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Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s (SpaceX) Grasshopper reusable vertical takeoff vertical landing (VTVL) rocket reached its highest altitude of 744 meters in its latest flight Oct. 7, the company said on its […]

The Pentagon has said it intends to award a sole-source contract to Raytheon [RTN] for the production of up to 216 of the latest version of the Standard Missile-3 to be deployed […]

The Defense Department, and, where appropriate, Congress, must eliminate hurdles that inhibit it from exercising innovative commercial satellite communication (COMSATCOM) business arrangements that enable more efficient and responsive acquisition of […]

Tactical radio efforts are moving forward faster with contract awards– such as the Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular radios (MNVR) award to Harris in September–and new competitions preparing to get under way, […]

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno sent an e-mail to the entire force revealing his strategic priorities for the total Army–active duty, National Guard and Reserve, so they are […]

Under a $445 million contract, Finmeccanica’s DRS Technologies Inc. will be installing its modular computers and displays–the Mounted Family of Computing Systems (MFoCS)–that are to form the basis of next-generation […]

As expected, the State Department on Oct. 15 enacted planned export control changes related to technology found in military aircraft and military aircraft engines, which should help boost exports of […]

Elbit Systems Ltd. Oct. 16 said it was awarded a four-year follow-on contract to supply advanced Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) systems for the Korean army’s SURION helicopter. The contract value […]

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said on Oct. 15 that it has notified Congress of $11.7 billion in foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. […]

Elbit Systems of America on Oct. 15 said it is bringing new life to surplus Army vehicles by refurbishing them for a role in peacekeeping at its Land Vehicle Center (LVC) […]