Saab has signed a contract for the sale of two airborne surveillance systems to the United Arab Emirates. The contract is worth approximately 1.5 billion SEK. The contract covers two Saab 340 AEW (Airborne Early Warning) systems, comprising of the

Honeywell announced on Nov 15, that the U.S. Army has finalized a contract to continue to purchase Honeywell T55-GA-714A engines and fielding kits, valued at approximately $79 million, for Chinook helicopters."The 714A engine significantly increases power for the Chinooks, enabling

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently completed a successful Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) theater-level ground test, conducted to integrate new capabilities into the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) architecture. This test, identified as the Fast Contingency Analysis and Activation Team (CAAT) East

Honeywell announced on Nov. 15 that its International Turbine Engine Company (ITEC) has been selected to deliver more than 100 F124-GA-200 high-performance turbofan engines for United Arab Emirates' fleet of Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master advanced jet trainers.The F124/F125 family of

In conjunction with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Fleet ships and crews successfully completed a series of exercises to test the second generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system, Aegis BMD 4.0.1. This set of four exercises,

Lockheed Martin's first optimized conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35 Lightning II fighter made its inaugural flight on Saturday, Nov. 14, the fourth F-35 to begin flight operations. Piloted by Lockheed Martin test pilot David "Doc" Nelson, the F-35A, called

Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy recently completed a critical design review (CDR) for the Dual Band Radar, which will be installed on the Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).The DBR, produced by Raytheon Integrated

Raytheon Company and Emirates Advanced Investments (EAI) completed a series of environmental guided test flights of the TALON Laser-Guided Rocket. The TALON LGR rounds were pre-conditioned in extreme hot and cold temperatures prior to the flights and hit targets at

The first Saab 340 Erieye AEW, Airborne Early Warning, for Thailand completed its maiden flight together with the first Royal Thai Air Force Gripen on November 13.The Saab 340 Erieye AEW flight took two hours and 14 minutes and was

Alliant Techsystems, announced that it delivered a third AC-208B "Combat Caravan" aircraft to the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission in Kirkuk, Iraq. To date, ATK has delivered 11 modified C-208 aircraft in support of U.S. Government contracts for rebuilding the

Raytheon Company has been awarded a $20.5 million Foreign Military Sales contract for spares to support planned Patriot Configuration-3 system upgrades for the State of Kuwait.This sole source, not-to-exceed contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal,

Saab will develop and upgrade the Swedish Armed Forces SK60 training aircraft to secure its use until 2017. The order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, is valued at MSEK 130. It includes the installation of a new GPS,

BAE Systems has successfully flown the largest fully autonomous unmanned aircraft ever to be built in the UK. The next generation autonomous system, MANTIS, completed its maiden flight in Woomera, South Australia.During subsequent flights, MANTIS successfully completed a series of

Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oahu. They are the I-14, which carried two aircraft while submerged; and the I-201, one of the

at the U.S. Navy's Underwater Test Facility at Seneca Lake, N.Y.The cylindrical array is the primary acoustic sensor for submerged operations. It consists of a special hydrophone configuration that is unique to every platform. Lockheed [...]

APKWS), a technology that increases the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of airborne weapon systems. The tests seek to confirm the production readiness of the APKWS rocket and its ability to meet Navy and Marine Corps requirements, including safely launching from [...]

Combined Task Force 150, the coalition maritime security operation, commanded by Danish Commodore Per Bigum Christensen aboard the flagship HDMS Absalon, returned from its 6 month tour in April of this year, and is now preparing to be led out

Alliant Techsystems has received a $100 million contract from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to produce solid rocket propulsion systems for all three stages of the U.S. Navy's Trident II (D-5) Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM).Under terms of the annual contract, ATK

A team led by Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency develop integrated network operations situational awareness (NetOps SA) across Department of Defense classified and unclassified cyber networks.Under the $28 million award, Raytheon

AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that its United Kingdom (U.K.) based strategic business ESL Defence Ltd. has sold its 500th Baringa Missile Warning System Test Set. This milestone occurred with a