US Navy’s Peripheral Vertical Launching System contract to General Dynamics
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works $212 million for the design and construction of a steel deckhouse and hangar and construction of aft Peripheral Vertical Launching System...
View ArticleComprehensive Risk Reduction Program completed for Knifefish Unmanned...
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics has successfully completed the comprehensive risk reduction program for the U.S. Navy’s Knifefish Surface Mine...
View ArticleU.S Navy completes Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 initial fleet firing
The U.S. Navy completed the first fleet firing of Raytheon Company’s Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 as part of its ongoing developmental and operational testing (DT/OT). In an at-sea test conducted...
View ArticleBoeing and US Navy test new Targeting and Data Systems on EA-18G Growler...
The U.S. Navy recently flew Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft with sensor system upgrades and its newest data network, demonstrating how the enhanced technologies would allow aircrews to locate threats...
View ArticleExelis to supply advanced jamming pods for US Air Force and US Navy
Exelis has received a $68 million multiyear indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to continue supplying the Advanced Capability Pod (ACaP) to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy for use on...
View ArticleRaytheon awarded contract for advanced Standard Missile-3
Raytheon Company was awarded a $218,530,196 contract by the Missile Defense Agency to complete the assembly and delivery of 29 Standard Missile-3 Block IB missiles. Launched off U.S. Navy ships, SM-3...
View ArticleNorthrop Grumman awarded E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes contract by U.S Navy
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $617 million contract for five full-rate production Lot 1 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. “Moving from low-rate production into full-rate...
View ArticleLine Of Sight capability demonstrated for Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Combat System
The Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy team’s Aegis Combat System successfully completed the first live firing test that proves the system can defend beyond its line of sight by integrating data from a...
View ArticleU.S Navy tests Standard Missile-6 over-the-horizon targets engagement at sea
The U.S. Navy fired two Raytheon Company Standard Missile-6 interceptors from the USS Chancellorsville, successfully engaging two cruise missile targets (BQM-74 drones) in the missile’s first...
View ArticleATK delivers 100th Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile to U.S. Navy
ATK reached a significant achievement on the path to Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) Full Operational Capability (FOC) with delivery of the 100th AARGM to the U.S. Navy. Elected...
View ArticleUS Navy launches two Raytheon-made SM-3 missiles
In a Missile Defense Agency test, the U.S. Navy launched two Raytheon Company made Standard Missile-3 Block IBs from the USS Lake Erie against a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Expands Surveillance Mission for Northrop Grumman BAMS-D aircraft
The U.S. Navy will increase by 50 percent the monthly surveillance flights of a Northrop Grumman Corporation built maritime unmanned demonstrator under a contract awarded Sept. 6. The contract will...
View ArticleLockheed Martin’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System success in Highest...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin team successfully intercepted a threat representative, medium-range, separating ballistic missile target using the second...
View ArticleBallistic Missile Defence in the Asia-Pacific region
The topic of ballistic missile defence, regardless of geographic region, is rife with complexities, and two major areas stand out – the geopolitical aspect and the technological aspect. From a...
View ArticleST Engineering Secures Contracts Worth $1.5b for 2Q2019
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), a global technology, defence and engineering group today announced that its Aerospace and Electronics sectors have secured new contracts with a...
View ArticleBoeing Names Alain Garcia as Vice President of Business Development in India
Responsible for accelerating over $25 billion of opportunities in India over the next five years. A 13-year veteran of Boeing and former F/A-18 pilot, Garcia served in both combat and training roles in...
View ArticleFrom JPALS to eJPALS; Getting Pilots Home Safely
Raytheon Intelligence & Space has developed a more lightweight ‘expeditionary’ version of its Joint Precision Approach Landing System to guide aircraft on final approach whether at sea or on land....
View ArticleAustralia’s First MQ-4C Triton Takes Flight
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed the first flight of Australia’s multi-intelligence MQ-4C Triton uncrewed aircraft on Thursday, Nov. 9 at its Palmdale Aircraft Integration Center in...
View ArticlePower Hungry Warships
Providing power on warships to meet the growing demand from ship systems is becoming more of a concern, particularly as legacy warships also need more power to host weapons and sensor upgrades....
View ArticleSpecial Force Stealth Attack From the Sea
Special force small team attack craft either surface or subsurface have gained importance in light of their potential for littoral raids. Special Forces (SF) operations at sea have been clouded in a...
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