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Rocket Lab to launch space situational awareness mission

WIL BALDWIN January 8, 2024

Long Beach, California. January 08, 2024 – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has set the launch window for its first mission of…

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Northrop Grumman Solid Rocket Boosters aid first ULA Vulcan Rocket launch

WIL BALDWIN January 8, 2024

Magna, Utah, January 8, 2024 – Two of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) extended length, 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) solid rocket boosters helped power the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan…

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NSPA awards COMLOG new Patriot missiles contract

WIL BALDWIN January 3, 2024

Luxembourg, January 3, 2024, PRNewswire - The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded COMLOG, a joint venture between Raytheon, an RTX business (NYSE: RTX), and MBDA, their first contract under the European Sky…

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Saab receives order from NATO for RBS 70 Bolide missiles

WIL BALDWIN December 23, 2023

SAAB AB ser. B (London: 0GWL) has received an order for RBS 70 Bolide missiles from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The order value amounts to SEK 350 million and deliveries will take…

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Spain orders 16 Airbus C295 for Maritime Patrol and Surveillance

WIL BALDWIN December 20, 2023

Getafe, Spain, December 20, 2023 – The Spanish Ministry of Defence has ordered 16 Airbus Group SE (Paris: AIR) C295 aircraft in Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) configuration and Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) configuration. The contract amounts…

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U.S. Navy awards RTX $80 million advanced electronic warfare contract

WIL BALDWIN December 19, 2023

Goleta, California, December 19, 2023, PRNewswire - The United States Navy awarded Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) Business, an $80 million contract in a down select to prototype Advanced Electronic Warfare, or ADVEW, for the…

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Second successful live fire for RTX Raytheon Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense Sensor

WIL BALDWIN December 13, 2023

White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, December 13, 2023, PRNewswire - Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, completed another successful live-fire demonstration of the advanced, 360-degree Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, known as…

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Belgium And Lockheed Martin Celebrate Rollout Of First F-35A

WIL BALDWIN December 11, 2023

Fort Worth, Texas, December 10, 2023, PRNewswire - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) presented Belgium'sfirst F-35A Lightning II to the Belgian government during a rollout ceremony at Lockheed Martin's F-35 production facility. This event marks a…

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RTX interceptor test successfully defeats ballistic missile target

WIL BALDWIN December 11, 2023

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- An Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, developed by Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, successfully destroyed an Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile during a recent test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System.…

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Successful live fire demo clears path for Spike NLOS airworthiness release

WIL BALDWIN December 7, 2023

Yuma, Arizona, December 7, 2023 – Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) successfully fired eight Spike NLOS all up rounds (AURs) over the course of five days from the U.S. Apache Echo Model V6 at Yuma…