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Pratt & Whitney Wins $1 Billion F-35 Engine Propulsion Systems Contract

April 12, 2016 @ 08:40 AM

Pratt & Whitney has won the US Navy contract worth $1 billion for the production of F-35 Lightning II Propulsion systems for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, international partners and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. “United Technologies Corp
General Atomics Completes First Aircraft Arrestment Of Super Hornet

April 4, 2016 @ 08:18 AM

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) completed the first aircraft arrestment made with the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) on March 31. GA-EMS, in collaboration with the US Navy, conducted the arrestment of an F/A-18E Super Hornet at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, in Lakehurst, New Jersey
DARPA Awards Phase 1 Contract For Aircraft-Launched-UAV Program

April 1, 2016 @ 01:45 PM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Phase 1 contracts for its Gremlins program, which seeks to develop technologies and systems enabling aircraft to launch volleys of low-cost, reusable unmanned air systems (UASs) and safely and reliably retrieve them in mid-air. Such systems, or “gremlins,” would be deployed with a mixture of mission payloads capable of generating a variety of effects in a distributed and coordinated manner, providing US forces with improved operational flexibility at a lower cost than is possible with conventional, monolithic platforms
Tata Motors Wins Additional Order For 619 High-Mobility Vehicles For Indian Army

March 27, 2016 @ 11:23 AM

Tata Motors have signed a follow-on contract for the supply of an additional 619 units, of its high-mobility (HMV) 6X6 multi-axle truck, from the Indian Army. Being built with a material handling crane, the Tata 6X6 HMV is meant for the loading-unloading and transportation of ammunition pallets, spares and other operational equipment, the company said in a statement Sunday
China's Missile Manufacturer To Set Up Company For Commercial Launches

March 12, 2016 @ 10:53 AM

Fourth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC), a manufacturer of missiles, plans to use its solid-fuel rockets to tap into the international commercial launch market. Hu Shengyun, who heads solid-fuel rocket development at the Fourth Academy of CASIC, was quoted as saying by Chinamil Saturday that the company is considering founding a company dedicated to providing commercial launches for domestic and international clients
Boeing Rolls Out Autonomous UUV Echo Voyager

March 11, 2016 @ 10:14 AM

Boeing has rolled out an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), Echo Voyager capable of operating autonomously for months at a time. The 51-foot long Echo Voyager runs on a hybrid rechargeable system to run for months autonomously, and can also be launched and recovered without the kind of support ships usually necessary for unmanned, undersea vehicles, or UUVs, Boeing said in a news release Thursday
Sikorsky Wins $42 Million US Army Contract For 36 Blackhawk helicopters

March 11, 2016 @ 08:47 AM

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp has won a $42 million contract from the US Army for the procurement of 36 Blackhawk helicopters. The contract awarded is for 21 UH-60M Black Hawk and 15 HH-60M Medevac helicopters
Sikorsky Wins $387 Million US Army's 35 UH-60M Black Hawk Choppers Contract

March 9, 2016 @ 11:54 AM

Sikorsky has won a $387 million contract to manufacture 35 UH-60M helicopters for the US Army. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, with an estimated completion date of Dec
Raytheon’s SM-6 Missile Test Fired From Aegis Destroyer

March 8, 2016 @ 07:35 AM

The US Navy and Raytheon have successfully tested the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) from the USS John Paul Jones on Monday. The test was a demonstration of the U
US Army Issues Notice To Upgrade Styker Vehicle Fleet

March 3, 2016 @ 03:28 PM

A “Sources Sought Notice” was issued today by the US Army for the next major upgrade to the entire Stryker Family of Vehicles, focused mainly on lethality improvements. These improvements will encompass both the flat-bottom hull and double v-hull platforms, and will not be limited to cannon application and improvement

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