During a visit to Derco, a business unit of Lockheed Martin company, President Donald J. Trump announced more work is coming to Milwaukee. According to a news release put out by Lockheed Martin, Derco will provide parts warehousing and distribution sustainment for the F-35 Lightning II, supporting the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy and allies around […]

U.S. aerospace giant Boeing selects Tomahawk missile maker Raytheon Co to provide faster and smarter radar capabilities for the B-52 bomber fleet. Raytheon was selected by the Boeing Company as radar supplier for the B-52 bomber radar modernization program, according to a news release put out on Thursday. Under the contract, Raytheon will design, develop, produce and […]

Northrop Grumman Corporation, legendary U.S. weapons maker, together with military partners at Northern Edge 2019, successfully displayed advanced capabilities in air-to-air, air-to-surface and maritime tactical scenarios that address key warfighting gaps in advanced strike; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR); and electronic warfare. In a recent news release, the company said that its air dominance technologies bring […]

The U.S. Department of Defense has contracted General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, for the production of Prophet modern signals intelligence systems. The contract, from U.S. Army Contracting Command and announced on Tuesday, is valued at more than $296 million and provides production of Prophet Enhanced systems. The DoD said Tuesday […]

The sale of additional Air Force ‘s MALET-JSIL Aircrew Trainer (MJAT) MQ-9 Reaper simulators with Virtual Reality scene generators has been confirmed by a contract announced by MetaVR on 28 June. MetaVR announces that the US Army Joint Technology Center and Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) has purchased an additional 86 MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator […]

U.S. aerospace giant Boeing has announced that it will continue providing Performance-based Logistics (PBL) support to the Italian air force (ItAF) fleet of KC-767A aerial refueling tankers through July 2021 per an extended contract agreement for two additional years announced at the Paris Air Show. Through the partnership with Boeing, the ItAF can rely on […]

The U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and international defense company Nammo signed a teaming agreement to jointly develop and produce the next generation of extended range artillery projectiles. New strategic agreement leverages the companies’ combined expertise in guided munitions, projectiles and ramjet propulsion. Aims to provide artillery projectiles capable of delivering highly accurate extended range fires. […]

The aerospace giant Raytheon Company reported on Tuesday the U.S. Army is retrofitting surface-to-air Stinger missiles with proximity fuzes to help counter the growing threat of enemy unmanned aircraft systems. According to a news release put out by Raytheon, the enhancement enables the lightweight, self-contained Stinger air defense system to destroy a wider array of […]

Raytheon Company engineers are integrating a gamer-style interface or Warfighter-Machine Interface (WMI) to be exact, into a soon-to-be-fielded Patriot air and missile defense system upgrade. This new command and control technology allows coalition operators of Raytheon’s combat-proven Patriot air and missile defense system to view complex data in a new, easy-to-understand way. WMI replaces pixelated […]

The aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has reported on Monday that it successfully delivered the 500th Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) for use on F-35 fighter jets. All units have been delivered on time or ahead of schedule to support aircraft production and sustainment requirements. “We are proud to bring superior capabilities to the F-35,” said Michael Williamson, vice […]