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Raytheon Wins $543 Million To Produce 17 SM-3 Block IIA Missile For

December 10, 2015 @ 05:48 AM

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded a $543 million contract to Raytheon to produce and deliver up to 17 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptors for operational testing and initial deployment Wednesday. The contract comes a day after Japans Ministry of Defense along with US Missile Defense Agency successfully tested Standard Missile-3 interceptors
Lockheed Martin, Electro Optic Systems Set Up New Space Debris Tracking Facility...

December 3, 2015 @ 06:37 AM

Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems (EOS) have set up a space object tracking facility in Australia to detect possible debris in orbit, ranging from spent rocket parts to pieces of defunct satellites. The new space object tracking site will give satellite operators a clearer picture of the debris that could damage their networks and how they can avoid potential collisions, the company said in a statement Wednesday
Few Defense Manufacturers In India May Qualify For Strategic Partnership

November 30, 2015 @ 01:22 PM

India's defense ministry task force has proposed weightages and assets criteria that permit only few Indian private defense manufacturers to qualify for strategic partnerships. The task force, known as Aatre, was set up to identify Indian private companies as strategic partners for development of critical military platforms such as aircraft, warships and armoured fighting vehicles
Russian Helicopters Delivers First Arctic Helicopter To Defence Ministry

November 26, 2015 @ 01:50 PM

Russian Helicopters has delivered first Arctic helicopter to Russias Defence Ministry for operation in the countrys north in temperatures lower than -40°С. The Mi-8AMTSh-VA helicopter, with auxiliary fuel tanks, has a range of over 1,300 km
UK MOD Awards Technical Services Contract To QinetiQ For Fast Jets, A400M...

November 20, 2015 @ 10:01 AM

QinetiQ has won a £153 million work contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to deliver technical services to fast jets and the A400M heavy-lift aircraft. The award introduces a framework for how the two organisations will work together, called the Strategic Enterprise, which will deliver considerable savings to the MOD through improved efficiency, the company announced Thursday
Airbus To Set Up Romanian Factory For H215 heavy helicopter Production

November 18, 2015 @ 10:31 AM

Airbus Helicopters is reviving Romania's aircraft manufacturing industry for assembling the latest H215 helicopter to join the H Family of aircraft. The H215 is an evolution of the former AS332 C1e/L1e, offering a new business and industrial concept for this ready and affordable helicopter, built in Romania
Russia Attacks Islamic State Targets Using Long Range Strategic Bombers

November 18, 2015 @ 10:29 AM

Russia bombed Islamic State (IS) targets yesterday using its Tupolev Tu-95 (Bear) and Tupolev Tu-160 (Blackjack) strategic bombers, as well as Tupolev Tu-22 (Blinder) medium bomber. This marks the first time in Russian Air Force history that the Bear and the Blackjack have taken part in an “actual battle”, according to a Russian Defence Ministry statement released to the Russian media
French Navy Tests Rafale’s RBE2 Radar From Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier

November 13, 2015 @ 11:49 AM

The French Navy has completed the test of Rafale's new RBE2 active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during combat missions over Iraq. The French Navy operated an AESA radar-equipped Rafale M F3 omnirole combat aircraft in the test during actual close air support (CAS) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) combat missions over Iraq, Naval-Technology reported Thursday
Lockheed Martin Receives DARPA Contract for Radio Frequency Mapping Program

November 7, 2015 @ 09:00 AM

The 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
Lockheed Martin Wins Maritime Canister Launched Mini-UAS Development Contract

November 4, 2015 @ 09:40 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $4.6 million contract from the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) for the continued development of a maritime canister-launched small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS)

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