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BAE Systems Wins US Army Contract To Produce MK90 Rocket Propellant Grains

December 8, 2016 @ 10:13 AM

BAE Systems has won a $69 million contract from US Army for production of MK90 propellant grains used to power rockets deployed on rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft. The MK90 grain is the propulsion component of the MK66 rocket motor, which is the propulsion unit that powers the family of Hydra 70 rocket systems in service with the US military and several allied nations, the company announced Wednesday
General Atomics To Develop Protector Remotely Piloted Air System For UK Air...

December 5, 2016 @ 10:28 AM

General Atomics will develop their current drone technology into new unmanned aerial vehicles for use by the Royal Air Force. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has agreed £100 million (US$ 127 million) contract to develop Protector Remotely Piloted Air System especially for RAF
General Atomics’ Advanced Arresting Gear Completes First Fly-in Aircraft Recovery

December 2, 2016 @ 04:10 AM

General Atomics Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system has completed the first fly-in aircraft recovery of an F/A-18E Super Hornet. The demonstration was conducted on October 13, 2016 at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) at Joint base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey
BAE Systems Working On Titanium Alloy Suspension To Protect Military Vehicles From...

November 24, 2016 @ 07:02 AM

BAE Systems has developed a new suspension system for military vehicles to counter explosive impacts and is currently testing it. A prototype of the suspension system has already been constructed and tested by a team of experts and apprentices at BAE Systems as part of their response to a competition placed by the Governments Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory for an unmanned Highly Robust Ground Platform, the company said in a statement earlier this week
Ecuador Considers Returning India's Hindustan Aeronautics 'Dhruv' Helicopters

November 23, 2016 @ 10:24 PM

Ecuador government has considered returning advanced light helicopters ‘Dhruv to Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) after a court case involving both the sides is settled. The Ecuador government intends to return due to long-run issue performance of the chopper
BAE To Build Explosion Proof Military Tanks

November 21, 2016 @ 04:16 PM

BAE is building a military tank that can withstand explosions by bouncing back into shape after impact, so that the vehicle can continue its mission. The firm is using a bendable titanium alloy suspension system, made from the same type of material used in flexible glasses, which enables the vehicle's suspension to return to its normal form after impact
K-Max UAS, Optionally Piloted Choppers Jointly Demonstrate Firefighting, Search-and-Rescue Operations

November 16, 2016 @ 05:58 AM

Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time the optionally piloted Kaman K-MAX and the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA) performing collaborative fire fighting and search-rescue with the Indago quadrotor and Desert Hawk 3.1 fixed wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS)
India Requests US To Procure EMALS For Its Naval Carriers

November 14, 2016 @ 10:45 AM

The Indian Navy has sent letters of request (LoR) to the Pentagon under government-to-government deals to acquire Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) for its carriers. The LoRs contain price and availability for 22 Guardians and three EMALs catapults and are now under consideration by the US department of defense for clearance under the Foreign Military Sales,
US Navy's Freedom Variant LCS To Be Equipped With Airbus' TRS-4D AESA...

November 10, 2016 @ 02:52 PM

Airbus defense and space has signed a contract with its electronics and border security affiliate to deliver TRS-4D Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radars to US Navys Freedom Variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. Airbus will provide TRS-4D radars through Freedom-class prime contractor Lockheed Martin, Airbus announced Wednesday
US To Suspend Production Of Projectiles Designed For Zumwalt-class Warships

November 7, 2016 @ 09:24 AM

The US Navy has decided to suspend production of guided precision projectiles for the guns mounted on its newest Zumwalt-class warships, citing major cost overruns. Lockheed Martin-built Long Range Land-Attack Projectile (LRLAP), a guided precision munition that is key to the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-classs mission, costs $800,000 per round, as reported by

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