US Army

  PARIS. The US Army is retrofitting Stinger® missiles, produced by Raytheon Company, with proximity fuzes to help counter the growing threat of enemy unmanned aircraft systems. The enhancement enables the lightweight, self-contained Stinger air defense system to destroy...

ROCKET CENTER, W.Va. Raytheon Company completed a successful static test of the new DeepStrike® missile rocket motor, which moved the advanced, surface-to-surface weapon closer to its maiden flight test later this year. Raytheon’s new DeepStrike®...

  DALLAS. The US Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $362 million contract to recapitalize 50 of the US Army's Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers. The US Army's MLRS recapitalization effort will eventually upgrade its existing...

  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. The Sikorsky-Boeing SB>1 DEFIANT™ helicopter achieved first flight at Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, Fla., site on March 21. This revolutionary aircraft, developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company , and...

  NEW DELHI. On the official visit to India, General Raymond Thomas, Commander US Special Operations Command, US Army, called on the Army Chief General Bipin Rawat. Both the Generals deliberated on the developing regional...

  WALTHAM, Massachusetts. Raytheon Company was awarded the following contract as announced by the Department of Defense on December 28, 2018. Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Fullerton, California, was awarded a $51,901,116 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement...

  LONDON. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc, the leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, electro-optic and related mission systems, hosted an Industry Showcase today to recognize UK companies that are contributing to operational...

  PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Boeing will upgrade all 17 of Spain’s CH-47D Chinook helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features such as the digital automatic flight control system, common avionics architecture system and advanced cargo handling...

ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin received a $6.9 million award from the US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) to enhance the ONYX™ exoskeleton for future soldier demonstrations. ONYX is a powered, lower-body exoskeleton with artificial...

AKRON, Ohio. Lockheed Martin completed the successful integration of a Telephonics RDR-1700B radar onto a 74K aerostat for land and sea missions. This latest milestone follows Lockheed Martin’s successful integration of various payloads including...

BUCHAREST, Romania. The Romanian government has signed an agreement with the US Army and transferred funding to the US government for the purchase of three additional Raytheon Patriot® Air and Missile Defense Systems from...

TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts. The US Army awarded Raytheon Company a $191 million contract for Ku-band radio frequency radars. KuRFS, an advanced electronically scanned array system, fills an immediate US Army operational need for a counter-unmanned...

  LOCKHEED MARTIN, in partnership with Saab, has received a change order to the Vehicle Tactical Engagement Simulation System (VTESS) contract awarded in July 2017 to provide modernized VTESS code for the US Army. The...