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Lockheed’s 2nd Generation Aegis BMD Intercepts Missile
2012-05-16 Read More...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target for the first time, using the second generation of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, known as Aegis BMD

NGC Wins LITENING G4 Targeting Pods Contract
2012-05-15 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has been awarded a delivery order by the Naval Air Systems Command totaling $103 million to deliver LITENING G4 targeting

Harris Wins Falcon III Multiband Manpack Radios Order
2012-05-15 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $75 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract - with an initial delivery order of $8 million - for its Falcon III®

F-35 to Replace Most US Combat Fleet by 2020
2012-05-14 Read More...
The Pentagon plans to have the F-35 fighter jet replace most of the combat aircraft fleet of the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps by the end of the

Boeing & USAF Complete 1st QF-16 Aerial Target Flight
2012-05-14 Read More...
Boeing and the U.S. Air Force completed the first manned flight of the QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) on May 4 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville,

Raytheon Completes 1st Flight Test of Improved SM-3
2012-05-11 Read More...
Raytheon completed the first successful flight test of the Standard Missile-3 Block IB, which is the cornerstone of phase two of the administration's Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA). This is the 20th successful intercept for Raytheon's SM-3

FN MAG Machine Gun Goes Polymer
2012-05-10 Read More...
The 7.62x51mm NATO caliber FN MAG - designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by Belgium-based small arms manufacturer FN Herstal - comes now standard with a polymer

First Travis C-5B Inducted
2012-05-10 Read More...
Lockheed Martin last week inducted into its facilities in Marietta, Georgia, the first C-5B Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, California, to become a C-5M Super

Boeing KC-46 Tanker Completes Preliminary Design Review
2012-05-09 Read More...
The Boeing KC-46 Tanker program has completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) with the U.S. Air Force, a key milestone in the development of the next-generation aerial refueling

Lockheed's DAGR Drags Moving Target from AH-64 Apache
2012-05-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) successfully tracked and engaged a moving target in a recent demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground,

Raytheon Fires 4 Excalibur from Denel’s G6 Howitzer
2012-05-09 Read More...
Raytheon has fired four Excalibur 155mm precision-guided artillery projectiles from the Denel-manufactured G6 self-propelled howitzer as part of a field trial

Thales HPIRS & GPS to Equip Embraer’s KC-390 Aircraft
2012-05-07 Read More...
Thales has been awarded a contract by Embraer Defence and Security to provide the Inertial Navigation System (INS) and the GPS of the KC-390 military transport

ITT Exelis Proposes Open EW Testing for B-1B Bomber
2012-05-07 Read More...
ITT Exelis has proposed an open architecture system for the U.S. Air Force’s B-1B bomber that will expedite testing of the aircraft’s integrated electronic warfare system and reduce maintenance effort and cost throughout its life

Airbus Military A400M Receives EASA RTC Certificate
2012-05-04 Read More...
Airbus Military has received the initial type certification for the A400M new generation airlifter, marking a key milestone on the road to first delivery around the turn of the year.

NGC Test Fires its FIRESTRIKE™ Next-Gen Laser
2012-05-04 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has test fired the first product in its next-generation FIRESTRIKE™ family of high-energy, solid-state lasers that meet goals for size and weight reduction and ruggedization for operational

P&W Delivers 50th F135 Engine for the F-35 JSF
2012-05-04 Read More...
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, has successfully delivered the 50th production F135 engine – powering Lockheed Martin's fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II – to the U.S. Department of

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