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GD Awarded DISA Contract for Omnibus Network Enterprise Program
3rd February, 2012
Fairfax, Va. - General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) was awarded a contract by the U.S. Department...
Continue readingPhysical Optics Announces SBIR Award for Helmet Embedded Conformal Augmented Display - Phase II
3rd February, 2012
Torrance, Calif. - Physical Optics Corporation (POC) is a systems integrator of advanced...
Continue readingVega Set for its Inaugural Flight
3rd February, 2012
On 13 February, the European Space Agency will perform the first qualification flight of its brand n...
Continue readingProject NEOShield: Asteroid defence systems
3rd February, 2012
International cooperation under the leadership of DLR It is not entirely clear when exactly the las...
Continue readingAstrium solar arrays provide maximum power in space
3rd February, 2012
Ottobrunn - For nearly 50 years, Astrium’s centre of competence for solar arrays i...
Continue readingJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force Orders NGC's Airborne Laser Mine Detection Systems
3rd February, 2012
Tokyo and Melbourne, Fla. - The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has purchased four hel...
Continue readingMOD announces bidder shortlist for UK training estate contract
3rd February, 2012
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has published details of the four bidders shortlisted ...
Continue readingHubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy
3rd February, 2012
Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescop...
Continue readingRaytheon, US Navy Complete JSOW C-1 Developmental Testing
3rd February, 2012
Tucson, Ariz. - The U.S. Navy completed developmental testing (DT) of the Raytheon Compa...
Continue readingEleventh C-5B Inducted To Become Super Galaxy
3rd February, 2012
Marietta, Ga. - Lockheed Martin inducted the 11th aircraft to the C-5M Super Galaxy prod...
Continue readingP-8A training simulators make their debut
3rd February, 2012
Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. - With fleet introduction of the P-8A Pos...
Continue readingNASA's Juno Spacecraft Refines its Path to Jupiter
3rd February, 2012
Pasadena, Calif. - Mission Status Report NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft succ...
Continue readingHMS Daring becomes first Type 45 to pass through the Suez Canal
3rd February, 2012
HMS Daring, the first of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 air defence destroyers, passed through the...
Continue readingAriane 5 to launch Galileo constellation
3rd February, 2012
London - Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Didier Faivre, Director...
Continue readingNASA Seeks Proposals For Edison Small Satellite Demonstrations
3rd February, 2012
Washington - NASA is seeking proposals for flight demonstrations of small satellite tech...
Continue readingIran launches observation satellite: media
3rd February, 2012
TEHRAN - Iran on Friday launched an observation satellite into orbit above Earth, its th...
Continue readingQantas plane in 'priority landing'
3rd February, 2012
SYDNEY - A Qantas plane carrying 74 passengers was forced to make a "priority landi...
Continue readingSpaceX flight to ISS could be late March: NASA
2nd February, 2012
WASHINGTON - The first test flight of a commercial spacecraft to the International Space...
Continue readingIran has material for 4 nuclear bombs: Israeli general
2nd February, 2012
JERUSALEM - Iran has enough radioactive material to produce four nuclear bombs, Israel&#...
Continue readingEight More Galileo Navsats Agreed
2nd February, 2012
ESA today signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements ...
Continue readingULA Completes Critical Milestones Toward Certifying Atlas V for Human Spaceflight
2nd February, 2012
Centennial, Colo. - United Launch Alliance (ULA) today announced the completion of two k...
Continue readingSierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems Delivers the Dream Chaser First Flight Test Vehicle Structure
2nd February, 2012
Sparks, NV - Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems announces the completion of a...
Continue readingNext manned ISS mission to launch May 15: Russia
2nd February, 2012
MOSCOW - Russia said Thursday that its delayed next manned mission to the International ...
Continue readingJacksonville District's UAV program soars
2nd February, 2012
Jacksonville, Fla. - "All right guys, going into take-off mode. You are hot!" ...
Continue readingFourth potentially habitable planet is discovered
2nd February, 2012
WASHINGTON - International astronomers said on Thursday they have found the fourth poten...
Continue readingBAE Boldstroke Selected for US Army CIRCM Solution
2nd February, 2012
Nashua, New Hampshire - BAE Systems has been selected by the U.S. Army as one of two con...
Continue readingRaytheon Awarded $38.1 Million Contract for Missile Defense System
2nd February, 2012
Dulles, Va. - Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $38.1 million contract to ...
