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HENSOLDT Acquires Kelvin Hughes
2017-06-30 Read More...
HENSOLDT, the new German sensor house, has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with UK private equity firm ECI and management to acquire the UK provider of security and maritime radar solutions Kelvin Hughes, London. The transaction is subject to

Saab Wins Order for Light Anti-Tank Weapon (NLAW)
2017-06-30 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has received an order from the Swiss Federal Office for Defense Procurement, armasuisse, for deliveries of the Next generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon system (NLAW) to the Swiss Army. The order value amounts to BSEK

Harris Names Chris Tucker Head of Middle East Operations
2017-06-29 Read More...
Harris Corporation has named retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Chris Tucker Vice President and Managing Director of the company’s Middle East Operations, based in Abu

Thales Demos Mine-Hunting Unmanned Package
2017-06-29 Read More...
In June 2017, on the occasion of the Belgian Defense Technology & Industry Day trials, held at the Naval Base at Zeebrugge, Thales successfully demonstrated the performances of its latest SAMDIS Multi-view Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) system

Russia’s Yury Dolgoruky Submarine Test-Fires Bulava ICBM
2017-06-29 Read More...
The Russian Northern Fleet’s Project 955 Borei-class nuclear submarine Yury Dolgoruky successfully test-fired a Bulava Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the Russian Defense Ministry said in a

Orbital ATK Demos MK44 Chain Gun in Two Configurations
2017-06-29 Read More...
Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, provided its customer and partner base a live demonstration of its MK44 Bushmaster® Chain Gun® firing a variety of both 30mm and 40mm ammunition during the company’s Bushmaster User

Boeing, Georgia Tech Launch Development Research Center
2017-06-29 Read More...
Boeing and Georgia Institute of Technology have announced the opening of a new advanced development research center that will tackle some of the toughest technical challenges in

India to Acquire Another Boeing C-17 Transport Aircraft
2017-06-28 Read More...
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India for C-17 transport aircraft. The estimated cost is $366.2

Leonardo DRS Completes Acquisition of Daylight Solutions
2017-06-28 Read More...
Leonardo announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Leonardo DRS, completed the acquisition of Daylight Solutions, Inc., a leading developer and supplier of quantum cascade laser based products and

First Helicopter-Based Firing of High Energy Laser System
2017-06-28 Read More...
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office, in collaboration with U.S. Special Operations Command, recently completed a successful flight test of a high energy laser system onboard an Apache AH-64 at White Sands Missile

Airbus Helicopters Delivers 15th H145M to German Air Force
2017-06-28 Read More...
Airbus Helicopters has delivered the 15th and final H145M multi-role helicopter to the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr). The helicopters, stationed in Laupheim, are operated by the Bundeswehr special

Second Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite in Full Production
2017-06-28 Read More...
In a specialized cleanroom designed to streamline satellite production, Lockheed Martin is in full production building GPS III – the world’s most powerful GPS

Raytheon’s Kennedy Ranked Among Top US CEOs
2017-06-27 Read More...
Employer database and employment review site Glassdoor has named Kennedy to its 2017 Employees' Choice list of the 100 highest-rated CEOs of U.S. companies. The list honors leaders of businesses with more than 1,000 employees, based on anonymous

Saab Wins Self-Protection Systems Order for H225M Caracal Helicopters
2017-06-27 Read More...
Defence and security company Saab has received a contract from Airbus Helicopters for the IDAS integrated electronic warfare self-protection systems for H225M Caracal multirole utility

Safran Acquires ISEI, a Specialist in Flight Data Management
2017-06-26 Read More...
Safran Electronics & Defense has purchased the French company ISEI, specialized in flight data acquisition systems and associated services for helicopters and light

CAMCOPTER® S-100 Completes Qualification Flights for French Navy
2017-06-26 Read More...
Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) once again convinced with its outstanding maritime capability when successfully completing qualification flights for the French Navy from 29 May to 3 June

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