Sputnik - the first artificial satellite - is launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, as a global positioning system for precise weapondelivery and paves the way for GPS as we know it today.
Marotta Controls has completed first article inspection and delivery of the MPACT 6000 to the Boeing Company for pneumatic weapon ejection on the P-8A Poseidon.
To avoid offending its biggest weapon buyer India, Russia was reluctant to allow the fighter powered by its RD93 engine to be exported to Pakistan, causing delays in the delivery of the fighter.