MILTECH - RUSSO DAILY

Feb 16, 2012 (UPI)

It has been a boon week for some of Europe's manufacturers of rotor and fixed-wing aircraft for the military and civilian markets. Eurocopter, the French-German...

Raytheon Completes First Test of JSOW-ER Warhead

Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon completed the first test of the warhead and fuze for the Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range. "JSOW-ER's design will enable the warfighter to attack l...

Raytheon's CEC Solution Improves Battle Force Anti-air Warfare Capability

Feb 15, 2012 (SPX)

raytheon has received a $67.4 million contract modification from U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for design and engineering support for the Cooperative Engagemen...

Northrop Grumman To Perform Repairs for US Navy SH 60 and EA 6B Aircraft

Feb 15, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) to repair avionics equipment on the SH-60 Seahawk helicopter and ...

Russia to increase number of fighters in test flights

Feb 14, 2012 (IANS)

ow, Feb 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The number of Russia's Sukhoi T-50 5th generation fighters involved in test flights will be increased from three to 14 by 2015, Ru...

US Air Force gives U-2 spy plane another lease on life

Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)

The aging U-2 spy plane of Cold War fame has avoided retirement and will stay in the air until 2025, the Air Force said Monday, because the costly drone due to ...

Northrop Grumman Delivers Next Gen Automatic Test System to US Army

Feb 10, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman, together with DRS Technologies, has announced the delivery of the first Next Generation Automatic Test System (NGATS) to the U.S. Army. A mobi...

US Air National Guard Deploys to Afghanistan With LITENING G4 Pods

Feb 10, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman's LITENING G4 advanced targeting pod recently embarked on its first combat deployment with the Air National Guard on A-10 and F-16 Block 30 air...

US to ease restrictions on women in combat: officials

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

The US military on Thursday eased some restrictions on women soldiers, allowing them to serve in thousands of jobs that will bring them closer to combat, defens...

US military loosens rules on women in combat units

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

The US military opened up some dangerous jobs to female troops Thursday but stopped short of repealing a ban on women serving in combat, despite a decade of war...

EU won't pay for Greece border fence

Feb 09, 2012 (UPI)

The European Commission says it won't pay for a $7.3 million fence Greece is building along its border with Turkey to deter migrants and asylum-seekers. Michele...

AAI Test and Training to Provide ABE for USAF and SOCOM

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

AAI Test and Training has announced that it has received a $7.7 million Advanced Boresight Equipment (ABE) award from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide 16...

Britain's Prince Harry qualifies as Apache pilot

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Britain's Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache attack helicopter pilot, St James's Palace said Thursday, adding that he had won a prize for shooting skills. ...

Lockheed Martin Awarded JIEDDO OPS Services Contract

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin has been competitively awarded one of five Operations Support (OPS) Services Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts from the U...

Northrop Grumman Selected for US Army's CIRCM Technical Demonstration Program

Feb 09, 2012 (SPX)

The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a $31.4 million contract for the Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) Technical Demonstration (TD) program to devel...

Northrop Grumman Participating in Bold Alligator Maritime Exercise With F-35 Sensors

Feb 08, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman is participating in U.S. Fleet Forces Command's Joint/Coalition Amphibious Exercise Bold Alligator 2012, employing the company's BAC1-11 test a...

Arms dealer loses final motion before sentencing

Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)

A federal judge in New York plans to sentence Viktor Bout, a Russian convicted in the United States of arms trafficking, on March 12 after rejecting a defense m...

US Army Awards Northrop Grumman Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) Contract

Feb 08, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has received a $122 million contract to install and sustain Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) systems at forward operating bases (FO...

Splat! Geek-in-chief Obama tests marshmallow gun

Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama tested a new prototype Tuesday for his commander-in-chief's arsenal -- a high-powered marshmallow gun that sent a tasty missile scream...

Polarization imaging: Seeing through the fog of war

Feb 07, 2012 (SPX)

As sophisticated as the human eye is, it does not compare to what the latest scientific achievement has to offer in enhancing what can be visually perceived. Fu...