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Raytheon Completes Successful Intercept Tests for Future Combat Systems Active Protection System

MCKINNEY -- Raytheon Company, working in partnership with the Army, the Future Combat Systems Lead Systems Integration team of Boeing and Science Applications International, and BAE Systems, has passed a major milestone by completing successful stationary and moving target intercept tests for the FCS Active Protection System (APS).

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Lightweight .50-Caliber: Lethality At Half The Weight

FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- As Soldiers training for combat look to lighten their load, they can look forward to the Lightweight .50-Caliber Machine Gun.

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BAE Syatems Unveils Simpler, More Capable Hybrid Ppropupsion System

SAN DIEGO, California — BAE Systems today introduced an improved version of its hybrid propulsion system that can be used on multiple bus platforms, is mechanically simpler, reduces maintenance costs, and makes possible the use of electric accessories.

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U.S. Army Completes Production of First Non Line of Sight-Cannon Prototype

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Army’s Future Combat Systems (FCS) Program successfully completed full prototype integration of the first FCS Manned Ground Vehicle (MGV) Non Line of Sight-Cannon (NLOS-C).

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U.S. Department of Defense to Select Competitors Next Month for $40 Billion Program

RESTON, Va. and OSHKOSH, Wis., May 30, 2008 -- The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) family of vehicles offered by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Oshkosh Corporation features diesel-electric drive, a unique approach that provides more power, enables higher performance, provides better protection and is easier to maintain.

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Northrop Grumman and the University of Central Florida Join Forces to Develop Next-Generation Optic and Photonic Technologies

LINTHICUM, Md. -- Northrop Grumman Corporation has further strengthened its long-standing relationship with the University of Central Florida by forming a strategic research partnership aimed at facilitating the co-development of advanced optic and photonic technologies.

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Computerized Combat Glove

A new glove lets soldiers operate wearable computers while still holding their weapons.

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Future Looks Bright for Non-Line of Sight

The Non-Line of Sight Launch System has completed the first of multiple summer tests at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., meeting all mission requirements and proving NLOS-LS is a weapon of choice for the Army of tomorrow.

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DRS Technologies Receives $101 Million Five-Year Contract for Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System Subassemblies

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-- DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an initial order of $36.4 million on a five-year contract with a projected minimum value of approximately $101 million to produce critical subassemblies for the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3) program.

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Synthetic Demonstration Develops Unmanned Vehicle Command Capability

New Malden, UK -- BAE Systems has shown, for the first time, how multiple unmanned air and land vehicles can work under the command of a number of battlefield commanders to deliver vital reconnaissance and surveillance information to front-line troops.

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Lockheed Martin Awarded UK Ministry of Defense LEAPP Contract

UK military commanders on the ground are set to benefit from a new system that will increase their ability to counter attacks from air threats and reduce friendly-fire incidents.

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BAE Systems’ Non-Line-Of-Sight Cannon Fires 1,000th Round

YUMA, Arizona -- BAE Systems recently fired the 1,000th round from the Future Combat Systems’ Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Cannon firing platform.

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Northrop Grumman and University of Illinois Researchers Make History With All-Carbon Nanotube Radio

BALTIMORE -- Northrop Grumman Corporation and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created the first fully-functional, all-carbon nanotube transistor radio, demonstrating that carbon nanotubes can be used as high-speed transistors, while consuming only one-thousandth the power required by current transistor technology.

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QinetiQ team helps develop test for ‘over-roofing’ structure to protect against indirect fire mortar and rocket attacks

QinetiQ’s force protection engineering team took just 10 weeks to establish and deliver a method of testing over-roofing structures for protection of UK forces against indirect fire mortar and rocket attacks in Iraq – currently a daily occurrence in camps across the country.

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120mm Ammunition Handling System Demonstrated

IRVINE, 17 December 2007—A major subsystem of the Future Combat Systems` Manned Ground Vehicles was put through its paces on December 4, 2007, at Meggitt Defense Systems` Irvine headquarters before representatives of the Army, General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), the FCS Lead Systems Integrator team of Boeing and SAIC, PM-Main Armament Systems, ARDEC, Alliant TechSystems, and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems.