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US Navy searches for 2 sailors after chopper crash
Sep 22, 2013 (AFP)
A US Navy helicopter crashed into the Red Sea on Sunday and a search is underway for two of the five crew members, the military said. The MH-60S Knighthawk was ...
Swiss to vote on military draft, a national bedrock
Sep 19, 2013 (AFP)
Swiss voters will head to the ballot box Sunday to decide whether to abolish their conscript army, as much a part of the Alpine nation's image as direct democra...
Raytheon awarded Phalanx upgrade contract
Sep 17, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $136.2 million contract for federal FY13 to remanufacture, overhaul and upgrade 19 Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems and produce ...
Shooting spree on DC naval base leaves 13 dead
Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)
A former US naval reservist opened fire at a base in the heart of Washington on Monday, killing 12 people and exchanging fire with police before losing his own ...
Non-lethal weapons markets seen to be growing
Sep 11, 2013 (UPI)
The global market for non-lethal weapons is growing and will top $1.1 billion by 2018, says a report on the commercial impact of non-conventional warfare. The n...
Russia unveils plans for new anti-missile system, 5th-generation fighter jet
Sep 10, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Russia is developing a fifth-generation unmanned fighter jet and a completely new missile defense system which can simultaneously engage several supersonic targ...
Warrior Web Closer to Making Its Performance-Improving Suit a Reality
Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)
Of the many risks dismounted Soldiers face in the field, one of the most common is injury from carrying their gear-often topping 100 pounds-for extended periods...
MEADS System to Identify Friend Or Foe Aircraft Certified by U.S. Air Traffic Control Office
Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system has been certified for operation. MEADS became the first U.S. sy...
Lockheed Martin's paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb Successfully Employed in Navy Exercises
Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin's Paveway II Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB) was successfully employed in recent U.S. Navy Tactics Development exercises at the Naval Strike...
Boeing Reaches 250,000-Kit Milestone for JDAM Weapon Program
Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing has marked its recent production of the 250,000th Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kit, a major milestone for a program that, since 1998, has...
Blast at US naval station wounds eight: officers
Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)
An explosion struck a US naval weapons station in New Jersey on Tuesday, injuring eight people, including one seriously, officers said. The explosion occurred i...
Northrop Grumman to Build MK54 Lightweight Torpedo Nose Arrays for US Navy
Aug 19, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for the production of acoustic nose arrays for the MK54 lightweight torpedo in support of Navy and...
Boeing EMARSS Aircraft Begin US Army Flight Tests
Aug 19, 2013 (SPX)
Two Boeing Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) aircraft have arrived at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland for airborne te...
Lockheed Martin Delivers 22 JLTV Development Vehicles to U.S. Army and Marines
Aug 19, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin celebrated the delivery of 22 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps under the JLTV program's Engineering and Manufactu...
Israel restarts Merkava tank production
Aug 16, 2013 (UPI)
The Israeli government has decided to continue production of its main battle tank, the Merkava. Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon announced the decision...
F-35B Ready For Sea Trials
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
The Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft completed its 500th vertical landing August 3. BF-1, the aircraft which completed this...
India moves closer to buying U.S.-made howitzers
Aug 09, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale to India of M777 155mm lightweight towed howitzers and a...
Boeing and US Navy Demo New Targeting and Data Systems on EA-18G
Aug 09, 2013 (SPX)
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 ...
U.S. Navy awards contracts for natural resources management
Aug 06, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy's engineering command in the Atlantic region has contracted three U.S. firms for natural resources monitoring and management in a vast swath of co...
Cyprus ex-defence minister jailed 5 years over blast
Aug 02, 2013 (AFP)
Cyprus's ex-defence minister, Costas Papacostas, was sentenced to five years in jail on Friday in connection with a munitions dump blast at a naval base that ki...
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