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Scorpion Strike Aircraft Completes First Flight
December 13, 2013 @ 02:01 PMTextron today announced that the Scorpion Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)/Strike aircraft successfully completed its first flight. Todays flight marks one of the fastest developments of a U
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Sikorsky Wins Phase 1 DARPA X-Plane Program Contract
December 13, 2013 @ 07:23 AMSikorsky has won a contract for Phase 1 of the Vertical Take-Off and Landing Experimental Aircraft (VTOL X-Plane) program by the U.S
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LCA Competes With India’s Current and Future Foreign-Made Aircraft
December 12, 2013 @ 01:01 PMIndias indigenously-developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas is capable of competing with the Indian Air Forces current and future fighter aircraft, according to the Director General of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Avinash Chander. The ‘4plus generation LCA designated as ‘Tejas, is set to be inducted into the Air Force next month after achieving its first Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) later this month
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First F-35 Centre Fuselage Delivered To Northrop Grumman
December 12, 2013 @ 12:46 PMTurkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has delivered its first F-35 Lightning II centre fuselage to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin at a ceremony held at TAI's facilities in Ankara, Turkey yesterday. The centre fuselage will be installed into a U S Air Force aircraft at Lockheed Martins facilities in Fort Worth, Texas
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USAF Plans A-10 Thunderbolt II Retirement: Report
December 12, 2013 @ 10:14 AMThe US Air Force is considering retiring A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack jet, called "Warthog" – first designed as a tank buster to target Soviet armored vehicles in the early 1970s, due to budget constraints. The Defense Department faces $1 trillion in budget cuts over the next decade, half of them due to automatic reductions in spending known as sequestration
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Raytheon, Chemring Completes CENTURION Launcher's First Live-Fire Test
December 12, 2013 @ 07:46 AMRaytheon Company and Chemring Group successfully fired a Javelin missile from the multirole CENTURION launcher during testing at the Defence Training Estate on 10th December. "We're bringing an entirely new dimension to ship self-defense by providing a sea-based, inside-the-horizon platform protection," said Rick Nelson, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems' Naval and Area Mission Defense product line
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Exelis Mission Systems Launched As Publicly Traded Military And Government Services Company
December 12, 2013 @ 07:13 AMExelis today announced a plan to spin-off its military and government services business, currently called Exelis Mission Systems, into an independent public company. This business is currently part of the company's Information and Technical Services segment
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Lockheed Martin Delivers First Two MH-60R Helicopters To Australian Navy
December 11, 2013 @ 08:40 AMThe Royal Australian Navy has been handed over its first two of 24 MH-60R naval combat helicopters from Lockheed Martin. The helicopters will replace the aging S-70B-2 Seahawks and will add an anti-surface warfare capability to its Fleet Air Arm
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SAAB Wins $17 Million Carl-Gustaf Weapon System Contract
December 10, 2013 @ 02:03 PMSaab has signed a contract on deliveries of components for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system. The order has a total value of $17 million comprising components for ammunition to the latest version of the modern Carl-Gustaf support weapon system
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BAE Systems Wins $220 Million Missile Defense Support Contract
December 10, 2013 @ 01:58 PMBAE Systems has won a contract to provide a range of services to support space and mission defense worth as much as $220 million over three years. Under the contract, BAE Systems will bid on task orders with four other companies to support various missions of the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) and the US Army Forces Strategic Command
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