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USAF long-range radar program proceeding with revised acquisition strategy

Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)

The Air Force program to provide a new ground-based, long-range radar system is moving forward with a revised acquisition strategy. The program office recently ...

Australia eyes more Bushmaster vehicles

Mar 29, 2012 (UPI)

Australia will spend more than $15.5 million with Thales for the manufacture of Bushmaster vehicle components as part of a conditional program to buy more units...

Boeing, Elbit Systems to Collaborate on Simulation for Super Hornet

Mar 29, 2012 (SPX)

Boeing and Elbit Systems are collaborating on a joint distributed simulation project that will link a Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet simulator in St. Louis with ...

Chile bolsters defense with Boeing program

Mar 29, 2012 (UPI)

Chile took delivery of the last of its KC-135E Stratotankers serviced by Boeing under a Programmed Depot Maintenance project begun in 2010. Chile has three of t...

Northrop Grumman to Develop New Atom-Based Magnetic Sensor in Enhanced, Compact Package for the U.S. Navy

Mar 29, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has been selected by the Office of Naval Research to develop a new cost-effective atom-based magnetic sensor, or magnetometer, for antisubmarin...

Canada mulls replacing aging CF-18 jets

Mar 27, 2012 (UPI)

Canada is aiming to replace its aging CF-18 Hornets fleet, or what remains of it after nearly three decades of service, and much hangs on what will replace the ...

Embraer selects AdaCore for jet upgrade

Mar 26, 2012 (UPI)

Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer has selected AdaCore's GNAT Pro avionics software as part of its strategy to upgrade Brazilian Air Force AMX combat aircraft. G...

Northrop Grumman Signs Teaming Agreement With Persistent Surveillance Systems

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has signed a teaming agreement with Persistent Surveillance Systems (PSS) LLC, Dayton, Ohio to integrate and support PSS's family of sensors in...

US Army reviews mental health diagnoses

Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)

The US Army's inspector general is investigating whether psychiatrists threw out diagnoses of post-traumatic stress for soldiers to save money, the civilian hea...

Raytheon to Help US Army Better Detect Rocket, Artillery and Mortar Threats

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon has been awarded a $45.5 million contract for the prototype build of the Ku Band Multi-Function RF System (MFRFS) Sense and Warn (S and W) radars for t...

Ethical considerations of military-funded neuroscience

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

The United States military and intelligence communities have developed a close relationship with the scientific establishment. In particular, they fund and util...

Northrop Grumman Awarded LITENING Post Production Support Contract

Mar 21, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a post-production support contract by the U.S. Air Force. Under the terms of this five-year-delivery, indefinite quantity cont...

Peru upgrades air defense with $140M plan

Mar 20, 2012 (UPI)

Peru has embarked on a much-delayed modernization of its air defense system and awarded a $140 million contract to an international consortium of military suppl...

Arjun tanks to get automatic video tracker

Mar 16, 2012 (UPI)

India's main battle tank, the Arjun, will be fitted with an Indian-made automatic video tracker for locking onto targets until they are destroyed. Deepti Electr...

New Zealand inducts first NH90 helicopters

Mar 15, 2012 (UPI)

The New Zealand air force inducted the first two of eight NH90 helicopters into limited operational service to be used for training missions. The two helicopter...

Sweden agrees to ratify cluster bomb ban treaty

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

Swedish lawmakers voted Thursday in favour of ratifying a treaty that bans the use of cluster bombs, the UN Convention on Cluster Munitions. "Parliament voted i...

Boeing and US Army Test Advanced Rotorcraft Flight Control System

Mar 13, 2012 (SPX)

Boeing and the U.S. Army have successfully completed a series of tests on the company's Adaptive Vehicle Management System (AVMS), an advanced rotorcraft flight...

Lockheed Martin Receives Sniper Post Production Contract

Mar 13, 2012 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) Post Production Support (PPS) contract from the U.S....

Disney to hire 1,000 US military veterans

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

The Walt Disney Company will give jobs or career opportunities to at least 1,000 returning US military veterans over the next three years, the entertainment and...

Raytheon to Upgrade Military Air Traffic Landing Systems Under Contract

Mar 13, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon has been chosen to provide engineering, technical and depot services in support of 15 Air Traffic, Navigation, Integration, and Coordination Systems (A...