Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, continues to test fly its Model 162 SkyCatcher prototype and soon will complete production of the second aircraft in the light sport aircraft's flight test program.The second airframe will be designated

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. was selected by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to supply new generation Head Up Displays (HUDs) for the new F-16 aircraft.The multi-year project, which will commence immediately, is a continuation

A newly released report from the U.S. Department of Defense shows that estimated acquisition costs dropped by nearly $1 billion from 2006 to 2007 for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program.The Selected Acquisition Reports estimate that F-35 program costs

Spartan Chassis, Inc., a subsidiary of Spartan Motors, Inc. announced it has been awarded two new subcontract orders worth approximately $45 million to support the production of advanced tacticalvehicles under the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, program.Under the terms

Honeywell announced today that it has been chosen to supply the latest generation of its HTF7000 turbofan propulsion system family for Embraer's new MSJ and MLJ business aircraft. The contract is valued at more than $23 billion including aftermarket over

Boeing today announced a revised plan for first flight and initial deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner that includes additional schedule margin to reduce risk of further delays on the program.While significant progress has been made assembling Airplane #1, first flight

Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC)'s radar that is the prototype for Lockheed Martin's Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 counter-fire target acquisition (EQ-36) radar recently completed successful performance testing in 360-degree counter-fire mode against mortars and rockets at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in

Raytheon Company was awarded an $80 million U.S. Air Force contract March 31 for Phase II risk reduction of a radar-jamming variant of its Miniature Air Launched Decoy.MALD is a state-of-the-art, low-cost flight vehicle that is modular, air-launched and programmable.

Thales UK presented the I-Master radar in cooperation with Seabird Aviation at SOFEX 2008. Seabird Aviation and Thales are working together to study the incorporation of the I-Master radar onto the Seabird SB7L-360 Seeker to enable further joint success in

The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a Performance Based Logistics (PBL) follow-on contract to support the Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on the AH-64 Apache helicopter. The contract has a potential

Gun-control advocates continue to plan to use the anniversary of a tragedy to promote their anti-freedom agenda.

As someone who served as a vice-president under Charlton Heston during his five-year presidency of the NRA and to have been privileged to later hold that same office, I'd like to pay tribute to an extraordinary American hero.

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter has a gun problem. Specifically, she seems unsure of her position on the 2nd Amendment.

For Robert Lumley, the decision to bar his East Wake High School club marksmanship team from a statewide shooting tournament was as arresting as a shotgun blast.

This morning the Florida Senate PASSED HB-503 "Guns-Locked-Up-In-Your Car" bill by a vote of 26 to 13 and sent it to the Governor for his consideration.