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Harris to Provide USAF With Falcon Tactical Radios
2012-12-26 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded an $85 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with Falcon multiband manpack tactical

S-100’s Successful Integration with Riegl's VQ 820 GU
2012-12-26 Read More...
Schiebel and Riegl Laser Measurement Systems GmbH announced the successful integration of the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) together with the Riegl VQ®-820-GU Hydrographic Airborne Sensor.

GE to Acquire Aviation Business of Avio S.p.A
2012-12-26 Read More...
GE announced that it has agreed to purchase the aviation business of Avio S.p.A., an Italy-based manufacturer of aviation propulsion components and systems for civil and military aircraft, for $4.3 billion U.S. (€3.3

Raytheon Wins 2 U.S. Navy Contracts
2012-12-24 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $254.6 million contract to procure Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise missiles for fiscal year

Last Firing Test of Sagem’s AASM Missile
2012-12-24 Read More...
On December 12, 2012, French defense procurement agency DGA successfully carried out the last qualification firing test of the AASM modular air-to-ground missile developed and produced by Sagem (Safran), in its laser terminal guidance version (NATO

Two More Super Pumas for the Finnish Border Guard
2012-12-24 Read More...
The Finnish Border Guard is to expand its Eurocopter fleet with the acquisition of two additional AS332 L1 Super Puma helicopters fully equipped for maritime search and rescue missions in the country’s challenging

Russia Developing New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2012-12-21 Read More...
Russia is developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the military announced last week, in an apparent attempt to remind the United States of Moscow's rocket

Boeing Delivers 1st P-8I Poseidon Aircraft
2012-12-21 Read More...
Boeing made an on-site delivery of the first P-8I aircraft to the Indian Navy in Seattle on December 19, in accordance with the

NGC, US Navy Complete X-47B Deck Handling Trials
2012-12-20 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman

General Dynamics’ 30,000th CSAR Radio Goes to Work
2012-12-20 Read More...
General Dynamics C4 Systems' recent delivery of 674 AN/PRC-112G® radios to the U.S. Air Force included the 30,000(th) Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) radio fielded by General Dynamics.

Cassidian’s Test System for Tiger Maintenance
2012-12-20 Read More...
Cassidian has been awarded a contract from OCCAR Tiger Division to provide a turnkey test system to support the maintenance of opto-electronic equipment used on the German version of the Tiger helicopter.

Rheinmetall Tests 50kw High-Energy Laser Weapon
2012-12-19 Read More...
Rheinmetall has successfully tested its new 50kW high-energy weapon technology demonstrator. Conducted at the end of November, the test encompassed the entire operational sequence from target detection and tracking to target

Elektrobit’s Tactical Wireless IP Networks at IDEX 2013
2012-12-19 Read More...
Elektrobit (EB) has delivered the first products of the Tactical Wireless IP Network communication system to the Finnish Defence

Raytheon Wins SM-2 Production Contract
2012-12-18 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $108 million contract for continued production of Standard Missile-2 all-up rounds, a majority of which will be sold to U.S. allies through foreign military

DCI: Record Year for Academic Training
2012-12-17 Read More...
DCI-NAVFCO, the naval department of DCI, is pleased with the arrival of 67 new foreign officer trainees on its school benches, which is a record in the company's history. The 67 cadets integrate DCI-NAVFCO's 2 leading

Two Orders for Saab's Underwater Weapon Systems
2012-12-17 Read More...
Defence and security company Saab have received two new contracts from the Swedish Defence Material Administration with a total value of MSEK

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