The U.S. premiere supplier of combat vehicles BAE Systems has announced that it received an Army’s contract modification worth up to $269 million for continued production of the Bradley. The award for an additional 168 upgraded Bradley A4 Infantry Fighting Vehicles is part of the Army’s combat vehicle modernization strategy and helps ensure force readiness […]

U.S. defense contractor Raytheon has announced that it received a $48 million engineering services contract to support the integration and qualification of hand-held devices into platform-mounted WiFi systems secured up to secret. Loaded with situational awareness and mission planning applications, the mobile devices will improve air-to-ground communication between combat teams, enhancing situational awareness as the mission unfolds. […]

The V-22 Osprey fleet of helicopter-plane hybrid, co-manufactured by Bell and Boeing, has achieved a historic industry milestone: 500,000 flight hours. More than 375 Ospreys tiltrotor aircraft logged the hours, including the U.S. Air Force CV-22 and the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22. “The V-22 provides unmatched capability for the U.S. Marines and U.S. Air Force […]

Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems announced that its subsidiary Elbit Systems of America, LLC, was awarded delivery order valued at approximately $23 million for the supply of systems and various spare components to the U.S. Marine Corps. The order will be executed in Roanoke, Virginia and will be supplied over the next 10 months. This order is part of […]

As reported by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, military scientists have developed a “Terminator-like” liquid metal that can autonomously change the structure, just like in a Hollywood movie. The scientists developed liquid metal systems for stretchable electronics – that can be bent, folded, crumpled and stretched – are major research areas towards next-generation military […]

The U.S. leading aircraft engines supplier Rolls-Royce Corp. has been awarded a maximum $109,252,327 requirements contract for supplies related to the support of the T56 family of aircraft engines, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. The  U.S. aerospace company (headquartered in Indianapolis), a business unit of Rolls-Royce plc said that the T56 is a […]

Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems, a joint venture formed by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Rheinmetall Defence, has submitted its bid for the U.S. Army’s new Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, or OMFV, program. The team will offer the next-generation Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Lynx is a next-generation, tracked armored fighting vehicle designed to address the critical […]

U.S. diversified manufacturer Textron has been selected by the Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems, a joint venture of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Rheinmetall Defence, as the U.S. chassis manufacturer for the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The team of industry leaders is offering Lynx to meet the U.S. Army’s requirement for an Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle […]

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has completed the dry dock portion of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington’s (CVN 73) refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH). America’s largest military shipbuilding company has reported that following the recent flooding of more than 100 million gallons of water into the dry dock, George Washington was […]

U.S. defense contractor FLIR Systems announced an indefinite contract with the United States Army for a new version of their chemical agent disclosure spray designed to detect sulfur mustard. FLIR has won a contract valued at as much as $35.1 million to deliver a new version of the company’s Agentase C2 chemical agent disclosure spray […]