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Microsoft Military Affairs to expand IT training program
Nov 04, 2015 (UPI)
Microsoft Military Affairs will expand its Software & Systems Academy, providing IT career training to more military installations, the company announced Wednes...
U.S. Army partners with Kuwait Amiri Guard for training
Nov 02, 2015 (UPI)
U.S. Army soldiers joined forces with Kuwait's Amiri Guard for training exercises in the country, the U.S. Army announced. The exercises focuses on urban assaul...
U.S. Marines react to switch from M16 to M4
Nov 02, 2015 (UPI)
U.S. Marines are largely supportive of their commandant's decision to drop the M16 rifle for the M4 carbine as the standard infantry weapon. The U.S. Marine Cor...
BAE Systems producing more Paladin self-propelled howitzers
Nov 02, 2015 (UPI)
BAE Systems is continuing low-rate initial production of the M109A7 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer under the second option of a U.S Army contract. An additiona...
U.S. Air Force developing new advanced medical technology
Nov 02, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force is developing technology that will allow medical personnel to treat multiple patients at once on the battlefield. The technology, known as Ba...
NATO agency issues support contract to MCR Federal
Nov 02, 2015 (UPI)
The NATO Communications and Information Agency has tapped MCR Federal to provide a range of support services for its directorates. Among the services will be bu...
U.S. Navy contracts BAE Systems for Mk 38 machine gun system
Oct 30, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land and Armaments LP a $30,556,246 contract for production of the Mk 38 mod 3 machine gun system. The contract aims to me...
Turkey gets State Department approval for JDAM kits
Oct 30, 2015 (UPI)
Turkey has received U.S. State Department approval for the purchase of Joint Direct Attack Munitions through the Foreign Military Sales program. The possible sa...
Counter-IED system set for production
Oct 29, 2015 (UPI)
Software-programmable jammers for protection from improvised explosive devices triggered by electronic signal are to be produced by Northrop Grumman. The low-ra...
U.S. Air Force awards Lockheed Martin laser-guided bomb contract
Oct 28, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $76 million contract to produce Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb kits, the company announced on Wednesday. The Pav...
Bechtel and partners move toward destroying U.S. chemical weapons
Oct 28, 2015 (UPI)
Bechtel joined its partners and the U.S. Department of Defense to mark the construction of a plant designed to destroy the last U.S. stockpile of chemical weapo...
GE Aviation to mass produce silicon carbide materials
Oct 28, 2015 (UPI)
GE Aviation says it is building plants in Alabama to produce silicon carbide materials to make ceramic matrix composite components and gas turbines. One of the ...
Soldiers assemble newly developed tactical command post
Oct 27, 2015 (UPI)
Soldiers from the 7th Mission Support Command at Panzer Kaserne in Germany assembled a newly-developed tactical command tent designed to support them in any env...
SNC finishing development on pilot vision system
Oct 26, 2015 (UPI)
Sierra Nevada Corporation is conducting third-phase development of a system to improve the vision of pilots in degraded visual environments. The work comes unde...
India paves way for women in army combat roles
Oct 24, 2015 (AFP)
The Indian government gave its nod Saturday for women to fly fighter jets, paving the way for them to assume combat roles for the first time in one of the world...
Benchmark Electronics to acquire Secure Technology
Oct 22, 2015 (UPI)
Benchmark Electronics announced it will acquire Secure Communication Systems, Inc. for $230 million. Benchmark Electronics is a technology and communications ma...
U.S. Air Force awards $176 million for enhanced Sniper ATPs
Oct 22, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin $176.1 million in contracts for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement production. The contracts also cover...
'Drop-and-Forget': Russia Develops Supersonic Smart Bomb
Oct 20, 2015 (Sputnik)
The latest version of Russia's KAB-250 precision-guided bomb will soon complete trials, Russian media reported on Saturday. The KAB-250 is a follow-on to the la...
Eurenco to supply MBDA with warhead explosives
Oct 20, 2015 (UPI)
French explosives company Eurenco is to supply the explosive fillings for an anti-ship missile being developed by MBDA for France and Britain. Under the MBDA co...
Britain builds new military logistics center
Oct 19, 2015 (UPI)
Construction has begun on a military logistics center in Britain that will be run by Team Leidos and cover an area of nearly 948,000 square feet. The Defense Fu...
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