The Aegis Weapon System destined for Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer began a four month testing program today at Lockheed Martin's Aegis Production Test Center. When testing concludes, the full Aegis Weapon System will be ready for installation in HMAS

The Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) prototype aircraft successfully acquired, tracked, provided atmospheric compensation and simulated the directed energy kill sequence against an instrumented boosting missile target using three onboard low-power lasers on Aug. 10 at 9:50 p.m. PDT.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Company two contracts that extend the company's legacy of performance and support for the Aegis weapons system.Under the contracts, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will provide an AN/SPY-1 radar transmitter ordnance alteration kit to

Sagem (Safran group) and Stemme have successfully carried out the first campaign of flight tests for the Patroller™ long-endurance surveillance UAV system, scheduled to be qualified in 2010.The campaign, which took place from June 10 to June 30, 2009, in

The Southern Naval Command has established the Joint Operations Centre (JOC) at the Naval Base, Kochi. The JOC was inaugurated formally by Admiral Sureesh Mehta Chief of the Naval Staff earlier this week at a simple ceremony.The JOC, set up

The Indian Navy's Task Force's deployed to Europe from May 09 returned to home waters after a two month deployment westwards. The task force sailing under the command of the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet RAdm Surinder Pal Singh Cheema,

Raytheon Company received a $9.9 million contract to perform concept studies for the U.S. Navy's Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR). This radar suite will consist of an S-band radar; X-band radar; and radar suite controller. The system will be

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered the final, first stage solid rocket motor for the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) July 23 to the U.S. Air Force under the Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP). The delivery represents a significant milestone in the

Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, yesterday announced the creation of a Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) business line led by Dr. John Boness to focus on the development of the company's laser technologies.Laser research and development at

The U.S. Navy supported the May 26 launch of a U.K. Royal Navy Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin. The unarmed missile was launched from the submerged Royal Navy submarine HMS Victorious (UK SSBN 06)

Lockheed Martin's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System today destroyed a ballistic missile target in an at-sea firing under operationally realistic conditions. The event also successfully demonstrated two new capabilities on other ships. These tests mark the continued successful engineering

A ceremony yesterday at Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth plant marked the rollout of the U.S. Navy's first-ever stealth fighter, the F-35C Lightning II. The aircraft will enable the Navy to possess 5th generation fighter capabilities at sea, extending America's reach