Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Combat System Showcases Integrated Air and Missile Defense Capabilities

May 17th, 2012

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MOORESTOWN, N.J., May 16, 2012 – Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] Aegis Combat System recently demonstrated simultaneous anti-air warfare and ballistic missile defense capabilities during its first integrated air and missile defense test.

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General Dynamics Unveils New Medium-caliber Machine Gun at Joint Armaments Conference in Seattle

May 16th, 2012

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Lightweight Medium Machine Gun (LWMMG) will be on display May 15 – 17.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today unveiled a next-generation Lightweight Medium Machine Gun (LWMMG) at the Joint Armaments Conference in Seattle, Wash.

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Lockheed Martin’s New Standalone Launching System Significantly Reduces Weapons Integration Costs

May 15th, 2012

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During a recent test in Australia, Lockheed Martin’s Extensible Launching System (ExLS) successfully demonstrated its ability to launch missiles or munitions regardless of whether or not a ship is equipped with a vertical launching system.

CANBERRA, Australia, May 14, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully demonstrated the latest variant of its new launching system that maximizes the use of existing hardware and electronics to reduce the integration costs of weapons by more than 50 percent.

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Northrop Grumman Awarded $103 Million Naval Air Systems Command Contract for LITENING G4 Targeting Pods

May 14th, 2012

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LITENING G4 is Part of the LITENING Family, Which Has Achieved More Than 1.5 Million Flight Hours

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., May 14, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a delivery order by the Naval Air Systems Command totaling $103 million to deliver LITENING G4 targeting systems.

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Lockheed Martin’s DAGR Successfully Engages Moving Target In Apache Demonstration

May 8th, 2012

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The 2.75-inch (70mm) DAGR guided rocket is a precision-strike munition that effectively neutralizes lightly-armored vehicles, rooms within a structure and other high-value targets. DAGR offers strike capability with the reliability of a HELLFIRE® II when increased loadout or reduced weight is a must.

Orlando, Fla., May 8, 2012 – Lockheed Martin’s Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) successfully tracked and engaged a moving target in a recent demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.

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This week on Warfare!

May 3rd, 2012

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We had a fantastic response to the launch of our new website last month; an impressive number of visitors to the site, taking the time to have a good look around the new format, a surge of new fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter and lots of really positive feedback letting us know that the new set up is much easier to use, which was our hope for the new Warfare. One of the handy things about being accessible via mobile devices is that you can read an article or catch up on the news if you have a spare few minutes, rather than loading up an entire magazine. However, if you do get interrupted mid-article, Warfare will remember where you got to on the page and save your place for when you are ready to continue reading. Helpful!

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General Dynamics and STAR Dynamics Demonstrate New Radar with Unprecedented In-flight Tracking and Test Data

May 2nd, 2012

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Breakthrough radar technology enables one XSTAR radar system to simultaneously track multiple objects in-flight, with higher accuracy than today’s instrumentation radar systems.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –General Dynamics C4 Systems and STAR Dynamics Corporation recently demonstrated an XSTAR(TM) instrumentation radar system’s ability to track the launch and flight of a multi-stage test missile. With unprecedented detail, the highly accurate tracking information captured and recorded by the XSTAR system is critical to engineers, scientists and others responsible for developing and testing airborne products and weapons systems traveling at very high speeds, including munitions, rockets, missiles, bombs and aircraft.

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Boeing Provides 1st Tactical Cross-domain Capabilities for Predator/Reaper RPV

May 1st, 2012

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eXMeritus HardwareWall technology delivered to General Atomics improves secure access to videos and imagery

ARLINGTON, Va., May 1, 2012 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] has completed the first delivery of its tactical cross-domain technology, eXMeritus HardwareWall, to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for integration into the Ground Control Station (GCS) of the Predator/Reaper Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV). The delivery is part of a contract from GA-ASI that includes additional deliveries of HardwareWall and associated information assurance and engineering support.

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NIITEK awarded multi-year HMDS contract

May 1st, 2012

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Chemring Group PLC (“Chemring”) is pleased to announce that its US subsidiary, Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology, Inc. (“NIITEK”), has been awarded a sole source US Army Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (“IDIQ”) contract for the Ground Penetrating Radar (“GPR”) Husky Mounted Detection System (“HMDS”). The IDIQ has a ceiling of $579 million, with an initial order of $161 million. This contract provides the US Army the ability to procure spares and replacement systems to replenish theatre sustainment stock. Additionally, this contract will serve future system requirements for the US Army, the US Marine Corps, and potential Foreign Military Sales.

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U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $391 Million for Counterfire Radar Production

April 30th, 2012

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SYRACUSE, N.Y., April 30, 2012 – The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] $391 million in production orders for a new radar system that provides soldiers with enhanced 360-degree protection from rocket, mortar and artillery fire.

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