Monthly Archive: Luglio 2020

BAE Wins $33M for Long-Range Artillery Guidance System

BAE Wins $33M for Long-Range Artillery Guidance System

HUDSON, N.H. — BAE Systems has received a $33 million multi-year contract from the U.S. Army to further develop its Long Range Precision Guidance Kit (LR-PGK) for 155mm artillery shells, enabling the Army to conduct long range precision strikes in challenging electromagnetic environments.

LR-PG…

Aerojet Achieves Milestone on DARPA OpFires Program

Aerojet Achieves Milestone on DARPA OpFires Program

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully completed a second series of propulsion system tests in support of the Operational Fires (OpFires) program, a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effort to develop a ground-launched hypersonic missile for tactical use.

“We’re …

Marinette Marine Begins Construction of LCS 29

Marinette Marine Begins Construction of LCS 29

MARINETTE, Wis. — Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine marked the beginning of construction on Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 29, the future USS Beloit, with a ceremony in Marinette. As part of a ship-building tradition dating back centuries, a shipyard worker welded into the ship’s keel p…
Raytheon to Develop Prototype of Next-Gen Weather Satellite

Raytheon to Develop Prototype of Next-Gen Weather Satellite

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Raytheon Intelligence & Space will provide an initial prototype system design for the Next Generation Electro-Optical Infrared Weather Satellite for the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. The satellite will provide the Department of Defense with Theater Weath…
Royal Navy Rebuilds Key Ammunition Jetty in Scotland

Royal Navy Rebuilds Key Ammunition Jetty in Scotland

One of the Navy’s key ammunition facilities is being revamped to support the Fleet of tomorrow.

Royal Navy warships and Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships have made regular use of the remote jetty at Glenmallan in Scotland for the past half century.

The site on Loch Long – a couple of miles w…

BAE Forms Shipbuilding ‘Smart’ Partnership in Australia

BAE Forms Shipbuilding ‘Smart’ Partnership in Australia

A partnership involving industry and academia is to invest more than $4million in research to develop world-leading manufacturing technologies to the Hunter Class Frigate Program.

Australia’s Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), the University of South Australia (UniSA) a…

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