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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
GA-ASI to Update Italian Air Force MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft

This mid-life modernization will update the aircraft to Block 5 configuration to include increased electrical power capability, improved landing gear and the latest versions of the GA-ASI Lynx Multi-mode Radar and Raytheon Electro-Optical sensors

Jun 16, 2021
Dynetics Unveils Ground-Based Weapon System for U.S. Army

Enduring Shield from Dynetics is a mobile ground-based weapon system that offers a 360-degree envelope with the ability to engage multiple targets simultaneously to defend against airborne threats

Jun 15, 2021
Croatia Selects the Rafale Fighter Jet to Upgrade Air Force

Croatia will buy 12 secondhand Dassault Rafale fighter jets from France to modernize its air force, including fleet support and training

Jun 15, 2021
DARPA Tests Autonomous Counter-Drone Technology with New X Band Radar

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tested its autonomous counter-drone system that can neutralize adversary drones using an X band radar that automatically senses and identifies unmanned aerial system threats

Jun 15, 2021
LookingGlass to Optimize Threat Hunt Operations for U.S. DoD

LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to support efforts to improve the mission effectiveness of U.S. military cyber threat analysts and operators

Jun 15, 2021
Curtiss-Wright to Upgrade U.S. Navy’s Sikorsky Helicopter Computer Systems

Curtiss-Wright will provide Modular Open-Systems Approach (MOSA) computers and video processing modules to bring advanced display graphics capabilities to the Sikorsky MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters

Jun 15, 2021
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