Americas * Lockheed Martin announced that it successfully shot down drones with a 30 kilowatt laser during testing of the weapon in August. Conducted at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in conjunction with the US Army's Space and Missile Defense Command, the...
Americas * A unit of Textron Airborne Solutions, ATAC, have acquired 63 Dassault Mirage F1s in anticipation of the US Air Force's (USAF) adversary air (ADAIR) contract, a tender for 150 aircraft for use as "red air" training needs. The fleet sale also included support...
Americas * The US Army has contracted Raytheon Missile Systems $127 million contract modification for additional Excalibur 155mm guided artillery rounds. Work will be performed at locations throughout the United States, England and other locations, with the production...
Americas * Northrop Grumman announced Monday that it is to buy rocket maker Orbital ATK for $7.8 billion in cash. The acquisition—Northrop's first since 2002's takeover of TRW Inc—would establish Orbital as a new, fourth business sector under Northrop, and comes ahead...
Americas * The US Navy's newest America-class amphibious assault ship has been christened the USS Tripoli (LHA7). During a ceremony in Pascagoula, Miss., on Saturday, acting Undersecretary of the Navy Thomas Dee said the vessel "will be a force multiplier, and her...
Americas * The US Navy has awarded a contract modification to Boeing for continued production of F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. Valued at $677 million, six F/A-18E and eight F/A-18F aircraft will be produced at various locations throughout the US, including El Segundo,...
Americas * Canada has been approved by the US State Department to purchase up to 18 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft. In addition to 10 F/A-18Es and 8 F/A-18Fs, the Trump administration approved the transfer of up to 44 F414-GE-400 engines, associated...
T-6A JPATS (click to view full) Nov 1/12: DynCorp International LLC in Fort Worth, TX receives a $72.8 million contract modification for contractor operated and maintained base supply services for the T-6A/B Texan II Joint Primary Aircraft Training System aircraft....
Americas * L-3 Communications will move forward with migrating the US Air Force's EC-130H Compass Call equipment to a Gulfstream 550 Conformal Airborne Early Warning (CAEW) aircraft, after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) turned down a protest from rivals...