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Saab upgrading bid for Brazil FX-2 contest

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:38:53 -0400

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 20 (UPI) -- Sweden's Saab is upgrading its bid for Brazil's FX-2 jet fighter purchase plan, even as it weighs challenges from rivals Boeing and France's Dassault.

Joint High Speed Vessel completes acceptance trials

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:34:41 -0400

MOBILE, Ala., May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's second high speed, intra-theater transport ship has successfully completed acceptance trials, the Navy announced.

Southern California joins Northrop research group

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:43:33 -0400

FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 20 (UPI) -- The University of Southern California has joined Northrop Grumman's Cybersecurity Research Consortium to combat cyberthreats to the United States.

Israel said to be world leader in UAV exports

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:07:04 -0400

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 20 (UPI) -- Israel's high-tech defense industry leads the world in exporting unmanned aerial vehicles.

Raytheon works on rapid deploy ATC system

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:53:10 -0400

TEWKSBURY, Mass., May 20 (UPI) -- Rapidly deployable air traffic control systems for global military operations are to be developed and produced by Raytheon for the U.S. Air Force.

SAIC tapped for chem-bio support services

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:20:57 -0400

MCLEAN, Va., May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. military's Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense has tapped SAIC for support services.

Green rocket thruster technology tested

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:08:22 -0400

ARLINGTON, Va., May 20 (UPI) -- The first testing in the United States of high-performance green propulsion thruster technology has been performed by rocket motor producer ATK.

NASA to open launch pad for commercial use

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:58:45 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- Commercial space activities may soon utilize a NASA launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida that was designed for the Apollo space program.

Netanyahu pulls back on Israel's defense cuts

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:48:31 -0400

TEL AVIV, Israel, May 17 (UPI) -- mid growing concerns about security threats from Syria and Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has greatly reduced planned defense budget cuts.

New Navy submarine completes trials

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:25:45 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's newest attack submarine has successfully completed Alpha and Bravo sea trials and is moored at a shipyard.

Aegis on target again

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:22:46 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) -- The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system, using a Standard 2 Block IB missile, has destroyed a separating ballistic missile over the Pacific.

French shipbuilders join forces

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:19:38 -0400

CONCARNEU, France, May 17 (UPI) -- French naval shipbuilders Piriou and DCNS have started a joint venture to build government agency ships to civil standards.

Navy receives MLP-1

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:31:42 -0400

SAN DIEGO, May 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has taken delivery of its first Mobile Landing Platform vessel for large-scale sea-to-shore logistics movement.

Navy gives B&W funding to procure nuclear reactor materials

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:15 -0400

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 17 (UPI) -- Babcock and Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group Inc. received a $366 million contract to procure nuclear reactor component materials for use in U.S. Navy vessels.

Australia issues RFT for radar development

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:49 -0400

CANBERRA, Australia, May 17 (UPI) -- Australia's CEA Technologies has received a Request for Tender for development of a High Power Phased Array Radar concept demonstrator.

India commissions first MiG-29K fighters

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:04:00 -0400

BANGALORE, India, May 17 (UPI) -- India has commissioned the navy's first squadron of 16 MiG-29K fighters to be operated from a forthcoming aircraft carrier.

Oman, Qatar seek FMS deals

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:20:47 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Two U.S. allies in the Middle East are seeking to purchase Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Systems in deals worth $210 million.

B-2 SATCOM system development moves ahead

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:01:57 -0400

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- Successful end-to-end ground testing of a satellite communications system for U.S. B-2 bombers has been completed by Northrop Grumman.

SAIC joins Homeland Security cyber program

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:55:42 -0400

MCLEAN, Va., May 16 (UPI) -- Science Applications International Corp. is joining the roster of companies involved in a program to protect U.S. infrastructure against cyber threats.

DRS continues work on USCG aircraft

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:43:55 -0400

ARLINGTON, Va., May 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has given a new contract to DRS Technologies Inc. to continue MRO work on its C-130 aircraft.

Northrop touts SABR for F-16s

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:39:57 -0400

BALTIMORE, May 16 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman is bannering the all-environment precision targeting capability that its Scalable Agile Beam Radar brings to F-16 fighters.

Carrier-based unmanned jet launch set to open new markets

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:10:17 -0400

WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's launch of a carrier-based unmanned aircraft opens new markets for defense industries as the catapult-driven flight is celebrated across the sector as a milestone event.

5D Robotics increases work space

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:36:36 -0400

SAN DIEGO, May 16 (UPI) -- Robotics software company 5D Robotics Inc. has expanded its operations in California with new office and robotic research and development bay.

Lockheed aids FBI identification capabilities

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:13:58 -0400

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 16 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin says it has delivered new biometric capabilities to the FBI for crime solving.

India receives first Poseidon form Boeing

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:49:24 -0400

SEATTLE, May 16 (UPI) -- India has received the first of eight P-8I Poseidon long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft from Boeing of the United States.