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Raytheon to create dismount detection radar systemEL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 4, 2012. Raytheon [NYSE: RTN] was awarded a $76.6 million cost-plus-incentive-fee cost reiumbursement contract to develop, design, build, test, integrate, certify and deliver four dismount detection radar systems (DDRS). |
Raytheon and US Navy complete JSOW C-1 developmental testingTUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 4, 2012. The U.S. Navy completed developmental testing (DT) of the Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Joint Standoff Weapon C-1. Developmental testing finished when the JSOW C-1 struck a moving ship target during the weapon's second flight test. |
Boeing starts production of F/A-18E/F distributed targeting systemST. LOUIS, Feb. 3, 2012. Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced that it has started production of the new Distributed Targeting System (DTS) for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter. |
Rugged PC/104 DC/DC power supplies for military applications introduced by WinSystemsARLINGTON, Texas, 3 Feb. 2012. WinSystems Inc. in Arlington, Texas, is introducing two rugged PC/104 wide-input-range DC/DC power supplies for military, transportation, pipeline, communications, and solar power applications. The input voltage range 10 to 50 volts DC so they can work with 12-, 24-, or 48-volt battery operated or distributed DC power systems. The standard output voltage for the PCM-DC-AT500 is 5 volts at 20 amps. |
Rugged COM embedded computing module for avionics applications introduced by MEN MicroAMBLER, Pa. 2 Feb. 2012. MEN Micro Inc. in Ambler, Pa., is introducing the semi-custom MM2 small computer-on-module (COM) with an application-specific carrier board and upgraded processor for use in industrial, harsh, mobile, and mission-critical environments in applications such as avionics, railway, agricultural and construction machines, medical engineering, and industrial automation. |
Getac B300 rugged mobile computer added to Air Force QEB programIRVINE, Calif., 1 Feb. 2012. The United States Air Force has, for its Quantum Enterprise Buy (QEB) program, selected the Getac B300 rugged notebook computer from Getac, maker of rugged computers for field-based applications, and NCS Technologies, a manufacturer of mission-specific computers and some Getac products under a licensing agreement. |
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force orders Northrop Grumman airborne laser mine detection systemsMELBOURNE, Fla., Feb. 4, 2012. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has purchased four helicopter-mountable, laser mine detection systems. |
Raytheon wins $38.1 million contract for missile defense systemDULLES, Va., Feb. 3, 2012. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $38.1 million contract to provide engineering support to the Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program for the Missile Defense Agency. |
Boeing to build 10 C-17 military cargo jets for India in $1.8 billion foreign military saleWRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 3 Feb. 2012. Aircraft manufacturers at the Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) Defense, Space & Security segment in Long Beach, Calif., will build 10 C-17 Globemaster III military cargo jets for the Indian Air Force in New Delhi, India, under terms of a $1.8 billion contract modification announced Thursday from the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The aircraft sale is part of the Foreign Military Sales program. |
Northrop Grumman wins contract for integration of battlefield airborne communications node on Global HawksSAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 2, 2012. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $47.2 million contract for the purchase and integration of two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two existing Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft. |
DRC selected for U.S. Air Force Design and Engineering Support Program contractANDOVER, Mass., Feb. 2, 2012. Dynamics Research Corporation (Nasdaq:DRCO) announced that it was selected by the Air Force as one of 26 awardees of the Design and Engineering Support Program (DESP) III contract. |
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