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Raytheon’s Patriot Downed Over 100 Ballistic Missiles Since 2015
2017-05-08 Read More...
Since 01 January 2015, Raytheon’s Patriot™ integrated air and missile defense system has shot down more than 100 tactical ballistic missiles in combat operations around the world. More than 90 of those intercepts involved the low cost Raytheon-made

Raytheon Starts Production of AN/SPY-6(V) Radar
2017-05-05 Read More...
Raytheon Company is being awarded a $327,146,998 Fixed Price Incentive (firm target) modification to previously awarded contract N00024-14-C-5315 to exercise options for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program (AMDR) Low Rate Initial

Airbus Completes 1,500th Target Drone
2017-05-05 Read More...
Airbus has completed the 1,500th target drone (Do-DT – direct target) at the Friedrichshafen site (Germany), which will soon enter service on behalf of the German Armed Forces. Since 2002, around 40 employees from the Target Systems and Services

Russia to Launch Pyotr Morgunov Amphibious Assault Ship
2017-05-05 Read More...
Russia’s Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov is slated to be floated this summer, Defense Ministry spokesman, Capitan First Rank Igor Dygalo,

Boeing’s KC-46A Tanker Joins Flight Test Program
2017-05-04 Read More...
Boeing now has six aircraft in its KC-46 tanker test program, expanding its ability to complete ground and flight-test activities as it progresses toward first deliveries to the U.S. Air

Safran Logs 3,000 Orders for HRG-Based Navigation Systems
2017-05-04 Read More...
Safran Electronics & Defense, the European leader in inertial navigation, recorded a new record of more than 3,000 orders for navigation systems based on hemispherical resonator gyros (HRG) in

RUAG, Swiss Army Present Live Training to the Media
2017-05-03 Read More...
In partnership with the Swiss armed forces, RUAG invited the national and international media to its Combat Training Centre in Bure in the canton of Jura. As well as a presentation on technologies and logistics, the visitors also watched a live

Peli Launches New Storm Case™ for Drone Gear Protection
2017-05-03 Read More...
With the aspirations of avid photographers, videographers, intrepid adventurers and explorers in mind, Peli™ - the global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance case solutions, has released the iM2275 Peli Storm Case™ especially

Raytheon’s Standard Missile-6 Passes Graduation Tests
2017-05-02 Read More...
After a complex series of U.S. Navy flight tests at Pacific Missile Firing Range in Hawaii, Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) proves it’s ready to reach its final stage of the acquisition process: full operational capability. Reaching FOC is a kind of

Thales Acquires Guavus for Real-Time Big Data Analytics
2017-05-02 Read More...
Thales announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the US Company Guavus, a pioneer in real-time Big Data

US Army Recertifies Harris Corporation Airborne Radio
2017-04-28 Read More...
The U.S. Army has recertified Harris Corporation’s AN/ARC-201D airborne radio, validating that the radios are airworthy for use in Army helicopters. The radios will be produced at Harris’ state-of-the-art Rochester, New York,

MBDA to Support Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyers’ Sea Viper
2017-04-28 Read More...
MBDA has received a £175 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for further In-Service Support to the Sea Viper weapon system, securing a key capability of the Type 45

Russia to Modernize Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier
2017-04-28 Read More...
The modernization of the flagship of the Russian Navy, the aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, will cost much less than building a brand-new ship of the same class, Navy Veterans’ Union Co-Chairman Viktor Blytov said in a radio

World Military Expenditure Hits $1686 Billion in 2016
2017-04-27 Read More...
According to SIPRI, world military expenditure is estimated to have been $1686 billion in 2016, equivalent to 2.2% of the global gross domestic product (GDP) or $227 per person. The 2016 estimate is a marginal increase of about 0.4% in real terms on

Second Boeing T-X Aircraft Takes Flight
2017-04-27 Read More...
Boeing and partner Saab have completed the first flight of their second production-ready T-X aircraft, which is identical to the first and designed specifically for the U.S. Air Force advanced pilot training

French DGA Orders 319 GRIFFON, 20 JAGUAR Vehicles
2017-04-26 Read More...
The French Procurement Agency (DGA) placed the first production order with Nexter, Renault Trucks Defense and Thales for 319 GRIFFON (photo) and 20 JAGUAR vehicles as part of the Multi-role Armored Vehicle contract. This contract includes logistic

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