WAR, INC. 1.0: Commerce is booming, just like bombs.

Last year, there were 53,000 U.S. contractors working for the Pentagon in the Middle East, 50% more than the 35,000 U.S. troops they were there to support. That shift to contractors—there was a 1-to-1 ratio in Iraq at the height of that …

NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD — USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) July 7 for an Extended Carrier Incremental Availability.

Coming off a seven-month deployment, Truman now joins USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) as the second carrier on the NNSY waterfront. If the Bush’s…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) system has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) as the interim command and control system for future Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS) procurements.

The decision…

HAIFA, Israel — Elbit Systems is expanding the operational capabilities of the Seagull Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) beyond Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Mines Countermeasure (MCM).

Trials conducted in recent weeks were dedicated to the integration of a mini-Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), on…

MONTREAL — Today at the CAE OneWorld virtual conference and tradeshow, CAE announced that BAE Systems has selected the CAE Medallion MR e-Series visual system for Eurofighter Typhoon full-mission simulators for the Qatar Emiri Air Force.

BAE Systems is the prime contractor responsible for provi…

HAIFA, Israel — Further to orders received in recent years, Elbit Systems will supply more than 1,000 additional E-LynX Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems to the Swedish Army, expanding the involvement of the Company in Sweden’s tactical radio upgrade program.

Elbit Systems is the supplier o…