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General Dynamics to Upgrade 174 US Army Abrams Main Battle Tanks
2019-01-11 Read More...
The U.S. Army has signed a $714 million delivery order for General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade an additional 174 M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to the state-of-the-art M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3)

MBDA Demos Anti-Surface Capabilities of Mistral Missile
2019-01-11 Read More...
At the end of 2018, MBDA successfully demonstrated the use of the Mistral missile against fast boats such as FIACs (Fast Inshore Attack Craft). A number of foreign delegations attended the demonstration firing that was performed from

RUAG to Upgrade 8 Swiss Air Force Transport Helicopters
2019-01-11 Read More...
RUAG will upgrade eight Cougar helicopters belonging to the Swiss Air Force’s transport helicopter fleet. The corresponding agreement was signed in December by representatives of armasuisse and RUAG in

SCR Participates in Spanish Air Force’s Annual Training Exercise
2019-01-11 Read More...
The aerial and land targets of SCR, a company of the everis Aerospace, Defense, and Security Group, have recently participated in the annual training exercise Dardo 2018, organized by the Combat Air Command (MACOM) of the Spanish Air

Russian Army Received Over 1,800 UAVs in Past 6 Years
2019-01-10 Read More...
The Russian army has received over 1,800 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) of different types over the last six years, the Russian Defense Ministry’s official newspaper “Krasnaya Zvezda” (Red Star)

Raytheon Names Scott Weiner Vice President, Corporate Development
2019-01-10 Read More...
Raytheon Company has named Scott Weiner Vice President, Corporate Development reporting to Chief Financial Officer Toby O’Brien. He will oversee domestic and international transactions including: acquisitions,

Dassault Announces Order Intake, Deliveries, Backlog in 2018
2019-01-09 Read More...
Dassault Aviation Group announced its order intake, deliveries and backlog in units as of December 31st,

Russian Aerospace Force to Receive 143 Advanced Jets in 2019
2019-01-08 Read More...
The Russian Aerospace Force will get 143 new aircraft, two regiments of S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems and the first S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air complex next year, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at the Ministry’s year-end enlarged

General Atomics Wins Hosted Payload Solutions Satellite Delivery Order
2019-01-08 Read More...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that the United States Air Force (USAF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded the company the Hosted

Northrop Grumman Wins Major Contract for Infrared Countermeasures Systems
2019-01-07 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has received a $3.6 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) award for Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems and support from the U.S. Air Force

Boeing to Upgrade Entire Spanish Chinook Helicopter Fleet
2019-01-07 Read More...
Boeing will upgrade all 17 of Spain’s CH-47D Chinook helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features such as the digital automatic flight control system, common avionics architecture system and advanced cargo handling to align that

Saab Completes First Flight Test of Second GlobalEye
2019-01-07 Read More...
Saab completed a successful first flight with the second GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft on 3 January.The second GlobalEye aircraft took off for the first time at 11.00 am on 3 January from Saab’s airfield in

Russia to Hold Over 4,000 War Games in 2019
2019-01-04 Read More...
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to hold more than 4,000 drills and roughly 8,500 practical combat training events throughout 2019, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a conference last week, TASS news agency

U.S. Air Force to Test Laser Weapons by 2021
2019-01-04 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force is on track to test its first airborne laser weapons by 2021. Lasers attached to fighter jets, drones, or even cargo planes will attack targets on the ground and in the air at the speed of light, making the assaults nearly

Israel to Build Wings for New F-35 to Make it Invisible to Radar
2019-01-02 Read More...
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has launched a production line for the outer wing set of the F-35 stealth fighter key component to make the advanced fighter jet invisible to radar, the company

Flight Tests of Russia’s Sarmat Heavy ICBM to Start in Spring
2019-01-02 Read More...
The flight development tests of Russia’s most advanced RS-28 Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) are expected to start from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in north Russia in the second quarter of 2019, a source in the domestic defense

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