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New Buyan-Class Corvette to Join Russian Navy
2017-10-25 Read More...
Russian Navy reported that the new corvette is about to finish state sea trials and is going to be commissioned to the Navy by the end of the

Germany Approves Deal to Sell 3 Submarines to Israel
2017-10-24 Read More...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government approved a deal to sell the Israeli Navy three submarines costing up to $1 billion each, overcoming reservations about dealing with Israeli officials closely connected to Prime Minister Benjamin

Raytheon’s SM-3 Intercepts Ballistic Missile in NATO Exercise
2017-10-24 Read More...
A Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3 intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea as part of a multinational operational exercise off the coast

Saab to Deliver Subsystems for MBDA’s Meteor
2017-10-23 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has signed a contract with MBDA for deliveries of subsystems for the Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) missile system. The order value amounts to approximately SEK 150 million and deliveries

North Korea Building “Sinpo-C-Class” Submarine
2017-10-23 Read More...
US military intelligence assesses that North Korea has started building a “Sinpo-C-Class” submarine at the Sinpo shipyard on the country's east coast, the outlet reports. The sub's specifications include a displacement of 2,000 tons,

Volvo Group Not to Divest Governmental Sales
2017-10-19 Read More...
Volvo Group has decided to discontinue the process to divest the Governmental Sales business

Aegis Runs Air, Missile Defense Tests During NATO Exercise
2017-10-19 Read More...
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency, supported by Lockheed Martin, successfully conducted a series of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) tests in the Atlantic Ocean during Formidable Shield 2017 (FS-17) from 24 September to 17 October 2017. Naval

Raytheon Opens New Engineering Facility in Albuquerque
2017-10-18 Read More...
Raytheon Company has opened a new facility in the Sandia Science and Technology Park, expanding its operations to develop and produce range monitoring and telemetry systems for the U.S. and its allies. The expansion will bring 60 new high-tech

Harris Wins 5-Year Contract from US Department of Navy
2017-10-17 Read More...
The U.S. Department of Navy has awarded Harris Corporation a five-year, $765 million ceiling, single-award IDIQ contract to provide tactical radios and ancillary devices to the Navy and Marine

Boeing, U.S. Air Force Complete 1st KC-46 to KC-46 Refueling
2017-10-16 Read More...
A Boeing-U.S. Air Force test team recently refueled a KC-46A tanker from another KC-46A tanker for the first

U.S. Army Receives First New Generation Abrams Tank
2017-10-13 Read More...
The U.S. Army took delivery of the first of six newly-upgraded MIA2 SEP v3 Abrams Main Battle Tanks. The first MIA2 SEP v3 tank, built by General Dynamics Land Systems, is slated to arrive as soon as this month - as part of a delivery of initial

Lockheed Martin’s ATACMS Concludes New Flight Test
2017-10-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin conducted another successful Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) modernization flight test recently at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. All test objectives were

Thales to Offer Communications Support for Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers
2017-10-12 Read More...
As a leading provider of intelligence systems, smart connectivity and associated services to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Thales has secured a seven year contract to provide through-life support for communications systems of the Royal Navy’s

Oshkosh Showcases JLTV Vehicles with NextGen Capabilities
2017-10-11 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, is showcasing two variants of its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) with next generation lethality and networking capabilities at the AUSA Conference

Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri Marinette Marine to Build LCS 27
2017-10-11 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded the Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) team a contract to build an additional LCS. The contract value is under the 2017 congressional cost cap of $584 million per

CMI Defence Races for US Army Mobile Protected Firepower
2017-10-11 Read More...
CMI Defence announced it has joined with world class contractors to compete in the US Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. It is also delivering a medium caliber turret within the framework of its CRADA collaboration with the US

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