Aerospace-Defense News

Armored-vehicle maker Force Protection Inc. said Wednesday it was disappointed about not being picked for a Pentagon contract valued at more than $1 billion but stressed its growth prospects are not dependent on that deal.

Meet the "wonder weapon" that could have won the war for Hitler. Called the Horten 229, the radical "flying wing" fighter-bomber looked and acted a lot like the U.S. Air Force's current B-2 a ' right down to the "stealth" radar-evading characteristics.

ORBCOMM Inc. , a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine communications, today announced that Brian Bell has joined ORBCOMM as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Northrop Grumman Corporation completed initial sea trials of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson yesterday.

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General Dynamics reports its Armament and Technical Products unit has landed $10 million from the U.S. Army to produce grenade machine guns.

A spokesperson for Vought Aircraft Industries refused to respond to industry reports that the companya s plant in North Charleston might soon be acquired by Boeing Co.

WorldView-2, the first commercial high-resolution 8-band multi-spectral satellite, scheduled to launch October 6th Longmont, Colo., June 30, 2009 - DigitalGlobe , a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery products and services, today announced that its WorldView-2 high-resolution 8-band multi-spectral satellite is ...

The U.S. Justice Department has intervened in a so-called "whistleblower" lawsuit that accuses several companies and former government employees of rigging a winning bid on a $3.2 billion computer contract at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

A North Kingstown man has died while working at the Electric Boat Corporation manufacturing plant.

A EUROPEAN rocket on Wednesday placed the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite into geostationary orbit, launch operator Arianespace said.

Oshkosh Corp. was the "clear winner" in a multibillion-dollar competition to build new blast resistant, off-road vehicles for ground forces in Afghanistan and any protests of the award likely will be defeated, a top Marine Corps official said Wednesday.

Boeing is set to announce its intention to acquire the 787 operations currently run by Vought Aircraft Industries in North Charleston, SC in a major shake up of the supply chain for its new flagship product.

Northrop Grumman is preparing to turn over to the Navy later this summer to newest guided missile destroyer.

The world's largest commercial satellite was launched into space Wednesday, with a mission to provide phone service to cellular "dead zones" in North America.

AM General is hoping it lands some new work between now and the end of the year.

Anheuser-Busch InBev says it will sell four U.S. packaging plants to Ball Corporation for $577 million to help pay off debt.

When Jerry Huben began working for Northrop Aircraft Co. in 1941, the starting pay for a factory worker was 65 cents an hour and engineers armed with slide rules designed airplanes on a drafting board.

Defence technology company Metal Storm Ltd has been awarded a development project worth $US514,700 with the US Army to increase the battle effectiveness of certain warheads.

Lockheed Martin Corp. 's Orlando missiles unit said Tuesday it has delivered the first copy of its advanced weapons-targeting system for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z Cobra combat helicopter.