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Harris Corporation has opened a new office at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama to support the communications and information technology needs of a diverse range of US Army programmes. The Huntsville site is the fourth new Harris office opened in 2011 in direct support of U.S. Army requirements. The
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Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, California, is being awarded an $18,650,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services in support of the deployment of the MQ-8B vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle. Work will be performed in Afghanistan (90 percent) and Patuxent River, Maryland (10
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United Technologies (UTC) has agreed to buy Goodrich for $18.4 billion, subject to regulatory approvals. UTC expects the combined company to have worldwide sales of approximately $66 billion, based on its projected 2011 results. The purchase would result in increased scale, financial strength and complementary products, strengthening the company&
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Wyle Laboratories, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, is being awarded a $44,953,376 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity requirements contract.The contract is to provide development of reliability improvement processes and successful implementation to enhance readiness while reducing life-cycle costs for unmanned aerial systems programs utilizing reliability, maintainability, quality, supporting ability, and interoperability
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The Korean Government may abandon a plan to buy Global Hawks because their price is way higher than the budget. The government and military have aggressively pushed to buy the Global Hawk since 2005 to build up South Korea's own reconnaissance capabilities in preparation for the handover of
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AeroVironment, Inc. announced yesterday that it received a $6,874,175 firm-fixed-price order from the US Air Force under an existing contract with the US Army. The order comprises new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems and initial spares packages. The systems and spares packages are scheduled for delivery within
Aircraft Propulsion & Energy
Wireless Power Beaming Company LaserMotive, Inc. of Kent, Washington has secured investment funds from Space Angels Network, a national network of seed‐and early‐stage investors focused on aerospace‐related ventures, led by Brad Fleury, a Space Angels Network member and Director of Edge Consulting. LaserMotive is an independent R&
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The US Naval Air Systems Command seeks proposals for research support in developing innovative solutions for the Maritime and Littoral Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission requirements. The Medium Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System (MRMUAS) will be a Multi-Intelligence (MultiINT), reconfigurable platform capable of operating from all air-capable ships. Concepts
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Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), visited Sweden and Saab. Nine Indian companies operating in the defence sector visited Sweden in order to meet the Swedish defence industry. The Swedish Security and Defence Industry Association (SOFF) hosted the visit together with Saab, with a focus on business-to-business meetings between participating Indian
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Lockheed Martin just released this video celebrating 60 years of production at its Plant at Marietta, near Atlanta, Georgia. Source: YouTube
Applications & Testing & Experience
General Dynamics Information Technology has been selected by the US Air Force Research Laboratory as an awardee for the Manufacturing Technologies for Remotely Piloted Vehicles Contract. The five-year, multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a total potential value of $45 million among all awardees. General Dynamics will develop new
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European aerospace conglomerate EADS will not take part in the French-British Telemos UAS programme, which it is competing against with its own Talarion, a spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. "We are prepared to compete with Talarion... which is five years of work ahead of any European competitor, the spokesman