A Raytheon Standard Missile-6 successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea in a test in the Pacific, the company said in a Wednesday statement. The SM-6 shot down the target, which was fired from the USS John Paul Jones, in its final seconds of flight.
Late last year, the Federal Aviation Administration abandoned its conservative shackles and made this bold prediction: As many as 1 million drones would be bought by consumers during the holiday shopping season. As it turned out, the FAA made a pretty good call: At least 800,000 of the unmanned aerial vehicles were purchased during commercial blitz that precedes Christmas - a fact that has ignited the hobbyist slice of the drone market.
The Department of the Navy named its 2016 superior suppliers today, as part of the Department of Defense's Superior Supplier Incentive Program . The Assistant Secretary of the Navy Sean J. Stackley announced the names of 11 business segments designated as Tier 1 superior suppliers for exceptional contractor conduct in the areas of cost, schedule, performance, quality, and business relations.