STENNIS, Miss., 26 May, 2012. Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received the core structure for the U.S. Air Force’s fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-4).

MELBOURNE, Fla., 24 May 2012. Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) testbed aircraft, equipped with a new JT-8D propulsion system, has successfully completed flight testing and moved one step closer to receiving its Military Airworthiness Certification.

SEATTLE, 24 May 2012. The Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., has selected Boeing [NYSE: BA] to develop a design that modernizes the flight deck and avionics of the U.S. and NATO E-3 707 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft fleet.

TAMPA, Fla., 23 May 2012. AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) has unveiled its Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system (UAS). U.S. Air Force officials issued a $2,447,949 order for AeroVironment’s Wasp AE systems under the Battlefield Air Targeting Micro Air Vehicle (BATMAV) program.

MADRID, Spain, 23 May 2012. The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) has chosen to acquire eight Airbus C-295 aircraft, five of them configured as tactical transports and three as maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). They will be delivered starting in 2013.

AVIONICS INTELLIGENCE REPORT, 22 May 2012. As the newly appointed conference director for Avionics Europe, Courtney E. Howard is happy to issue a call for papers for the 2013 event, to be held in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 20th and 21st. Avionics Europe is a premier conference and exhibition delivering strategic and technical information to civil and defense avionics engineers, executives, and academics.

MANASSAS, Va., 22 May, 2012. The Naval Sea Systems Command in Washingtonm D.C., has selected Lockheed Martin to develop and produce the acoustic rapid commercial-off-the-shelf insertion (ARCI) sonar systems and common acoustics processing for technology insertions 12 through 14 for the U.S Navy submarine fleet and potential foreign sales.

CHICAGO, 21 May 2012. Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) has signed a $1.7 billion (euro 1.2 billion) contract for NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system, a major data source for NATO's system for Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (JISR). The contract provides for the purchase and initial operation and maintenance of five Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with an advanced ground surveillance radar sensor, the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP).

EGLIN AFB, Fla., 20 May 2012. Engineers at the Raytheon Co. Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., are moving ahead with a project to deploy a small missile called Griffin on unmanned aerial vehicles, ground vehicles, surface ships, and utility aircraft with an $85 million U.S. Air Force contract awarded Friday for Raytheon to build 22 all-up Griffin missiles and 43 telemetry rounds for Griffin tests.

LONG BEACH, Calif., 19 May 2012. Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the United Kingdom's eighth C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) today at the company's final assembly facility in Long Beach.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., 19 May 2012. The U.S. Navy will be upgrading shipboard defense systems. Raytheon Co. (NYSE: RTN) has been selected to upgrade nine Phalanx close-in weapon systems and manufacture two SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense systems.

NASHUA, N.H., 18 May 2012. Military & Aerospace Electronics today is unveiling its iPhone app for Military & Aerospace Electronics online content, which is updated daily, seven days a week. With the new iPhone app, readers can access the latest content posted to the Military & Aerospace Electronics Website at www.militaryaerospace.com, as well as view the latest videos, easily and in a format convenient to the iPhone screen.

NEW YORK, N.Y., 18 May 2012. the Commonwealth of Australia has selected L-3 Communications Inc. (NYSE: LLL), a provider of C4ISR systems, to provide the C-27J Spartan for the country’s battlefield airlifter program.

MOORESTOWN, N.J., 18 May 2012. Lockheed Martin Corp.'s [NYSE: LMT] Aegis combat system demonstrated simultaneous anti-air warfare and ballistic missile defense (BMD) capabilities during its first integrated air and missile defense test.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., 17 May 2012. Rockwell Collins has selected the INTEGRITY-178B tuMP multicore operating system by Green Hills Software, a provider of high assurance operating systems, for use in their mission computer for the RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

PORTLAND, Ore., 16 May 2012. the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has given SRC approval for the installation and operation of the Max-Viz, Inc., a designer of enhanced vision systems, EVS-1500 infrared enhanced vision system on several Eurocopter twin-engine helicopter models.

THE MIL & AERO VIDEO BLOG, 15 May 2012. Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are prodding industry to find ways of providing on-demand satellite photos of the forward edge of battlefields quickly and at a price competitive with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as John Keller reports this week in the Mil & Aero video blog.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., 15 May 2012. The NexGen Infrared missile warning system (MWS), a system Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) designed, built and tested protection system for C-17, EC-130J, HC/MC-130J and other Air Force aircraft, was authorized for full rate production by the U.S. Air Force.

BILLERICA, Mass., 14 May 2012. GE Intelligent Platforms in Huntsville, Ala., is establishing a High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) Center of Excellence (CoE) at the company's advanced software development center in Billerica, Mass. The company's HPEC CoE will focus powerful, flexible intelligent systems for military and aerospace embedded computing, company officials say.