The manager of the Navy’s DDG-51 program said last week  the Raytheon [RTN] AN/SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radars (AMDR) going on new Block III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are proceeding well in testing. Capt. Casey Moton, the DDG-51 class program manager, said at the annual Surface Navy ...

A bipartisan group in the House introduced a bill Wednesday to protect against state-sponsored intellectual property and supply chain threats, and create a new White House office tasked with securing emerging technologies. Reps. Will Hurd (R-Texas), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Mike Conaway ...

Among options eyed by the U.S. Coast Guard for a replacement of the service’s Airbus MH-65 Dolphin–first fielded in 1984–are the SB-1 Defiant prototype under development for the U.S. Army by Boeing [BA] and Sikorsky [LMT], the Leonardo AW139 , and some variant of the MH-60 by ...

Leonardo Helicopters has been awarded a $377 million contract by the U.K. government to maintain its fleet of AH MK1 Apache gunships until they are removed from service in 2024. Defense Minister Stuart Andrew announced the £293 million ($377 million) contract with Leonardo Helicopters during a ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Friday said it has agreed to acquire Fulcrum IT Services in a deal that will strengthen and expand its capabilities in several key areas and broaden its customer relationships, particularly with the intelligence and special operations communities. Terms of the ...

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Light Combat Helicopter  (LCH) recently “achieved a unique milestone” in the successful firing of an air-to-air missile on a moving aerial target, HAL said on Jan. 17. Shri Madhavan, the chairman and managing director of HAL, said in a statement ...