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US Approve Patriot Missile Sale to Turkey; S-400 Deal Under Threat?

December 19, 2018 @ 04:47 AM

In a sign that Turkey and the United States have kissed and made up, the US state department has approved a sale to Turkey of 80 Patriot MIM-104E Guidance Enhanced (GEM-T) missiles and 60 PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles for $3.5 billion
Japan to Re-designate Aircraft Carrier as 'Multi-purpose Operation Destroyer'

December 9, 2018 @ 08:13 AM

Japanese ruling party's team working on revising the National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG) have decided to re-designate ‘Izumo aircraft carrier as a 'Multi-purpose Operation Destroyer' during a meeting held on December 5. Japan is not allowed to operate an attack aircraft and the nation should be limited to maintain necessary self-defense capabilities, according to the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution
Thales, Rheinmetall Upgrade French, German Tiger Chopper Simulation Systems

December 5, 2018 @ 09:29 AM

The first upgraded simulation systems for France's Tiger HAD combat support variant and Germany's UHT Step 2 anti-tank / fire support variant have completed qualification procedures at the Franco-German training academy (EFA) in Le Cannet-des-Maures in South-East France. German and French Tiger helicopter simulators are being upgraded under the Tiger Aircrew Training Means (TATM) programme awarded by Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) in December 2014, Thales said in a statement Monday
Lockheed Martin to Work on Hypersonic Booster Technology

December 1, 2018 @ 12:54 PM

Lockheed Martin has won a $28.5 million modification contract to exercise options for hypersonic booster technology development seeking to demonstrate technologies related to intermediate range capability through booster design, fabrication and validation testing
US Marine Corps Orders 64 InstantEye Mk-3 GEN5-D1 SUAS systems

November 23, 2018 @ 09:29 AM

InstantEye Robotics has secured a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in support of PMA-263, the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) Program Office, to field 32 InstantEye Mk-3 GEN5-D1 SUAS systems (64 aircraft). This procurement is being executed in support of a United States Marine Corps urgent needs request for field user evaluation
Lockheed Martin Wins MK-41 Vertical Launching System Spares Contract

November 20, 2018 @ 11:58 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $7 million contract for the manufacture of spares and repair parts used in the MK-41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). The MK-41 VLS is a shipborne missile canister launching system which provides a rapid-fire launch capability against hostile threats
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Begins Production of its Experimental Supersonic Jet

November 20, 2018 @ 10:17 AM

Lockheed Martins Skunk Works has begun production of its experimental jet capable of flying at supersonic speeds without making much noise. The company announced Friday that it had begun manufacturing the first part of the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft
Fibrotex Beats Saab Barracuda to Win US Army’s $480 million Camouflage Netting...

November 8, 2018 @ 06:30 PM

Fibrotex Inc Edged out Saab Barracuda to win US Armys Ultra-Light Camouflage Netting System (ULCANS), under a 10-year contract worth $480 million. The contract award follows a two-year period competitive testing, trials and data collection conducted by the US Armys Natick Soldier Systems Center (PM-FSS), which assessed camouflage technologies from major global manufacturers against the Armys most advanced battlefield surveillance sensors
BAE Systems Demonstrates Software for US Military Cyber Security

October 17, 2018 @ 07:12 AM

BAE Systems XTS Guard 5 cyber security software has demonstrated its ability to provide United States intelligence organizations with access to geospatial imagery and data from BAE Systems Geospatial eXploitation Products (GXP) Platform. The system ensures secure sharing between networks of various security classifications and sections
Sierra Nevada Corp in DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

October 10, 2018 @ 09:35 AM

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been selected to participate in the first phase of the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Subterranean (SubT) Challenge program as part of an international team led by the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The DARPA SubT Challenge is focused on advancing technologies that will enhance the ability to rapidly map, navigate and search subterranean environments through both systems and virtual competitions

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