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Harris To Acquire CapRock Communications
2010-05-22 Read More...
Harris plans to buy CapRock Communications, a satellite communications company based in Houston, for $525 million. The deal is expected to close between July and September 2010.CapRock sells secure, managed communications services such as broadband

F-35 Fighters arrive at Edwards AFB
2010-05-18 Read More...
Two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters flew nonstop from their final-assembly site in Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards Air Force Base, California, yesterday, signaling a further expansion of F-35 flight test operations. The arrival is

Airborne Systems: Parachute Training Facility
2010-05-12 Read More...
Airborne Systems, a world leader in parachute systems, is to open a new Tactical Parachute Training Facility (TPTF) at Eloy Municipal Airport, Eloy, Arizona,

Kaman: Cargo Airdrop Tests With Unmanned Helicopter
2010-05-05 Read More...
Kaman Aerospace Corporation has proven in recent tests that the unmanned K-MAX helicopter can resupply troops with cargo airdropped by parachute.

Kaman Delivers 500th H-60 Cockpit to Sikorsky
2010-04-28 Read More...
Kaman Aerostructures delivered its 500th H-60 helicopter cockpit to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation this past week. The milestone UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter cockpit will be incorporated into an airframe which will undergo final assembly at

Boeing Aims High!
2010-02-22 Read More...
Boeing will be the world's largest civil aircraft maker once again, a top executive from the US company vowed in Friday's edition of the Financial Times.The company would take the top spot from European rivals Airbus within four years, predicted Jim

Pentagon Official Confirms 1-Year Delay For JSF
2010-02-18 Read More...
Pentagon Officials confirmed Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn's announcement of this week that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program will be delayed by about one year.The Pentagon's No. 2 Official said that the jet's development schedule

Oshkosh Defense: $158 Million Order for U.S. Marine Corps Heavy Fleet
2010-02-10 Read More...
Oshkosh Corporation announced that its Defense Division received a delivery order to an existing contract valued at more than $158 million from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command for more than 400 Logistics Vehicle System Replacements

F-35 Chief Fired
2010-02-02 Read More...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program Manager Feb. 1, saying someone must be held accountable for the program's delays and cost overruns.

US Expanding Missile Defences in Gulf
2010-02-01 Read More...
The United States has expanded land and sea-based missile defense systems in and around the Gulf to counter what it sees as Iran's growing missile threat, US officials

Unarmed Drones to Pakistan
2010-01-22 Read More...
The United States plans to provide Pakistan with a dozen unarmed drone aircraft that will help bolster its military as it takes on Taliban militants, U.S. defense officials

Tests for Textron's XM1100 Scorpion
2010-01-21 Read More...
Textron Defense Systems announced that its XM1100 Scorpion networked sensor and munitions system successfully completed a rigorous test series at White Sands Missile Range in New

Rafale: The Semac Revolution
2010-01-15 Read More...
In just a few short months, Dassault Aviation configured the Rafale fighter to carry the Semac pod, enabling it to participate in the Red Flag exercise in the United

Harris: $119m Orders
2010-01-08 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, received orders totaling $119 million to supply JTRS-approved Falcon III AN/PRC-152(C) tactical handheld radio systems with vehicular amplifier adapters to the

GD: $112 M in Stryker Contracts
2010-01-07 Read More...
General Dynamics Land Systems was awarded an $84 million contract for battle-damage assessment, repair services and materials for Stryker brigades deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, General Dynamics was awarded $28 million for 474 hull

Boeing Laser Demo Accepts Oshkosh Military Truck
2010-01-06 Read More...
Boeing announced today that it accepted the Oshkosh Defense military truck that will carry a Boeing-built laser beam control system for the U.S. Army's High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD)

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