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FLIR Systems [FLIR] on Tuesday said it has acquired Spain’s Ifara Tecnologias, a developer and supplier of middleware and client application software used to network sensor systems, for $11.1 million […]

By Ann Roosevelt NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—BAE Systems yesterday unveiled its Q-Sight family of helmet displays and tracking products that can bring improved situational awareness to Army pilots, according to officials. […]

By Ann Roosevelt NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Lockheed Martin [LMT] April 7 announced the Army awarded it a $172 million follow-on contract for Arrowhead electro-optical systems for AH-64 Apache helicopter crews. The […]

By Ann Roosevelt NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Army aviation must not defer hard decisions to remain agile, lethal and successful, according to the Army Vice Chief of Staff. "The branch since its […]

By Calvin Biesecker Building off its legacy capabilities combined with its purchase last October of the cyber security firm Oakley Networks, Raytheon [RTN] said yesterday it has launched an Information […]

By Emelie Rutherford Officials steering the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program said signs are good for Japan joining the aircraft effort, and predicted partner nations Norway and Denmark will […]

By Emelie Rutherford Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said it would be a “disaster” to pass on building future DDG-1000s in favor of another Navy ship, and pledged to remain a […]

Rockwell Collins [COL] and Optical Air Data Systems, LLC (OADS) have teamed to introduce a new solution called LandSafe(tm) to help helicopters navigate and land safely in degraded visual environments, […]

Blackhawk Modifications and Atlantic Turbines International have entered a teaming agreement to expand turbine engine capabilities, forming a new company, Vector-Hawk Aerospace, headquartered in Daleville, Ala. The new company will […]