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Chemring Technology Solutions (CTS) says it has expanded its RESOLVE Electronic Warfare (EW) range of products with a lightweight version of the RESOLVE manpack, an EW system designed specifically for on-the-march […]

Raytheon’s [RTN] Stinger demonstrated flawless performance in recent Very Short Range Air Defense System (SHORADS) field trials in Finland, company executives said Sept. 9. During the trials, six Finnish gunners […]

MIDDLETOWN, Del.–There are 830 Boeing [BA] H-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters in national inventories around the world, and more are expected to be added to the fleet over time, company executives said. Boeing […]

Switzerland’s National Council, parliament’s lower chamber, on Sept. 11 voted in favor of procuring 22 Gripen E fighter jets from Swedish aerospace and defense contractor Saab Group.  The National Council approved […]

Coast Guard Awards Huntington Ingalls Contract for Sixth NSC The Coast Guard has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] a $487.1 million contract for construction of the sixth National Security Cutter […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has made progress but can do more to strengthen acquisition management by improving how it develops and fields the nation’s Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), a […]

Building on testing it began last fall with various aviation security stakeholders, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) this year plans to conduct 10 new trials at international airports and […]

Senate Homeland Staff Changes. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the new chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, has named Richard Kessler as the committee’s new staff director. […]

The same cyber vulnerabilities that have been afflicting organizations for the past few years will continue to do so but there are a range of other cyber security issues that […]

The newest iteration of the multi-mission attack Apache helicopter, produced by Boeing [BA], now officially has the nickname: “Guardian,” the Army said yeseterday. The former Apache Block III in October […]