Defense News

Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The Marines announced that their ABV made history last year when it conducted its first amphibious landing with a Modified Full Width Mine Plow prototype.

Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has been awarded an $88 million contract to provide hardware for support of detection systems used by the U.S. Navy.

Feb. 9 (UPI) -- BAE Systems has been awarded a $9.6 million contract for repair work on the USS Philippine Sea, a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser.

Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Harris has been awarded a $161 million contract for 86 Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures for F/A-18 aircraft for the U.S. Navy and Australia.

Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Boeing has been awarded a $20.9 million contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator.

Feb. 8 (UPI) -- France has awarded Thales a 42-month contract to complete design of a sonar system for country's third-generation, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.

Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense a $476.2 million seven-year contract to supply its latest Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.

Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $428.8 million contract to Northrop Grumman for two payloads for the Enhanced Polar System's satellites.

Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin has selected BAE Systems to modernize head-up displays in F-16 aircraft for the United Arab Emirates' armed forces.

Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy awarded a $34.1 million contract to BAE Systems for maintenance, modernization and repair on the USS Pearl Harbor.

Feb. 7 (UPI) -- United States Forces-Afghanistan said they launched a series of precision strikes in Northern Afghanistan as part of ongoing operations.

Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract for technology that can rapidly upgrade the processing capability of sonar equipment on submarines.

Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The U.K.'s Royal Air Force is praising the capabilities of the Eurofighter Typhoon with the force predicting that 2018 will be the "Year of the Typhoon."

Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for Trident II D5 missile deployed system support.

Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Raytheon has been awarded a contract for research and development designs on multiple weapon systems owned by the company.