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Rheinmetall Wins MASS Naval Countermeasures Order
2012-04-30 Read More...
The Navy of the Republic of Korea is procuring Rheinmetall’s MASS, the Düsseldorf-based company’s state-of-the-art decoy system for frigates, corvettes, minesweepers and patrol boats, for installation on its new Landing Ship, Tank vessels

Pakistan Tests New Improved Shaheen-1 Ballistic Missile
2012-04-26 Read More...
Pakistan successfully test fired a nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile on Wednesday, the military said, less than a week after India test launched a long range

Eurocopter Starts Dauphin & FFS Training in Singapore
2012-04-23 Read More...
Eurocopter South East Asia received bookings from five customers from the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions for its duly certified Dauphin AS365 N3/N3+ Full Flight Simulator, which commenced operations in early April 2012 at the Eurocopter South

Airbus Military A400M Makes 1st Asia Pacific Tour
2012-04-19 Read More...
The Airbus Military A400M, the new generation airlifter for the 21st Century, has arrived yesterday in Indonesia for a one day

DCNS at DSA Kuala Lampur
2012-04-18 Read More...
DCNS is participating at the ongoing DSA Exhibition in Kuala Lampur, Malayasia (13-19 April

Airbus Military A400M Arrives in Malaysia
2012-04-16 Read More...
The Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter recently arrived in Malaysia at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Subang Airbase as part of its Asia tour, where a welcome ceremony took place today in the presence of the Chief of the Royal

North Korea’s Rocket Launch Fails
2012-04-13 Read More...
News of North Korea's abortive rocket launch was announced Friday after Pyongyang admitted that the highly publicized attempt had

North Korea’s Long-Range Rocket Installed on Launch Pod
2012-04-10 Read More...
North Korea’s long-range rocket, scheduled to put what it says is a satellite into orbit next week, has been installed on its launch platform, foreign journalists

Eurocopter to Supply 6 EC725 Helicopters to Indonesia
2012-04-09 Read More...
Eurocopter signed a contract with PT Dirgantara Indonesia/Indonesian Aerospace for the supply of six EC725 to be received in

ITT Exelis Wins Pakistan Air Force Contract
2012-04-09 Read More...
ITT Exelis has definitized a $54 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to provide the Pakistan Air Force with modern, digital radio frequency memory-based jamming

India Test Fires Brahmos Missile with New Systems
2012-04-04 Read More...
India on Friday test fired the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile with certain new systems from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off Odisha

DCNS Signs MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology
2012-04-04 Read More...
DCNS recently signed, through DCNS Research, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, one of the top academic institutions in India, dedicated to engineering and technology

Eurocopter at DEFEXPO India 2012
2012-03-29 Read More...
The capabilities of Eurocopter’s helicopter product line to fulfill a full range of mission requirements for the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard will be spotlighted at the ongoing DEFEXPO Exhibition in New Delhi (29 March-01 April

LM Wins THAAD Follow-On Development Contract
2012-03-28 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received a $66 million follow-on contract from the Missile Defense Agency to continue development of the highly successful Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon

Mohammed bin Zayed Attends the Nuclear Security Summit
2012-03-26 Read More...
His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces has arrived in Seoul leading a UAE delegation to the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) which starts

Start of Final Assembly on 2nd Serial A400M
2012-03-21 Read More...
The Airbus Military A400M final assembly line (FAL) in Seville (Spain) has begun working on the second serial production

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