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GA-ASI Completes Improved Gray Eagle Flight Tests
2013-07-30 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, announced the successful first flight of the U.S. Army’s Improved

LM's Sniper ATP Achieves Operational Flight Status on B-52
2013-07-29 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) has achieved operational flight status on the B-52

Lockheed Delivers 3rd AEHF Satellite to US Air Force
2013-07-26 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) shipped the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on July 10, where it will be prepared for a September liftoff aboard an Atlas V

US Army Tests JLENS in Complex Scenarios
2013-07-25 Read More...
The U.S. Army completed Early User Testing (EUT) of the Raytheon Company developed JLENS.

Harris Falcon III Wideband Handheld Radio Certified by JTRS
2013-07-25 Read More...
Harris Corporation's Falcon III(r) AN/PRC-152A multiband handheld radio has received Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Certification from the Joint Tactical Networking Center. It is the second Harris Falcon III wideband radio to receive this

US Navy Receives 1st Upgraded MQ-8C Fire Scout
2013-07-25 Read More...
The U.S. Navy got its first look at the upgraded MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned system when Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) delivered its first MQ-8C system this

Boeing Delivers 2nd C-17 Globemaster III to Indian Air Force
2013-07-24 Read More...
Boeing delivered the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) second C-17 Globemaster III today, a month after India’s first C-17 arrived in the country and immediately began supporting IAF

LM Delivers GPS III Prototype to Cape Canaveral Station
2013-07-23 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently delivered a full-sized, functional prototype of the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to test facilities and pre-launch processes in advance of the arrival of the

NGC Wins US Navy E-2D Hawkeyes Contract
2013-07-19 Read More...
Following the decision earlier this year to proceed with full-rate production, the Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) a $113.7 million advance acquisition contract for long lead materials and related support for five full-rate

Raydon to Leverage Havok’s Simulation Technology Framework
2013-07-18 Read More...
Havok™, a leader in real-time simulation development and 3D visualization technology, has entered into an enterprise agreement with Raydon Corporation, a leading developer of virtual training

Raytheon’s Uncooled Thermal Systems Preferred by Land Forces
2013-07-18 Read More...
A recent international contract brings Raytheon’s awards for uncooled thermal systems for allied countries to more than $75 million over the last 12 months.

Harris to Upgrade USMC’s First Responder Communications
2013-07-17 Read More...
The United States Marine Corps has awarded Harris Corporation a contract to replace its existing radio systems throughout Eastern Region U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) bases and other

Raytheon Demos 3rd Generation FLIR System
2013-07-16 Read More...
Raytheon 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared (3rd Gen FLIR) Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) and fire control successfully achieved proof of concept in a series of laboratory and field tests. Preliminary evaluation of the impact of

ITT Exelis Wins Composite Structures Order for LM’s JASSM
2013-07-16 Read More...
ITT Exelis received a contract in excess of $10 million for Lot 10 production of composite missile bodies and structures for the baseline and extended-range versions of Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile

US Navy X-47B Drone Makes First Aircraft Carrier Landing
2013-07-16 Read More...
X-47B, an experimental bat-winged unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the US Navy, performed the first-ever arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier last

Lockheed Martin Delivers 100th Targeting System for F-35
2013-07-15 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 100th Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) for the F-35 Lightning II. EOTS provides affordable, high performance multifunction targeting to the F-35’s full spectrum of military

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