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By Ann Roosevelt The Army has increased the numbers of required UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, produced by Sikorsky [UTX], in light of an increased number of helicopters needed in medical […]

By Marina Malenic The Pentagon is putting a jump-jet version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter being developed for the Marine Corps on a two-year “probation” to give prime contractor […]

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology Division is surveying for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and near-COTS systems capable of automated explosive detection at entry access points […]

By Geoff Fein Boeing [BA] is confident that Congress will pass a bill this month making two technical changes so that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the aerospace firm […]

L-3 [LLL] Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) has been awarded a contract modification from Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC] to provide three UH-60M Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) to support of […]

The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $260 million follow-on production contract for the combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), known as Arrowheadr, for the […]

Boeing [BA] and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) yesterday made aviation history when a Boeing AH-64D Apache became the first rotorcraft in the world to fly using a blend […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday that it has successfully completed an extensive series of wind tunnel tests of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) system. The tests simulated the flight environments […]

SAIC [SAI] recently said it has acquired an on-line simulation and collaboration software product line from Forterra Systems, Inc., which provides a real- time virtual world enabling interpersonal interation through […]

The Defense Department yesterday announced the appointments of Paul Kaminski as chairman of the Defense Science Board for a term effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2011, and retired Air Force […]