Continue readingUSAF Awards Cubic New Air Combat Training System Contract
2nd February, 2012
San Diego, CA - Cubic Defense Applications, a defense systems business of Cubic Corporat...
Continue readingMTC to Reduce UAV Flight Control Failures with Redundant Electrical Rotary Servo Actuator
2nd February, 2012
Karmiel, Israel - MTC Industries and Research Carmiel Ltd. - a leading supplier of elect...
Continue readingErnst & Young select Babcock as strategic partner to deliver Rizzo support
2nd February, 2012
Ernst & Young (E&Y) has teamed with Babcock to win a contract to provide support to the Roya...
Continue readingNATO to base missile shield command in Germany: diplomat
2nd February, 2012
BRUSSELS - NATO will locate the command centre for its US-led missile shield at the alli...
Continue readingAerospace Industry Buyers Increasing Procurement Expenditure Over the Next 12 Months
2nd February, 2012
Amsterdam - In 2011, suppliers emerged as more optimistic than buyers, with 71% of suppl...
Continue readingSustainability Budgets of Defense Organizations Are Expected to Rise by 7% Over the Next 12 Months
2nd February, 2012
Amsterdam - From new survey results, it is clear that, for most respondents, sustainabil...
Continue readingAerospace Buyers Expect Increased Levels of Consolidation Over the Next 12 Months
2nd February, 2012
Amsterdam - Respondents from aerospace industry supplier companies expect increased leve...
Continue readingBoeing Begins Production of F/A-18E/F Distributed Targeting System
2nd February, 2012
St. Louis - Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has started production of the new ...
Continue readingNASA Mission Returns First Video From Moon's Far Side
2nd February, 2012
Pasadena, Calif. - A camera aboard one of NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior ...
Continue readingKVH Introduces Breakthrough Dual-band Maritime VSAT Solution with Global Coverage
2nd February, 2012
Middletown, RI - Maritime VSAT market leader KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) today ...
Continue readingKaman Awarded $24.2 M Joint Programmable Fuze Order
2nd February, 2012
Bloomfield, Conn. - Kaman Corporation (NASDAQ-GS:KAMN) announced today that its Aerospac...
Continue readingNammo establishes new subsidiary in Australia
2nd February, 2012
Rob Wellwood, Managing Director of the newly established Nammo Australia Pty Ltd, said "Nammo&#...
Continue readingUS to end combat role in Afghanistan in 2013: Panetta
2nd February, 2012
ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT - The United States plans to end its combat mission in Afg...
Continue readingRussia will replace Soyuz for next ISS mission: source
1st February, 2012
MOSCOW - Russia will replace the Soyuz spacecraft set to take the next crew to the Inter...
Continue readingSpirit Airlines firms up 75 A320 Family order including 45 A320neo
1st February, 2012
Spirit Airlines has finalised its firm order for 75 Airbus single-aisles including 45 A320neo aircra...
Continue readingGD and BAE Systems Team to Develop Affordable 'Smart' 81mm Mortar Round
1st February, 2012
St. Petersburg, Fla. - General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and BAE Systems ha...
Continue readingNammo to Support Raytheon TOW Missile Tube Manufacturing
1st February, 2012
Nammo Composite Solutions (Salt Lake City, UT) has announced today that it has signed an agreement w...
Continue readingSpacex Test Fires Advanced New Engine
1st February, 2012
Hawthorne, CA - Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has successfully test fired Supe...
Continue readingGE Marine's LM2500 Gas Turbine to Power Fifth National Security Cutter
1st February, 2012
Evendale, Ohio - GE Marine reports that its LM2500 gas turbine will be used in the Combi...
Continue readingSDS Awarded Contract Modification To Develop a MSVT for USAF
1st February, 2012
SDS International (SDS) has been awarded a contract modification by the US Air Force to complete dev...
Continue readingFrance hopes to seal Indian jet fighter deal in nine months
1st February, 2012
PARIS - France is confident that it can sign and seal a firm $12 billion deal to supply ...
Continue readingBabcock tests AWD torpedo launcher
1st February, 2012
Testing of the assembled Mk32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers for the Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers is...
Continue readingSaab Provide New Generation of Training Devices for US Army's Combat Vehicles
1st February, 2012
Saab has been awarded a multi-year contract for the next generation of laser-based training systems ...
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