Defense Daily

By Calvin Biesecker L-3 Communications [LLL] yesterday posted strong fourth quarter income and sales driven by organic growth and better operating performance. Almost all of the sales growth in the […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy last night awarded three, $3 million, phase one firm fixed price contracts to develop a preliminary design for the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV). The […]

By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] yesterday posted a modest increase in fourth quarter net earnings despite flat sales driven by higher sales and earnings of commercial planes. The increase in […]

By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] has entered into a licensing agreement with Netherlands-based Stork-Fokker to explore ways in which the two companies can combine efforts on the extended range variant […]

By Ann Roosevelt The anti-tank guided missile Stryker vehicle called General Lee is ready to go back in action, now that it’s been repaired and shipped to its new home […]

By Jen DiMascio With a lame-duck president in office and election season in full swing, next week’s Pentagon budget rollout is likely to be something of a snooze, but the […]

By Jen DiMascio This week, Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC], contestants for the Air Force’s next aerial refueling tanker contract, announced advancements in their respective refueling systems. Boeing announced […]

Russia eventually will replace the venerable launch facility, the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with a new spaceport in Russia, according to CNS, RIA Novosti and Western news media. However, Baikonur […]

General Dynamics [GD] European Land Systems last week said its General Dynamics Santa Barbara Sistemas operations in Spain has signed a $64 million contract with the Spanish army for the […]