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ATK Delivers 100th AARGM Production Missile
2013-09-23 Read More...
In August, ATK’s Defense Electronic Systems hosted a ceremony commemorating the delivery of the 100th production AARGM missile to the U.S. Navy. The event was held in ATK’s Ridgecrest, CA facility and was attended by approximately 70 distinguished

US Navy Launches 2 Raytheon SM-3 Missiles at Single Target
2013-09-20 Read More...
In a Missile Defense Agency test, the U.S. Navy launched two Raytheon-made Standard Missile-3 Block IBs from the USS Lake Erie against a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile

Kelvin Hughes, Marshall Land Systems Surveillance Solutions
2013-09-19 Read More...
Kelvin Hughes and Marshall Land Systems will be combining their skills and capabilities to offer surveillance systems, designed for delivering to, and operation in, austere

Report: Al-Qaeda Set Up Anti-Drone Cells
2013-09-19 Read More...
Al-Qaeda’s leaders have been bolstering their anti-drone efforts, setting up cells of engineers to shoot down, disable or hijack U.S. drones, the Washington Post reported citing classified

MBDA, Lockheed Achieve 1st Missile Launch from MK 41
2013-09-18 Read More...
MBDA and Lockheed Martin (LM) demonstrated the first launch of a Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) from Lockheed Martin’s MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) launcher using the host variant of the Extensible Launching System

THAAD, Aegis BMD Engage Multiple Targets in BMDS Test
2013-09-17 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System and the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) successfully conducted a complex missile defense flight test resulting in the intercept of two medium-range ballistic

Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin Team on V-280 Valor
2013-09-17 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, and Lockheed Martin will work as a team on the Bell V-280 Valor™, making Lockheed Martin the first of Bell Helicopter’s V-280 program tier one team members. Additional team members will be announced in the

MBDA Adds Brimstone Anti-FIAC Capability to CWSP
2013-09-16 Read More...
In 2010, MBDA launched CWSP (Compact Warfare System Package) to provide fast patrol boats and logistics ships with an integrated combat system for both self-defence and the means to secure sensitive coastal

Oshkosh Defense Showcases UGV Technology at DSEI
2013-09-13 Read More...
Low-tech, life-threatening threats like improvised explosive devices (IED) have reshaped conflicts and spurred militaries to re-consider how they can protect their Land Forces.Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, is showcasing the

Oshkosh Defense L-ATV Makes European Debut
2013-09-11 Read More...
Global military forces require a mobile, protected and lightweight vehicle to navigate the unpredictable combination of terrain, tactics and threats they face in current and future missions. Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Deploys Refueling Equipment
2013-09-11 Read More...
The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. and Boeing, has successfully completed an initial test of the V-22 Osprey performing as an aerial refueling

Lockheed Completes 1st LRASM Air-Launch Flight Test
2013-09-11 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently completed a successful first flight test of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Bruker Grants Argon Electronics Chemical Warfare Rights
2013-09-10 Read More...
Bruker Daltronic has granted world-leading CBRN simulation systems manufacturer Argon Electronics the worldwide exclusive rights to develop and manufacture a training simulator for the high performance Bruker RAID-M100 chemical

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,

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