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Strategic Planners Give Glimpse of Tomorrow's Mobility Force

November 13, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

ANAHEIM, Calif. --- Air Mobility Command strategic planners gave an insider's view into the future of air mobility at the 40th annual Airlift/Tanker Association Conference Nov
Boeing Develops Common Software to Reduce Risk for TSAT

November 12, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. --- Boeing today announced the successful demonstration of a common software application that can support the space and ground segments of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT)
Lockheed Martin Canada-Led Team Awarded C$2 Billion Halifax-Class Frigate Modernization Contracts

November 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

OTTAWA, ONTARIO --- Building on its 25-year legacy as the Canadian Navy's systems integrator, Lockheed Martin Canada and its Halifax-Class Modernization (HCM) industry team today announced the signing of two contracts totaling approximately C$2 billion for the installation, integration and long-term in-service support of a new combat system for Canada's Halifax-Class frigates.>> The Combat Systems Integration (CSI) contract will provide a new command and control system, radars, tactical data links, electronic support measures and other warfare capabilities for the Canadian Navy's 12 Halifax-class frigates, which were commissioned between 1992 and 1997
Lockheed Martin Receives $30 Million for Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb Kits

November 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

ARCHBALD, Pa. --- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30 million split-share competition award to deliver paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 kits to the U
Navy Pilots Learning to Fly Global Hawk

November 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --- In what could prove to be the first step toward creating a joint RQ-4 Unmanned Aircraft System training unit here, pilots of the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron are teaching a class of Navy pilots the Global Hawk system
Missile Defense Agency Sponsors Agreement for Cooperative Research Between United States and...

November 11, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced today the completion of a second cooperative project between the United States and the Czech Republic for research and development that follows from an ongoing MDA-sponsored study of Czech technical capabilities that could have application to missile defense.>> SPARTA, Inc
Government of Canada Frigate Modernization Contract Benefits Forces and Economy

November 10, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

GATINEAU --- The Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, the Honourable Christian Paradis, and the Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, today announced that the Government of Canada awarded two long-term contracts to Lockheed Martin Canada for the Combat Systems Integration (CSI) Design and Build and In-Service Support elements of the modernization of Canadas 12 Halifax Class Navy frigates.>> We are committed to supporting the Canadian Forces and determined to provide them with the best equipment available to do their jobs, said Minister Paradis
RGB Spectrum: Offering solutions for control-and-command

November 8, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

RGB Spectrum, a California-based firm, is a leading designer and manufacturer of cutting-edge videographic products for military applications. RGB product range includes scan converters, video windowing systems, multi-input processors, keyers/overlayers, switchers, video scalers, multi-screen displays, and scan rate recording devices, says Bhavneet Kaveshar, an application engineer with the company, in response to a query at the firm’s stall in the defence exhibition INDESEC 2008
EA-18G Moves to Operational Evaluation

November 7, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

>The EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft is due to reach Initial Operational Capability in the fall of 2009, with deliveries to continue until 2013. (US Navy photo)NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md
Navy Commissions First Littoral Combat Ship Freedom

November 7, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

The Navys first littoral combat ship (LCS) Freedom will be commissioned Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, during a 10 a

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