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First Deployable Instrument Landing System Used Overseas

The Deployable Instrument Landing System (D-ILS) has been delivered outside the United States to Osan, Korea, to assist pilots in precision landing on damaged or temporary airfields, or in austere conditions

Jun 17, 2021
Triumph to Support Boeing Vertical Lift Sustainment Depot Program

Triumph will provide repair and overhaul services for Boeing’s AH-64 Apache combat helicopter engine-driven pumps, to ensure continued supply of hydraulic power to critical flight controls and utility functions on the aircraft

Jun 17, 2021
XACT Night Vision Goggles for U.K. Armed Forces

Elbit Systems will supply the Armed Forces with lightweight micro-binocular XACT nv33 Night Vision Goggles designed to improve mission efficiency during dark conditions and enable safe, off-road vehicle driving without headlights

Jun 17, 2021
New Communications Systems for Italian Coast Guard

Rohde & Schwarz will equip the Italian Coast Guard’s Natale De Grazia vessel with its SOVERON M3SR Series4100 high frequency radios to enable effective exchange of information with the shore and other vessels

Jun 17, 2021
USSOCOM Advances Leidos’ Bronco II Aircraft to Next Phase Fly-off

USSOCOM has selected Leidos as the prime contractor to compete for the final phase of the Armed Overwatch aircraft prototype program where its Bronco II aircraft will advance to the Phase III Operational Prototype Demonstration fly-off

Jun 17, 2021
MQ-25 Conducts First Unmanned Aerial Refueling

The U.S. Navy has conducted the first-ever aerial refueling of a manned aircraft by a Boeing MQ-25 unmanned tanker to demonstrate that the MQ-25 can use the Navy’s standard probe-and-drogue aerial refueling method

Jun 17, 2021
Video Footage Shows Vita Rescue System Outperforms Legacy 3:1

Demonstrations of the two side-by-side Black Hawks shows that the helicopter with the Vita Rescue System has clear advantage over the traditional system, resulting in faster, more efficient field rescues, easy dynamic hoist, and reduced hover time

Jun 17, 2021
Launch System & Arresting Gear Reach New Milestone Aboard CVN 78

The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear system from General Atomics have achieved the U.S. Navy’s target of 8,000 successful launches and recoveries aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

Jun 16, 2021
FN America Wins U.S. Army Contract for M240 Machine Guns

The U.S. Army will receive FN’s M240 series machine gun variants and spare receivers in a firm-fixed-price contract awarded through 2026

Jun 16, 2021
HENSOLDT to Upgrade COBRA Artillery Location Radars

HENSOLDT will replace the COBRA Radar Environment Simulator, the key element for testing and verifying the COBRA radar performance in a laboratory environment

Jun 16, 2021
Austal USA to Design New T-ATS for U.S. Navy

Austal USA will design the new Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship (T-ATS) with multi-mission capability to support a variety of towing, salvage, search and rescue, oil spill response, humanitarian assistance and surveillance activities

Jun 16, 2021
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