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RUAG Fully Acquires Gyttorp AB
2017-04-07 Read More...
RUAG Ammotec acquires the remaining 60% of shares of Gyttorp AB as of 31 March 2017, thus becoming the sole owner of the company. Gyttorp is a leading distributor of hunting and shooting products in Sweden and

Raytheon Tests New Electric Gun for Phalanx® Weapon System
2017-04-06 Read More...
Raytheon Company successfully tested a new electric gun for the Phalanx® Close-In Weapon System. The upgrade allows soldiers and sailors to fire at varying rates, which uses less

Orbital ATK Wins Contract for Multi-Function Fuze
2017-04-06 Read More...
Orbital ATK, a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced it has received a $21 million contract for first article test and production of the MK419 Mod 1 Multi-Function Fuze

$2.2 Billion Boeing Contract Funds P-8 Aircraft for US, Australia, UK
2017-04-05 Read More...
Boeing, the U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force and the United Kingdom Royal Air Force will continue modernizing global maritime patrol capabilities through a $2.2 billion contract awarded March 30 for at least 17 P-8A Poseidon

Rockwell Collins to Upgrade Pakistan Air Force’s C-130
2017-04-05 Read More...
Rockwell Collins’ Flight2™ avionics system has been selected by the Pakistan Air Force through the Foreign Military Sales Office, Warner Robins, Georgia, for the upgrade of up to 11 C-130E and 5 C-130B

Raytheon’s AMDR Executes 1st Ballistic Missile Test
2017-04-04 Read More...
Raytheon Company’s AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar searched for, acquired and tracked a ballistic missile test target during the radar’s first dedicated Ballistic Missile Defense exercise at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility

CAMCOPTER® S-100 Heading Towards Manned-Unmanned Teaming Operations
2017-04-03 Read More...
Schiebel and Patria have been working together to integrate Patria’s sophisticated Compact Airborne Networking Data Link (CANDL) communication network onto the CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System

France, UK Launch Next-Generation Strike Missile Project with MBDA
2017-03-30 Read More...
The United Kingdom and France have signed in London an agreement to launch a joint concept phase of the Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) program with MBDA. The agreement was signed by Laurent Collet-Billon, head of France’s Defence

Initial Integration for U.S. Army’s MAPS Soft-Kill Demonstrator
2017-03-30 Read More...
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) recently completed initial integration for the U.S. Army’s Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) soft-kill

Nexter Supports Special Forces at SOFINS 2017 Show
2017-03-29 Read More...
Nexter Group, the leading French land defense systems and ammunition designer and manufacturer, is showcasing its innovations alongside Special Forces from March 28 to 30, 2017 at the newest edition of the Special Operations Forces Innovation

Russia to Build Advanced Air Defense System
2017-03-29 Read More...
Russia plans to construct a prospective anti-aircraft short-range missile system (SAM) which will be supplied to troops by 2030-2035, Army Colonel-General and the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov

FNSS to Supply ZAHA Armored Amphibious Assault Vehicle to Turkish Navy
2017-03-28 Read More...
The contract for the Armored Amphibious Assault Vehicle (ZAHA) Project was signed between SSM and FNSS on March 7th, 2017 in Ankara. Program was initiated by the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) to meet the amphibious armored vehicle

First Gowind® 2500 by DCNS Succeeds in Sea Trials
2017-03-24 Read More...
On March 17th, 2017, DCNS announced the success of the first sea trials of the first-of-class Gowind® 2500 corvette under construction in Lorient, France by

Russia Testing Taifun-Airborne Armored Personnel Carrier
2017-03-24 Read More...
Russian Airborne Troops will soon be bolstered by new mine-resistant, ambush-protected Taifun armed

Lockheed Martin-Built SBIRS Satellite Sends First Images
2017-03-24 Read More...
From its final orbit location 22,000 miles above the equator, the third Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite recently sent its first images back down to Earth, a milestone known as “first

Thales Delivers Flight/Navigation Training Simulator to Malaysian Air Force
2017-03-23 Read More...
Thales was selected to deliver an FNPT II (Flight and Navigation Procedures Trainer) simulator to the Royal Malaysian Air Force for the purposes of initial pilot training. The simulator, delivered to the company Gading Kasturi, has been in operation

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