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US Air Force awards $9B contract to Boeing for next training jet

A Boeing-Saab partnership has won a $9.2 billion contract to produce the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation training jet. Boeing’s award for the T-X trainer program marks the third major victory…

Network for the Sky: Airbus successfully tests stratospheric 4G/5G defence communications with balloon demonstration

Airbus has successfully tested stratospheric 4G/5G defence applications with a high-altitude balloon demonstration. The technology tested, an Airbus LTE AirNode, represents a key part of Airbus’ secure networked airborne military…

Raytheon to expand cybersecurity customer base in the Middle East

Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has been awarded a multi-year contract with a new government customer in the Middle East North Africa Region.  Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information and Services business will provide advanced…

BLR: over 10 years of successful deployments

Designed to be deployed anywhere and used for military operations, the BLR is a 4G wireless tactical communications system.  

Successful Aegis Combat System Test Brings BMD to Japanese Fleet

The JS ATAGO (DDG-177), supported by the U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), used an upgraded Aegis Combat System, testing their Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability…

Standard Missile-3 intercepts ballistic missile target during Japanese test at sea

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the United States Missile Defense Agency completed a successful intercept flight test in cooperation with the U.S. Navy off the coast of Kauai in Hawaii.  A…

Sikorsky / PZL Mielec Delivers M28 Aircraft to the Ecuadorian Army

An M28 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft manufactured at PZL Mielec, a facility in Poland owned by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), has arrived in Ecuador following…

The 2nd Manama Air Power Symposium (MAPS 2018) will be held on November 13, 2018, at the Sofitel Manama Hotel, Bahrainunder the prestigious patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa…