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Lockheed Martin Receives DARPA Contract for Radio Frequency Mapping Program
November 7, 2015 @ 09:00 AMThe US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for the third phase of its RF Mapping program, RadioMap, which seeks to provide real-time awareness of radio spectrum use across frequency, geography and time. Akin to smartphone maps that show color-coded current traffic conditions, RadioMap is developing technology that visually overlays spectrum information on a map enabling rapid frequency deconfliction and maximizing use of available spectrum for communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems
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Rheinmetall Wins Tank Ammunition Contract
November 6, 2015 @ 11:41 AMRheinmetall has won around Euro 20 million worth contract from an international customer to supply practice tank ammunition. The DM78A1 and DM78A3 subcalibre practice ammunition will be delivered in two lots between 2016 and 2018, the compay announced today
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Saab Wins Swedish Gripen Maintenance Support Contract
November 6, 2015 @ 09:46 AMSaab has won a $17.8 million contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to provide support and maintenance for Gripen during 2016 on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces
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Russia Plans Space-based Military Radar
November 5, 2015 @ 01:05 PMRussia plans to develop a satellite-based radar system for the use of its armed forces. The new system will help create a precise 3D model of Earth as well as tracking ground objects
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Lockheed Martin Wins F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter advance acquisition contract
November 4, 2015 @ 02:35 PMLockheed Martin has won a $5.3 billion contract from US department of defense to produce Lot IX F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter
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US Army Buys Seven Q-53 Target Acquisition Radar From Lockheed Martin
November 3, 2015 @ 02:56 PMLockheed Martin has won an $85 million contract to provide seven AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) counter fire target acquisition radar to the US army. Additionally, the company was selected in June to upgrade 19 of the US Armys Q-53 radars, Lockheed Martin announced Monday
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General Dynamics Christens US Navy's New Guided-Missile Destroyer
November 3, 2015 @ 10:21 AMGeneral Dynamics Bath Iron Works has christened the US Navy's newest guided-missile destroyer as Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) on Saturday. The ship is named for Sgt
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Thailand Unveils First ‘Black Widow Spider’ Armored Car At DSA 2015
November 2, 2015 @ 01:09 PMThai Defence Technology Institute (DTI) has introduced the first “Black Widow Spider” armored car that is to be built in Thailand at the Defense and Security 2015 exhibition. Gen Sompong Mukdasakul, the DTI director was quoted as saying Monday by Bangkok Post news daily that the Black Widow Spider 8x8 armoured car has the same specifications as those made for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Russian Navy To Get Reconnaissance Ship For Monitoring US Missile Defense Systems
October 31, 2015 @ 12:28 PMRussia has planned to deliver Ivan Khurs communications ship to its navy in December 2016 to monitor US missile defense systems. "The Ivan Khurs communications ship is planned to be launched in the second quarter of 2016… Shipbuilders intend to pass the communications ship to the Russian Navy in December 2016," a spokesperson of Severnaya Verf shipyard said Friday
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Lockheed Martin Names Jeff Babione As New Vice President For F-35 Program
October 30, 2015 @ 06:52 AMLockheed Martin has named Jeff Babione as the new executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 Program, effective January 1, 2016. Babione succeeds Lorraine Martin who has been appointed to the newly created position of deputy executive vice president, Mission Systems and Training (MST), the company said in a statement Friday
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles