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Raytheon AMRAAM & NASAMS in Thor's Hammer Test
2014-12-10 Read More...
Armed Forces from Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Turkey successfully fired five Raytheon Company-built Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) AIM-120C7s as part of the Thor's Hammer flight test campaign in September.

Lockheed Martin Opens Innovation & Security Center in UAE
2014-12-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art collaboration centre in Masdar City in the UAE Sunday, to explore innovation, advance security and help to achieve the UAE’s vision of building a strong resilient

Bahrain Crown Prince Meets Lockheed Martin CEO
2014-12-09 Read More...
His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, today met Marillyn A Hewson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin

ADSB Sponsors Offshore Patrol Vessels Middle East Summit
2014-12-09 Read More...
Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) announced its sponsorship of the Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) Middle East Summit 2014.

Rockwell Collins’ New ARINCDirect Solutions at MEBA 2014
2014-12-09 Read More...
Rockwell Collins will be showcasing its new portfolio of ARINCDirect™ flight information solutions and market-leading cabin systems at the Middle East Business Aviation (MEBA) annual convention and exhibition (08-10 December 2014, Dubai World Trade

Indian Navy Selects Sikorsky’s S-70B SEAHAWK Aircraft
2014-12-09 Read More...
India's Navy has selected Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., to fulfill the service's Multi-Role Helicopter requirement for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare (ASW/ASuW), among other maritime

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK to Deliver Six Sonars to Indian Navy
2014-12-09 Read More...
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK and the Indian Ministry of Defense have signed a contract for the delivery of six active towed array sonar systems (ACTAS) for the Indian Navy. The total contract volume is approximately 40 million Euros. Delivery of the first

UK to Expand Naval Presence in Bahrain
2014-12-08 Read More...
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa commended Saturday the signing of a military arrangement between the Government of Bahrain and the United Kingdom (UK)., Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported.

Scorpion Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle Contract Awarded to Nexter, RTD, Thales
2014-12-08 Read More...
On the occasion of its visit to the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade Artillery of Varces (Isère, France), Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Minister of Defence, handed the EBMR (Armoured Multi-roles vehicles) market to the CEOs of the GME (temporary consortium)

Obama Names Ashton Carter 25th US Secretary of Defense
2014-12-08 Read More...
President Barack Obama on Friday named Dr. Ashton B. Carter as his choice to become the 25th Secretary of Defense, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) reported.

Boeing Conducts World’s First Flight with “Green Diesel”
2014-12-08 Read More...
Boeing has completed the world’s first flight using “green diesel,” a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation. The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane yesterday with a blend of 15

Iraq to Seek NATO’s Support for Building Defense Capacity
2014-12-08 Read More...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced plans to request NATO's assistance in building security capacity, the press statement published on NATO’s official website said.

Exelis Wins USAF Order For Data Storage and Retrieval
2014-12-08 Read More...
Exelis has been awarded a $10.3 million sole source U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract to insert a modern data storage and retrieval technology into the Strategic Automated Command Control System (SACCS).

Readership Analysis 2014
2014-12-06 Read More...
Al Defaiya Magazine: READERSHIP ANALYSIS 2014Armed & Paramilitary Forces, Staff HQ53%Royal Families, Ministries, Administrations & Government Institutions18%Military Academies & Colleges14%Arab Ambassadors, Military Delegates &

Saudi Crown Prince Receives Poland’s Minister of Defense
2014-12-05 Read More...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, held a meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Poland Tomasz Siemoniak, Saudi

Iran to Test New Training Jet Next Year
2014-12-05 Read More...
Managing-Director of the Iranian Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) Manouchehr Manteqi announced his country’s plans to test a new home-made training jet named “Kowsar 88” next year, Fars News Agency (FNA) reported.

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