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YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) fired eight precision-guided Excalibur Ib projectiles during qualification flight tests. All eight rounds landed within five meters of the target, meeting stringent test objectives. "This program has made great achievements in a very short amount of time," said Lt. Col. Josh Walsh, the U.S. Army Excalibur program manager. "In two years time, the Excalibur Ib program has moved from a competition...

On Feb. 29, NASA successfully conducted another drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carry astronauts deeper into space than ever before, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and ensure a safe re-entry and landing. An Air Force C-17 plane dropped a test version of Orion from an altitude of 25,000 feet above the...

BOTHELL, Wash., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), and BAE Systems (LSE: BA) have successfully demonstrated a tactical version of their 81mm Roll Control Guided Mortar (RCGM) at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., in January. Sixteen rounds were tested in total, all of which guided to within an average miss distance of approximately seven meters from the target at ranges from 980 meters to 4,000...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today that it will bid on the U.S. Marine Corps' Precision Extended Range Mortar (PERM) program as a prime contractor. General Dynamics has successfully demonstrated key PERM-enabling technologies, including its 120mm Roll Control Guided Mortar (RCGM) and a 17 km extended-range rocket-assisted mortar. These combined technologies will...

DALLAS, Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) has reached a key maturity milestone, accumulating over 145,000 combined internal and government testing miles across its family of vehicles. U.S. Army and Marine teams continue to accumulate durability miles as part of a 12-month test and evaluation phase at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., and Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz. "Reaching 145,000 combined testing miles shows that our...

Lockheed Martin is developing an unmanned helicopter for the U.S. military designed to lift supplies and equipment to troops in Afghanistan. The Kaman K-MAX helicopter can fly without a pilot and carry up to 6,000 pounds of cargo, which is more than the aircraft's empty weight. The helicopter's primary use would be to transport equipment to troops at forward operating bases on the frontline. K-MAX will help reduce the need for large vehicle convoys lowering the risk of soldiers being ambushed...

LIVONIA, Mich., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The General Tactical Vehicles (GTV) team of General Dynamics Land Systems and AM General delivered today seven Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), four trailers and supporting equipment ahead of schedule to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps for Technology Development (TD) phase testing. The TD phase includes a 12-month test and evaluation process at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, in Aberdeen, Md., and at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz. This...

SEALY, Texas, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today delivered the first two of seven operational Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), and one companion trailer, to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps for Technology Development (TD) phase testing. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100415/DA87685) The vehicles, two JLTV Category B Infantry Carriers, feature a curb weight of 15,500 pounds and were signed over to the Department of Defense, ahead of schedule, in an...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. and FORT WORTH, Texas, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- UAS Dynamics, LLC, validated the performance of the Ku-band Common Data Link (CDL) on its STORM unmanned aerial system (UAS) during flight testing conducted in late March at the Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz. The flight tests also validated features of STORM's system architecture that enable data from the on-board payloads to be accessed by remote users in real-time over a secure Ethernet connection to the ground control...

HOUSTON, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Arizonans will have the rare chance to touch a piece of a moon rock in early January at NASA's Driven to Explore traveling exhibit. Driven to Explore offers a look at America's program to return humans to the moon and travel beyond. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The exhibit will be located at the Yuma Proving Ground Heritage Center in Yuma, Ariz., on Wednesday, Jan. 6 through Thursday, Jan. 7. The exhibit will be...