst (photo) has been named Vice President, Corporate Development to succeed Michael J. Cody, who is retiring after serving more than eight years in the role at the company. The change is effective November 6,

Cubic Demos Overmatch and Readiness Solutions at AUSA
2017-10-10 Read More...
Cubic Corporation announced that its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) and Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business divisions are demonstrating industry-leading simulation, training and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance

Boeing to Acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
2017-10-10 Read More...
Boeing plans to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a world-class innovator, developer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace platforms, under an agreement signed by the companies. Aurora specializes in autonomous systems technologies to

Thales Ranks No. 1 in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
2017-10-09 Read More...
This year, for the first time, Thales has been ranked by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as the company with the most advanced corporate responsibility policy in the aerospace and defense

Orbital ATK Showcases Defense Innovations at AUSA
2017-10-09 Read More...
Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, is highlighting its innovative defense technologies that protect the warfighter and provide combat overmatch on today’s battlefield during the Association of the United States

Meggitt to Demo Small-Arms Training Systems at AUSA
2017-10-05 Read More...
Meggitt Training Systems, the leading provider of integrated live-fire and virtual weapons training products and services for armed forces and law enforcement, will demonstrate the FATS® 100MIL and portable FATS® 100P small-arms training systems at

FLIR to Supply TacFLIR® Surveillance Cameras to U.S. Army
2017-10-04 Read More...
FLIR Systems, Inc. has been awarded a $74.7 million firm-fixed-price order to deliver TacFLIR® surveillance cameras in support of the U.S. Army EO/IR-Force Protection (FP)

Secretary of the Navy Visits Lockheed Martin Facility
2017-10-04 Read More...
US Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Richard V. Spencer, visited Lockheed Martin’s Owego Facility, N.Y., with more than 400 employees while touring the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky MH-60R “Romeo” operations on September

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