Office of Naval Research (ONR) together with F-35 Program Office, Naval Air Systems Command, GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems and Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory, has managed to automate the process of manufacturing the F-35 canopy.
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U.S. Army to upgrade Patriot fleet
Raytheon has received $71.7 million in contracts from the U.S. Army to upgrade the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System with the modernized Radar Digital Processor (RDP) and Modern Man Station (MMS).
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MEADS successfully tracked TBM
A Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) successfully acquired and tracked a Lance tactical ballistic missile (TBM) at White Sands Missile Range recently.
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Lockheed Martin gets Saudi Arabia order for two KC-130Js
Lockheed Martin has secured a Foreign Military Sale of two KC-130J tankers for Saudi Arabia. The Gulf state could potentially order 23 more C-130Js.
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First S-70i with HTAWS delivered to Colombia
Sikorsky has delivered to the Colombian Army two S-70i helicopters that have Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS) as standard equipment.
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