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The Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) on Oct. 3 said AVXAircraft Company, Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. [TXT], Karem Aircraft Inc., and Sikorsky Aircraft Co. [UTX] were each awarded Technology Investment Agreements under […]

A number of companies in both the satellite manufacturing and operating realms responded to the Air Force’s hosted payload solutions (HoPS) request for proposals (RFP), which is aimed at providing […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite prototype communicated with Raytheon’s [RTN] GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System (OCX) for the first time in August during a series of […]

Public Private Partnership. The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology branch has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Security Industry Association to bolster the exchange of information among […]

The Javelin Joint Venture’s Javelin Weapon System recently had a successful series of direct hits in U.S.-India joint exercises that could give a boost to the recently unveiled U.S. Defense […]

The Army and Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Sept. 23 said they have successfully incorporated a key Patriot missile and Sentinel radar capabilities into the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command […]

The Air Force and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), major stakeholders in the Minuteman III follow-on ICBM study, need to better coordinate their efforts to provide cost estimates for […]

Due to the Air Force’s decision to keep the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office open through fiscal year 2014, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) said he lifted his hold on Air […]

Raytheon’s [RTN] said its Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3, destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in flight during a test at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.  “Defeating a UAS demonstrates […]

"Unintended consequences" will start to take place if the federal government shutdown reaches the two or three week timeframe, according to the chief executive of a mid-tier defense contractor. Exelis […]