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Textron Systems Delivers First TAPV to Canadian Army
2016-09-02 Read More...
Textron Systems Canada Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced recently delivered the first Tactical Armored Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) to the Canadian Army. The Canadian Army is fielding the first vehicles to the 5th Canadian Division Support Base

Raytheon Wins US Navy MK 54 Torpedo Contract
2016-09-02 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $37,723,774 firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive, cost and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of MK 54 lightweight torpedo common parts kits; MK 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedo kits; and MK 54

Raytheon to Modernize Ground Controls for Global Hawk
2016-08-31 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a subcontract valued up to $104 million to modernize the ground segment for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk autonomous aircraft. Raytheon partners with Northrop Grumman as the ground integrator for Global Hawk

INVISIO Receives Follow-Up Order from US Army
2016-08-29 Read More...
INVISIO has received another order from US army’s modernization program TCAPS. The order value amounts to approximately SEK 10 million and delivery is planned to take place successively in

Northrop Grumman Completes G/ATOR Block II Design Reviews
2016-08-25 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Marine Corps have achieved two major milestones in developing the Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) mode for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar

Afghanistan Requests Individual and Crew Served Weapons
2016-08-24 Read More...
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Afghanistan for individual and crew served weapons, equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $60

Sensonor Supplies IMUs for NASA Raven, Near Earth Orbit
2016-08-24 Read More...
Sensonor AS first began supplying its standard Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Gyroscope Modules for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space applications in 2012, beginning with the launch of the NASA sponsored AeroCube-4

Raytheon to Build Naval Strike Missile Launchers
2016-08-23 Read More...
Raytheon Company has received an initial contract to produce Naval Strike Missile (NSM) launchers at its production facility in Louisville, Kentucky. The deal ushers in U.S. manufacturing of the Norwegian-developed weapon

US, South Korea Start Joint Military Exercise
2016-08-23 Read More...
South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) on Monday to maintain their combined forces’ readiness against North Korea's potential aggression amid Pyongyang's threats to launch a pre-emptive

Boeing Awarded $2.8B for KC-46A Tanker Initial Production
2016-08-22 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing $2.8 billion on August 18 for KC-46A tanker low-rate initial

Lockheed Martin Wins Aegis Ballistic Missile Contract
2016-08-18 Read More...
The global Aegis fleet will expand in the U.S., Japan and the Republic of Korea under a $490 million deal with Lockheed Martin to bring integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) capabilities to new

Honeywell Aerospace to Sell HTSI to KBR
2016-08-17 Read More...
Honeywell announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI), a leading global provider of professional space, security, logistics and manpower services in the Government Services market, to KBR

JGO Appoints Director of Conventional Weapons Destruction
2016-08-10 Read More...
Janus Global Operations (JGO), the world’s largest demining and UXO clearance company, announced that Elizabeth Jordan Wilhelm has joined the Company as its new Director of conventional weapons destruction and unexploded ordnance

Raytheon Wins New Order for Standard Missile-3
2016-08-08 Read More...
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency exercised a $523 million contract option with Raytheon Company to produce, test and deliver 47 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB interceptors for operational testing and

Miniature Hit-to-Kill Interceptor Completes 2nd Flight Test
2016-08-04 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor was successfully launched in an engineering demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The demonstration on Friday, July 29, was part of the U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile

AM General Awarded U.S. Contract for 1,673 HMMWVs
2016-08-03 Read More...
AM General has been awarded a $356,213,318 contract to manufacture and deliver 1,673 HMMWVs to the U.S. Government for further delivery to the Afghanistan National Army and

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