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Curtiss-Wright Awarded $10 Million Contract from Northrop Grumman For Upgraded Radar Signal Processing Technology UNITED STATES - 25 MARCH 2010 Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced that it has been awarded a $10.5 million contract by Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide...

Elisra Presents its Integrated EW and Intelligence Solutions at FIDAE 2010 ISRAEL - 24 MARCH 2010 Israel | Elisra, recognized worldwide as a leader in EW self protection and Intelligence solutions, will present its newest array of groundbreaking latest-generation EW self protection and...

USS Freedom Departs Cartagena After Successful Port Visit UNITED STATES - 24 MARCH 2010 CARTAGENA, Colombia -- CARTAGENA, Colombia (NNS) – The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) wrapped up its first theater security cooperation (TSC) port visit in Cartagena on March 23. "We...

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (March 5, 2010) An MV-22B Osprey from the Golden Eagles of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 takes off from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). Mesa Verde is part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime...

U.S. Navy Combat Ship Earns High Marks on Maiden Voyage UNITED STATES - 22 MARCH 2010 WASHINGTON --- A month into a maiden voyage that has seen a trio of drug-smuggling attempts thwarted, the commander aboard the Navy’s first littoral combat ship today described the vessel’s performance...

Northrop Grumman Returns Restored B-2 Bomber to Active Duty UNITED STATES - 22 MARCH 2010 "Spirit of Pennsylvania" is First B-2 to Receive Insignia of Global Strike Command PALMDALE, Calif. | Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has returned to service with the U.S. Air Force a...

HMS Bulwark Starts First Docking Period at Devonport UNITED KINGDOM - 19 MARCH 2010 The amphibious assault ship Landing Platform Dock HMS Bulwark has started her first docking period this week, for an 11 month upgrade and maintenance programme to be undertaken by Babcock at Devonport Royal...

VSI’s F-35 Lightning Gen II Helmet Mounted Display System achieves first flight UNITED STATES - 22 MARCH 2010 SAN JOSE, Calif. | Vision Systems International, LLC (VSI), a leader in advanced Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) technology, announced the successful first flight of the F-35 Gen...

Rolls-Royce Liftsystem Demos Success in 1st Vertical Landing UNITED STATES - 19 MARCH 2010 Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, successfully demonstrated the capabilities of its unique LiftSystem(tm) technology with the first vertical landing of the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning...

New contract for more armoured fighting vehicles UNITED KINGDOM - 22 MARCH 2010 A contract which will lead to the delivery of a new fleet of medium weight armoured fighting vehicles has been announced by Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth today, Monday 22 March 2010. The first tranche of the...

Super Hornets depart USA 22 MARCH 2010 The first group of Royal Australian Air Force's next-generation Super Hornets will arrive in Australia later this month. The Super Hornets arrival will represent a major leap in Air Force capability. They are Australia's first new air combat aircraft...

Australia buys seven new Chinook CH-47 helicopters AUSTRALIA - 20 MARCH 2010 Greg Combet, the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has signed a contract with the US Army Security Assistance Command to acquire seven...

Boeing Receives Authorised Engineering Organisation Certification for Australian Super Hornets 17 MARCH 2010 Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has received accreditation from the Commonwealth of Australia as an Authorised Engineering...

Thales Secures Daring-Cass Support Contract UNITED KINGDOM - 18 MARCH 2010 Thales UK has secured a six-ship, seven-year support contract for the Royal Navy's Daring-class destroyers' fully integrated communications system (FICS). The multi-million pounds contract requires Thales to guarantee...

Predator passes 700,000 hours UNITED STATES - 19 MARCH 2010 CREECH U.S. AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Airmen of the 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing reached a new flight milestone March 12 when they surpassed 700,000 flight hours in the MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft. The last 200,000...

Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles Receives Trailer Contract for Apache Helicopter Simulators UNITED STATES - 19 MARCH 2010 Chicago, IL. | Oshkosh Specialty Vehicles (OSV), an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) company, announced today that it has received a contract from Boeing Defense, Space &...

BAE Systems Engineers Deliver on FRES Demonstrator Contract for MoD UNITED KINGDOM - 17 MARCH 2010 Farnborough, UK - The BAE Systems FRES Scout contender and common base platform has completed mobility performance trials which verify it meets demanding UK Ministry of Defence growth targets...

Joint STARS Resumes Re-engining Program with Two Major Contract Actions UNITED STATES - 18 MARCH 2010 HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass --- The 751st Electronic Systems Group has successfully resumed the system design and development phase of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar...

Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Succeeds in First Vertical Landing UNITED STATES - 18 MARCH 2010 NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. --- A supersonic Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter rode more than 41,000 pounds of thrust to a vertical landing today for the...

Northrop Grumman Delivers 500th Directional Infrared Countermeasures System UNITED STATES - 16 MARCH 2010 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has announced the delivery of the 500th Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) aircraft self-protection system to the U.S. Government...