ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 8, 2013 - Nine Turkish companies participated in the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Industry Recognition Event during the IDEF tradeshow today.

Singapore, France's largest trading partner in Southeast Asia and the third largest in Asia, is the fourth largest recipient of French investments in Asia, behind China, Japan and Hong Kong.

Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that his Lebanese militant group is ready to receive “game-changing weapons” from Syria.

Lockheed Martin successfully united the capabilities of its Aegis Weapon System with the naval combat management capabilities of leading Turkish defense company HAVELSAN.  The results of this effort were demonstrated during a naval combat system mockup at the ongoing International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) 2013 (Istanbul, 7-10 May).

ITT Exelis has been awarded a $6.1 million modification to a U.S. Air Force contract to insert a modern data storage and memory technology into the Strategic Automated Command  Control System (SACCS).