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Navy/USMCNext Zumwalt-Class Destroyer To Be Named USS Lyndon B. Johnson
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus yesterday said the next Zumwalt-class destroyer, designated DDG-1002, will be named the USS Lyndon B. Johnson. The selection continues the Navy tradition of naming […]
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DEFENSE WATCH
The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Hill Happenings. Congress will return to Washington this week, after a two-week recess, and hold a series of defense […]
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Air ForceDuPont Opens Ballistics Testing Facility In India
DuPont [DD] yesterday said it has opened its latest ballistics testing facility at the DuPont Knowledge Center in Hyderabad, India. The state-of-the-art facility houses a ballistic testing range, a 600-ton […]
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ArmyAAI UAS Develops New, More Capable Shadow UAS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems [TXT] has developed on its own funds the next step forward for the RQ-7B Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) that will offer more […]
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InternationalFrench Navy Successful In Test Against Low Altitude Anti-Ship Missiles
The French Navy’s Horizon class air defense frigate, Forbin, successfully engaged a supersonic target simulating an anti-ship missile flying at very low altitude, the French Ministry of Defense said. The […]
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Army
BAE Systems To Provide Thermal Monocular To USSOCOM
BAE Systems yesterday said U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) awarded it an $11 million contract to procure the SkeetIR® thermal monocular. The combat proven monocular can be used by SOCOM personnel […]
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Army
AAI UAS Awarded USSOCOM MEUAS II Work
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems [TXT] has topped incumbent Boeing [BA] in the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) competition for the three-year, just under $600 million Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) […]
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Army
Aviation Systems Project Office Tackles Degraded Visual Environment
NASHVILLE, Tenn.–A major Army Aviation Systems Project Office initiative is creating an acquisition program to give pilots and crews the ability to see through limited visibility conditions such as dust […]
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Army
Army To Receive Northrop Grumman SCORPION UGS Systems
Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday said the Army awarded it a contract to provide SCORPION and SCORPION II Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) systems to protect soldiers with a remote persistent unattended […]
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Air Force
New Army Aviation Office Divesting C-23 Sherpa Aircraft
NASHVILLE, Tenn.––Part of the work of the Army’s new Fixed Wing Aircraft office is divesting the fleet of C-23 Sherpa cargo aircraft that provided intra theater personnel and cargo lift […]