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Dylan Malyasov

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U.S. Air Force selects BAE Systems for Mercury Program to work with classified information

U.S. Air Force selects BAE Systems, a global leader in electronic warfare, for Mercury project which implies developing of new comprehensive Top Secret and security standard operating procedures. The Department of Defense announced on Friday an agreement worth...

Northrop Grumman to upgrade U.S. Air Force’s JSTARS surveillance planes

U.S. weapons maker Northrop Grumman Corp has been awarded a $495 million contract for the modernization and sustainment of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft, according to a recent Department of Defense news release. The...

U.S. Air Force orders more Boeing’s KC-46 multirole tankers

The U.S. Air Force has ordered additional KC-46A Pegasus multirole tankers, according to a statement issued Friday by the U.S. Department of Defense. The aviation giant Boeing has received a $2,6 billion Air Force contract modification for an...

Raytheon, Rheinmetall to tie up to offer new combat vehicle for U.S. Army’s OMFV competition

Raytheon Co., one of the world's largest defense contractors, is establishing a new venture to develop a new combat vehicle with Europian partner Rheinmetall Defence, seeking to catch up with rivals in an increasingly frenetic race to...

U.S. Army awards $281 million contract for newest air and missile defense radar

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp said on Friday it had got a $281 million order for developing the new Sentinel A4 radar system to replace ageing A3 version. According to a statement released by Lockheed Martin....

Bell teams with Collins Aerospace to develop next-gen attack reconnaissance aircraft

Famed U.S. helicopter maker Bell is teaming up with Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., on a project to develop the next-generation attack reconnaissance aircraft for the U.S. Army. Bell Textron Inc., said in a press...

MH-60S Seahawk helicopter receives first redesigned gunner seats

The U.S. Navy's primary submarine hunter and anti-surface warfare helicopter, the MH-60R Sea Hawk has received the first two redesigned gunner seats, according to a Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) news release. The new redesigned MH-60S Seahawk gunner...

U.S Army tests transportation methods to deliver blood plasma onto the battlefield

The U. S. Army recently began testing new transportation methods to deliver freeze dried plasma, or FDP, onto the battlefield, according to a recent service news release. The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, along with a partner...