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Trident II D5 Missile Records 150 Successful Test Flights
June 5, 2014 @ 09:39 AMLockheed Martin built Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile has achieved 150 successful test flights, setting a new reliability record for large ballistic missiles. The US Navy launched two unarmed missiles June 2 in the Atlantic Ocean from a submerged Ohio-class submarine, marking the 149th and 150th successful test flights of the missile since design completion in 1989
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Raytheon Wins $6 Million Demonstration Contract For Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar
June 5, 2014 @ 09:36 AMRaytheon Company has won a $6 million study and demonstration contract by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to further develop an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR). Raytheon's EASR concept leverages proven Radar Modular Assembly (RMA) architecture matured on Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR)
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Rheinmetall Announces Restructuring Of Combat Systems Division
May 27, 2014 @ 02:44 PMThe Combat Systems division of the Rheinmetall Groups Defence arm has adopted a new structure, signalling the start of a new era. The Combat Systems division is responsible for the companys tracked combat and combat support vehicles, force protection systems and weapon and ammunition activities
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Thales To Provide Integrated Electronic Stand-by Instrument To Brazilian Army
May 26, 2014 @ 02:09 PMThales will provide its Integrated Electronic Stand-by Instrument (IESI) to modernise the Esquilo/Fennec helicopter fleet of the Brazilian Army. A total of 36 helicopters will be retrofitted with the Thales system with completion expected in 2018
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Exelis To Provide Continuous Wave Illuminator Subsystems For F-16s
May 12, 2014 @ 05:32 PMExelis recently received a follow-on contract valued at $8.4 million from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas, to supply Continuous Wave Illuminator (CWI) subsystems for F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft
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Brazil Forms Committee To Monitor FX-2 Project
May 12, 2014 @ 03:41 PMBrazil has formed an interministerial committee to monitor the FX-2 Project to acquire 36 Gripen fighters for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). This is the objective of the FX-2 Project Monitoring Committee (CAF-X2), which held its first meeting on Friday (May 9) in the Ministry of Defence (MD)
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Lockheed Martin Tests Prototype Laser System Successfully
May 8, 2014 @ 10:08 AMA Lockheed Martin prototype laser system successfully disabled two boats at a range of approximately 1.6 kilometers (approximately 1 mile)
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Raytheon To Develop Flexible Distributed Array Radar For US Navy
April 30, 2014 @ 10:16 AMThe US Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded Raytheon Company a $8.5 million base contract to design the Flexible Distributed Array Radar (FlexDAR), enabling dynamic multi-mission radars
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Sikorsky's Optionally Piloted Black Hawk Demonstrator Helicopter Makes First Flight
April 22, 2014 @ 08:46 AMSikorsky and the US Army have successfully demonstrated optionally piloted flight of a Black Hawk helicopter, according to an official statement. The Optionally Piloted Black Hawk (OPBH) Demonstrator, known as Sikorskys Manned/Unmanned Resupply Aerial Lifter (MURAL) Program, conducted the successful first flight demonstration on March 11 at Sikorskys Development Flight Center
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DARPA, Logos To Develop Stealthy Hybrid-Power Motorcycles For US Armed Forces
April 21, 2014 @ 10:18 AMThe US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a developing a new vehicle to silently transport commandoes to their missions. Logos Technologies has won a $100,000 contract to develop stealthy, hybrid-powered motorcycles that relies on both electric and gas power, allowing special ops to go off-road and zip past enemy forces with the silence of an electric engine, while also being able to handle extended missions and higher speeds with a supplemental gas tank
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