Jay Clemens

BAE Systems has been selected to test and verify the Active Protection Systems installed aboard the Netherlands’ CV90 infantry fighting vehicles. The system comprises countermeasures designed to intercept rocket-propelled grenades, anti-tank missiles and other threats in order to protect crewmembers and the vehicle, BAE Systems said Friday. BAE Systems will also lead the integration of […] More

Both Lockheed Martin and Saab have offered to build the next generation of fighter jets for India’s military forces as the nation seeks to retire its legacy combat fleet, International Business Times reported Monday. Aditya Bhat writes Lockheed Martin’s F-16 Falcon Block 70 and Saab’s Gripen E fighter aircraft are now among the potential candidates […] More

Lockheed Martin’s aeronautics business has received a $14.9 million contract modification to maintain the training system for the U.S. Air Force’s for F-22 aircraft. The Defense Department said Friday that Lockheed will modify system hardware and manage distributed mission operations as part of the F-22 sustainment trainer requirements. Lockheed will perform work at Langley Air […] More

The Energy Department has invested $40 million in the development and construction of an open-water, grid-connected national wave energy testing facility in Newport, Oregon. DOE said Wednesday the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University will build the wave energy testing facility and help develop new wave energy technologies to harness wave […] More

Janus Global Operations has identified and destroyed 1,246 landmines and other unexploded ordnance in support of the Iraqi-Kurdistan Mine Action Agency’s demining project in Kurdistan, Iraq. JGO said Thursday its explosives detection teams under the Sterling Global Operations unit conducted the demining task in the Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah provinces of Kurdistan. The company added the […] More

Technavio has released a new report that indicates the global military vertical take-off and landing aircraft market will reach a compound annual growth rate of nearly 4 percent from 2016 through 2020. Technavio said Wednesday the market is segmented into military powered-lift VTOL aircraft and military rotorcraft VTOL aircraft market, with the former accounting for […] More

Orbit International Corp.’s electronics group has been awarded a $1.23 million order to produce an MK 119 gun computer system cabinet and related spare parts for a U.S. government client. The company said Tuesday it will manufacture the cabinets at its Louisville, Kentucky-based integrated combat systems division and ship the units in the third quarter […] More

Raytheon has received a potential 10-year, $63 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manufacture encryption devices in an effort to help protect military tactical data transmissions across various platforms. The Navy intends for the Link Level Communication Security 7M encryptor to secure the Link 22 tactical radio system the U.S. military and allies use to […] More

Orbital ATK has demonstrated the first type of its Zombie Pathfinder short-range ballistic missile target designed for future interceptor tests of the U.S. Army. The company said Tuesday it launched the Zombie Pathfinder guided target from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to test the updated single stage model. Orbital ATK’s technical services […] More