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Saab Wins 2 Separate Orders from EDA and US Army
2015-06-15 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has signed a SEK127 million (corresponding to 13.6 million Euro) contract with the European Defense Agency (EDA) to deliver Carl-Gustaf ammunition to Agency member states Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech

Lockheed Martin Completes 25,000 Hours of F-16 Testing
2015-06-15 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently completed 25,000 hours of simulated flight time on an F-16C Block 50 aircraft, demonstrating the safety and durability of the F-16 well beyond the aircraft’s original design service life of 8,000 Equivalent Flight Hours

Raytheon Tests AMRAAM-ER, NASAMS Integration
2015-06-12 Read More...
Raytheon Company has completed extensive lab testing on a new extended range variant of the combat-proven AMRAAM®. The tests validate that AMRAAM-ER can be integrated and employed from the NASAMS

Thales to Supply BOSS Software for Canadian Army’s LAVs
2015-06-12 Read More...
Thales announced it has partnered with DRS Sustainment Systems on a US $100 million contract awarded by General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada to produce mast mounted surveillance suites, operator control

Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces Plan 30 Drills This Summer
2015-06-11 Read More...
Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) will hold more than 30 tactical military exercises during the summer, a Russian Defense Ministry’s press service’s spokesman said.

MBDA, Lockheed Welcome Germany’s Selection of TLVS
2015-06-11 Read More...
MBDA Deutschland welcomes the decision of the German Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) to proceed with the Tactical Air Defense System (TLVS or Taktisches Luftverteidigungssystem) based on the development results already achieved by MEADS.

Textron AirLands Scorpion En Route to Paris Air Show
2015-06-10 Read More...
Textron AirLand, LLC, a Textron Inc. company, announced that the Scorpion is now en route from Wichita, Kansas to France and The United Kingdom, for exhibition at two of the world’s premier defense aviation

First Flight Test of Raytheon’s SM-3 Block IIA Completed
2015-06-10 Read More...
The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the first flight test of the Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 Block IIA. The interceptor's bigger rocket motors and more capable kill vehicle will engage threats sooner and protect larger

Saab to Supply Mission, Graphics Computer to Pilatus PC-21
2015-06-09 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has signed a contract with Pilatus Aircraft to provide the mission and graphics computer, with a digital map function, for the Pilatus PC-21. The order value amounts to approximately SEK 100 million.

Avon Protection Acquires SecureBio
2015-06-09 Read More...
Avon Protection, part of Avon Rubber p.l.c, has acquired SecureBio Ltd., the specialist CBRN consultancy it partnered with in 2014.

South Korea Tests Missile Capable of Reaching North Korea
2015-06-05 Read More...
South Korean military has successfully tested ballistic missiles capable of reaching almost any point in North Korean territory, local media reported Tuesday citing the Defense Ministry.

US Navy Accepts 3rd Lockheed Martin-Built MUOS Satellite
2015-06-05 Read More...
Following successful completion of on-orbit testing, the U.S. Navy accepted the third Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite.

Romania Takes Delivery of Last Batch of PVP LAORV
2015-06-04 Read More...
On May 18-21, Panhard General Defense received a delegation from the Romanian Ministry of Defense coming to take delivery of its last batch of 6 PVP light armored vehicles intended for the Romanian Army.

Airbus Helicopters to Support Germany’s H145M Rotorcraft
2015-06-03 Read More...
The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) have awarded Airbus Helicopters a full-service contract for the new H145M rotorcraft – which is to make its military debut with the German Air Force later this year.

NGC Passes Review for B-2 Weapons Management Upgrade
2015-06-03 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has successfully demonstrated to the U.S. Air Force that its plans to upgrade key weapons management software for the B-2 stealth bomber are on track and ready to proceed to the next level of development.

French Air Force Receives 3rd Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper
2015-06-03 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, announced that it has delivered a third Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper®

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