Defense Daily

Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) are teaming to advance the state-of-the-art for Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) Technologies. Bell will begin testing various elements […]

By Dave Ahearn The Constellation Program to develop the next-generation Orion-Ares spaceship faces multiple risks of technology development problems, schedule delays and cost overruns, according to the Government Accountability Office […]

More than 50 percent of denial of service attacks were targeted against computers in the United States in the second half of 2007, according to a new report by the […]

Rockwell Collins [COL] yesterday said it had closed its acquisition of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) subsystem supplier Athena Technologies, which will expand its presence in the UAV market. The deal […]

By Geoff Fein The Coast Guard yesterday unveiled its new 45-foot Response Boat Medium (RB-M), the eventual replacement for the service’s 25-year-old Utility Boat (UT-B). The Coast Guard has 30 […]

By Emelie Rutherford The Air Force does not yet know if a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle that ran off a runway in Iraq late last week can be repaired, […]

By Geoff Fein While DDG-1000, with its advanced technologies, low radar cross section and modern weapons will provide a new direction for the Navy’s surface combatant fleet, the ability to […]

By Ann Roosevelt NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—By June, Boeing [BA] expects to have signed on to a five-year contract to support the CH-47 Chinook helicopter expected to save the service $500 […]

By Emelie Rutherford The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program’s cost decreased slightly over the final months of 2007, and the effort did not experience a significant cost breach during […]