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Lockheed Martin Delivers Four F-35s To USAF And Marine Corps Farnborough UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2012 With the delivery of four Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft since June 29, an important milestone was achieved as the Department of Defense now possesses more operational-coded F-35s than test aircraft. A total of nine F-35s have been delivered for the year, giving the DOD a total of 30 aircraft fleet-wide. Of these, 16 are operational aircraft and 14 are test planes. "To date, the F-35 program has focused on system development and flight testing while most recently transitioning to low r ... read more |
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Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Establish Fire Scout Training Center in Florida Northrop Grumman has established a new training facility for Fire Scout unmanned helicopter operators that offers improved flight simulators, hands-on aircraft maintenance and classroom instruction. ... more | .. |
Raytheon Advanced Tactical System readies for 2.0 launch Raytheon has announced a fall release of its Raytheon Advanced Tactical System 2.0, which leverages the Google Android mobile platform to bring intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) da ... more | .. |
Boeing Introduces Intelligent Sensor Camera System for Defense and Security Customers Boeing has introduced its Intelligent Sensor, a new camera system that provides defense and security customers with fully integrated video-processing capability. It is designed for high-performance, ... more | .. | ||
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Northrop Grumman to Supply Platform Management System for UK Royal Navy's Next Astute-Class Submarine Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply the Platform Management System (PMS) for the Royal Navy's fifth Astute-class submarine, Anson. Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit ... more | .. |
University of Texas at Austin researchers demonstrate first 'spoofing' of UAVs A University of Texas at Austin research team successfully demonstrated for the first time that the GPS signals of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, can be commandeered by an outside sourc ... more | .. |
UAVForge Reveals Challenge Of Developing Perch And Stare UAV DARPA's UAVForge, a crowdsourcing competition to design, build and manufacture an advanced small unmanned air vehicle (UAV), set out to determine if a loosely-connected community of UAV enthusiasts ... more | .. |
Boeing, Embraer clinch new partnership The Boeing Co.'s footprint in Brazil is set to increase with the announcement of yet another partnership between the U.S. aviation and defense manufacturer and Brazilian counterpart Embraer, in some ways rivals in the marketplace. ... more |
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Seoul truck driver rams home his point South Korea has expressed regret over a truck-ramming incident at the gates of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. ... more | .. |
Barroso urges resumption of Mideast talks Re-launching Palestinian-Israeli peace process remains a "strategic priority" for the European Union, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says. ... more | .. |
Clinton to make landmark visit to Laos Hillary Clinton will Wednesday become the first US secretary of state to visit communist-run Laos in 57 years on a brief trip focusing on the legacy of the Vietnam War and a controversial dam project. ... more | .. |
North Korea show used Mickey without Disney approval North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's nuclear program already has the world's attention but the young dictator has now defied the owner of one of America's most famous exports - Mickey Mouse. ... more |
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Olympics: Londoners lose fight to prevent rooftop missiles London residents on Tuesday lost their court battle to prevent the government placing surface-to-air missiles on the roof of their apartment block during the Olympics. ... more | .. |
NATO probes deadly roadside bomb in Afghanistan NATO is investigating if the roadside bomb that penetrated an armored vehicle and killed six US troops at the weekend was a new type of device or just contained more explosives than normal. ... more | .. |
Opponents decry nepotism in Iraq Kurd council The leader of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region was accused of nepotism and sharply criticised Tuesday for naming his son head of the region's new national security council. ... more | .. |
Lebanon bolsters army presence at Syria border The Lebanese on Tuesday began sending troop reinforcements to the border with strife-torn Syria after deadly attacks in the region, an army spokesman told AFP. ... more |
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US NSA chief backs cybersecurity law The head of the powerful National Security Agency, General Keith Alexander, said Monday the US must adopt a law to protect the country from cyberattacks while insisting that it would respect privacy. ... more | .. |
Ex-US commander McChrystal calls for reviving draft The former US commander in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, has urged that the draft be reinstated to spread the burden of fighting and to instill a sense of shared civic duty among young Americans. ... more | .. |
Lift Iran sanctions for nuclear talks to go forward: MP World powers must lift sanctions imposed on Iran if talks over its controversial nuclear programme are to go forward, an influential lawmaker said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
NGOs complain at being excluded from UN arms talks Non-government groups complained Tuesday that they have been excluded from international talks on a conventional arms treaty that have now entered a second week. ... more |
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Annan to brief UN Security Council on Syria UN and Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday on the Syria crisis after a tour through Damascus, Tehran and Baghdad, he told journalists in Iraq. ... more | .. |
Raytheon reveals new missile defense system architectural analysis capability Raytheon has introduced a new missile defense system architectural analysis tool designed to help identify the best ways to leverage current NATO assets in support of growing Europe's integrated air ... more | .. |
Norway fires first ground-based Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile from NASAMS launcher The Royal Norwegian Air Force successfully fired a Raytheon Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile from a National Advanced Surface-to-Air-Missile System (NASAMS). During the first-of-its-kind test at the Ando ... more | .. |
Raytheon awarded $636 million for Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Raytheon has been awarded a $636 million development and sustainment contract to provide the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle to The Boeing Company, which is the prime contractor for the Ground-based Mid ... more |
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U.S. Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Additional VLA Missiles US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $27 million, firm-fixed-price contract to produce components for 22 Vertical Launch anti-submarine (VLA) missiles. A supersonic, urgent attack anti-submarine warfar ... more | .. |
Unique MEADS Mobile Testing Capability Arrives At White Sands Missile Range A first-of-its-kind mobile test facility has been delivered to White Sands Missile Range, N.M. to support the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). The mobile test facility, or the MEADS Syste ... more | .. |
New Raytheon Standard Missile factory nears completion in Alabama Raytheon's all-up-round Standard Missile production facility in Huntsville, Ala., is nearing completion. The state-of-the-art factory, located on the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal, should be complete ... more | .. |
U.K. boosts up-armed Typhoon for Mideast British Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled a major sales push for the Eurofighter Typhoon armed with new weapons systems, with the Persian Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Oman as key targets. ... more |
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Russia will not sell Syria new weapons: official Russia will not supply new weapons to its Arab ally Syria while fighting there continues, Moscow arms export officials said Monday, while stressing that old contracts would be fulfilled. ... more | .. |
Iraq gun and bomb attacks kill three Gun and bomb attacks north of Baghdad on Monday killed three people including two anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
Mali jihadists threaten North Africa Algerian jihadists are reported to have reinforced Islamist fighters linked to al-Qaida in their self-declared state in northern Mali amid signs the conflict there may be spilling over across the drought-hit region spanning North Africa. ... more | .. |
Two missiles miss targets in Taiwan drill Two of 26 missiles missed their targets when Taiwan's military carried out a live-fire exercise Monday, but officers in charge said they were happy with the result. ... more |
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