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Army taps Raytheon for language translation software
Jun 26, 2017 (UPI)
The licensing of the software to the U.S. Army's Machine Foreign Language Translation System Program Office is worth $4 million and is the first large scale fie...
First upgraded LAV-ATM anti-tank vehicles roll off line for Marines
Jun 24, 2017 (UPI)
The upgrade was completed at Production Plant Barstow, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., by Raytheon technicians, the U.S. Marine Corps said on Frida...
Elbit debuts loitering munition system
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
SkyStriker is a remotely operated electro-optical munition that is capable of locating and striking targets marked by an operator on the ground. It features an ...
Navistar awarded $18.8 million contract for Iraq MTVs
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
The contract will fall under the Foreign Military Sales program. Most of the work will be performed at Navistar's West Point, Miss., factory and is expected to ...
NCI wins place on $37.4B C4ISR-related contract vehicle
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
The multiple-award from the U.S. Army Communications‒Electronics Command Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services contract features a five-year base orderin...
Lockheed debuts C-130J variant for special operations forces
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
Lockheed officials showed the plane off on Wednesday at the Paris Air Show. "The C-130J's inherent versatility is capable of supporting missions across a broad ...
Australia tests combat recon vehicles
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
The Australian program for a next-generation combat reconnaissance vehicle will eventually see 225 vehicles procured by the Australian military for a total purc...
Gentex receives $51 million contract for helmets
Jun 20, 2017 (UPI)
The move is meant to standardize the helmet used by Marines in both training and deployment. Currently, Marines are only issued the ECH when they are deployed a...
Raytheon receives Long Range Precision Fires contract
Jun 16, 2017 (UPI)
The maturation and risk reduction phase is a series of tests of all missile components to ensure readiness for construction, with live-fire tests of the weapon,...
Transforming How Troops Fight in Coastal Urban Environments
Jun 16, 2017 (SPX)
To address this challenge, a new DARPA program is aiming to create powerful, digital tools for exploring novel expeditionary urban operations concepts-with a sp...
Prague aims to halt EU gun control law
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
Approved in mid-March by the European Parliament, the new directive notably bans civilians from possessing certain semi-automatic weapons as part of counter-ter...
BAE Systems integrates motion sensors in GXP software
Jun 06, 2017 (UPI)
The capabilities added include complex multi-tracking analytics, movement interpretation, and activity from video, radar, and other types of motion sensors that...
European country orders Elbit ground intel systems
May 30, 2017 (UPI)
The systems, which will include command-and-control capabilities, comes through a three-year contract with an estimated value of $390 million. "Our wide and syn...
Orbital ATK supplying Army with .50-caliber ammunition
May 25, 2017 (UPI)
The orders, worth a combined total of $76 million, will be fulfilled at the Orbital ATK-run Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo. "Once again, we...
Boeing awarded $1B contract for Redesigned Kill Vehicle
May 23, 2017 (UPI)
The contract includes payload design, ground testing and integration of the RKV with the ground-based interceptor and ground-based midcourse defense systems. Th...
Oshkosh secures Marine Corps P-19R contract
May 22, 2017 (UPI)
The first vehicles are expected to be delivered by June 2017, and a total of 164 P-19Rs will arrive by 2019. "The P-19R vehicle is a reliable, state-of-the-art ...
First Piranhas delivered to Danish military
May 19, 2017 (UPI)
The vehicles, in serial configuration were handed over to the Danish Defense Acquisition and Logistics Organization this week and will to undergo a comprehensiv...
Australia receives new military trucks
May 18, 2017 (UPI)
The trucks, ordered as part of the government's LAND 121 Phase 3B project, were welcomed at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane on Wednesday by Minister for Defense ...
Development of Textron's Fury glide munition completed
May 17, 2017 (UPI)
its successful firing against moving targets. A total of 13 test flights for the Fury weapon were conducted for a 23.8 flight hours between captive carriage, su...
Orbital ATK producing 120mm training rounds for Army
May 16, 2017 (UPI)
The 120mm training ammunition, used by Abrams tanks, includes the M865 kinetic energy and the M1002 multi-purpose tank training rounds. The 105mm M724A2 to be p...
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