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Boeing Laser Systems Destroy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Tests The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] in May demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to perform a unique mission: track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). During the U.S. Air Force-sponsored tests at...

GE, Rolls to redesign part of F-35 engine Link General Electric Co and Rolls-Royce Group PLC said on Monday they will redesign a small part of the alternate F-35 fighter engine they are developing, after a nut came loose during testing. Rick Kennedy, a GE spokesman, told Reuters the...

U.S. Senate votes to fund F-35 alternate engine Link The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved $560 million to continue work on an alternate F-35 engine built by General Electric Co. and Rolls-Royce Group Plc. , defying a White House veto threat. The legislation now heads to the White House...

Lockheed Dangles F-35 Work For S. Korea Link South Korean companies could bid for work on the Lockheed Martin F-35 if the country orders the stealth fighter, even though suppliers for the airframe were chosen years ago, the U.S. manufacturer says. As production builds up turning out one...

Link Ospreys will head to Afghanistan in coming weeks Defense Secretary Robert Gates has approved the first deployment to Afghanistan of a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft squadron, according to a Pentagon announcement.The deployment comes on the heels of a request from Gen...

Bell Helicopter sued in $3.6M dispute by Lockheed Martin Link Lockheed Martin Corp. is taking Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. to court in a contract dispute valued at about $3.6 million, according to court documents. The suit, filed last week in federal district court in Fort Worth...

defence.professionals | defpro.com U.S. Air Force officials release Predator accident report Predator flying a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom lost contact with its ground control station and presumably crashed in a forward operating area May 13, according to an Air...

BAE Systems to Deliver Identification-Friend-or-Foe Systems to U.S. Navy and Army defence.professionals | defpro.com 06:31 GMT, September 22, 2009 GREENLAWN, New York | BAE Systems will provide identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) digital transponders, upgrade kits, and spares to the U.S...

Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy Sets World Aviation Records defence.professionals | defpro.com 06:59 GMT, September 16, 2009 DOVER AFB, Del. | A joint U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) flight crew flying a C-5M Super Galaxy strategic transport claimed 41 world aeronautical...

defence.professionals | defpro.com U.S. Air Force officals reveal criteria for basing of F-35 joint strike fighters 07:59 GMT, September 18, 2009 WASHINGTON | After extensive internal review, Air Force officials released Sept. 17 their basing criteria that will be used to determine...

Company to Provide Engineering and Technical Support for Autonomous Undersea Vehicles defence.professionals | defpro.com 08:02 GMT, September 18, 2009 SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va. | Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has been awarded a prime...

U.S. Joint-Service Aircraft Countermeasure Effectiveness Testing Held at Holloman AFB defence.professionals | defpro.com 19:59 GMT, September 18, 2009 HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. | Army, Navy and Marine Corps officials recently conducted a multiplatform countermeasure effectiveness...

United States DoD contracts for September 18, 2009 defence.professionals | defpro.com DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Supplycore, Inc., Rockford, Ill.* is being awarded a maximum $525,000,000 Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO), indefinite quantity and indefinite delivery contract for...

defence.professionals | defpro.com MDAA: New Missile Defense Plan Puts at Risk Defense of Eastern, Southeastern U.S. WASHINGTON | Riki Ellison, President and Chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA - Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance) details his thoughts on the new...

USNS Safeguard Completes First Navy Voyage Repairs in Vietnam defence.professionals | defpro.com USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50) transited down the Saigon River on Sept. 12, quietly making history as the first U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command ship to utilize a Vietnamese shipyard for voyage...

USAF adds IRST pod for F-15s USAF adds IRST pod for F-15s IDRW.ORG The US Air Force has revealed plans to purchase and integrate 100 infrared search and track (IRST) pods for its Boeing F-15C/D fleet, the latest addition to a $3 billion portfolio of upgrades since 2000 for the dwindling...