The U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls, has announced on Wednesday that it has delivered the National Security Cutter (NSC) Midgett (WMSL 757) to the U.S. Coast Guard. “Midgett is scheduled to sail away in June and will be commissioned later this year,” it said in a news release. Midgett is named in honor of 10 members […]

Tomahawk missile maker Raytheon Co has announced on 30 April that its newest advanced high power microwave and mobile high energy laser systems engaged and defeated multiple unmanned aerial system targets during a U.S. Air Force demonstration. The mature high power microwave and high energy laser (HEL) technologies offer an affordable solution to the growing […]

Florida-based defense contractor Harris Corporation has been awarded a $212 million contract modification to supply the next production lot of electronic jammers to protect U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft against electronic threats. The contract, which represents the largest order on the program to date, was received during the […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp on Monday unveiled new small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), which delivers continuous intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance at fraction of cost. ”Combating counterinsurgency, conducting reconnaissance, collecting information vital to national security, United States Special Forces conduct some of the most sensitive and critical missions,” it said in a Lockheed […]

U.S. weapons maker Northrop Grumman Corp. released details of its new Firebird intelligence gathering aircraft at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s XPONENTIAL trade show in Chicago. Firebird is an ultra-flexible, proven airframe with autonomous mission capability. Available in manned, autonomous and optionally piloted configurations, Firebird is designed to provide ISR payload and cockpit […]

Raytheon Company has announced on 23 April that it is one step closer to maiden flight test of its newest DeepStrike missile. According to a statement released on Tuesday, Raytheon Company completed a successful static test of the new DeepStrike missile rocket motor, which moved the advanced, surface-to-surface weapon closer to its maiden flight test later […]

US defense aerospace giant Lockheed Martin made the announcement Tuesday afternoon in Greenville that they’ll be manufacturing F-16’s and testing them out locally before selling them off to U.S. allies like Bahrain and Slovakia. F-16 tooling and equipment previously in Fort Worth, Texas, has since been installed in a newly-refurbished hangar in Greenville, where the […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp on Tuesday has announced that it is awarded a $362 million contract to recapitalize 50 of the U.S. Army’s Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers. Work will be performed in Grand Prairie, Texas; Camden, Arizona; and New Boston, Texas; with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2022. The U.S. […]

Lockheed Martin has announced on 22 April that it had awarded a $20 million contract for engineering and technical services for the AN/BLQ-10 Electronic Warfare System Technology Insertion (TI)-20, TI-22 and TI-24. According to a news release put out by U.S. defense contractor, the AN/BLQ-10 system includes extensive COTS and non-developmental item hardware and software […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced on 17 April that Oklahoma will be the future home of the XQ-58A Valkyrie long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The XQ-58A Valkyrie, a runway independent UAV capable of long-range flights at high-subsonic speeds developed in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), will be […]