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France to Receive Hellfire Missiles from US Army Stock
2016-05-06 Read More...
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to France for Hellfire Missiles and associated equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $30

Thales Releases Q1 2016 Order Intake and Sales
2016-05-05 Read More...
Thales released Wednesday its order intake and sales for Q1 2016. Patrice Caine (photo), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, commented: “Business over the first few months of 2016 confirmed the acceleration of Thales’s sales momentum, which was

Orbital ATK Wins New Order for Small Caliber Ammunition
2016-05-05 Read More...
Orbital ATK, Inc., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that it has received orders totaling $210 million to produce small caliber ammunition for the U.S.

NATO Alliance Getting New Supreme Commander
2016-05-05 Read More...
The NATO alliance this week is getting a new Supreme Commander, a former top-ranking US military Officer in Korea hailed Tuesday by Defense Secretary Ash Carter as a proven warrior-diplomat and “a soldiers’

Russia’s Latest Warplane to Debut at Victory Day Parade
2016-05-04 Read More...
Several types of advanced Russian military equipment, from collimator sights for use with the Ratnik personal combat uniform to high-flying Su-35S fighter jets, will reportedly be shown off for the first time during the May 9 Victory Day Parade in

India Becomes 11th Int’l Customer for LONGBOW LLC’s Apache Radar
2016-05-04 Read More...
The U.S. Army awarded LONGBOW Limited Liability Company (LLC) a $57.1 million foreign military sale contract to provide the Indian Air Force with LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) systems for their new Apache AH-64E

DCI Launches New User-Friendly Website in 3 Languages
2016-05-04 Read More...
DCI has just launched the new version of its internet website www.groupedci.fr offering an optimized and targeted access to all its products and

Oshkosh Features TerraMax UGV Technology at AUVSI Conference
2016-05-04 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, is featuring its TerraMax ™ Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) technology equipped on a MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle ( M-ATV ) during the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s

CybAero Performs Test Campaign from Visby-Class Corvette
2016-05-04 Read More...
During the last week of April CybAero ended an extensive test campaign with their ship based system APID One. The clients of the campaign were FMV (the Swedish Defence Procurement Agency) in collaboration with the Swedish

Harris to Supply Airborne Jammers for US Navy Electronic Warfare Program
2016-05-04 Read More...
Harris Corporation has received an $88 million order to supply electronic jammers for U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet

Raytheon to Produce 1st Multi-Spectral Targeting System With Next-Generation Accuracy
2016-05-03 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Company a $90 million first-lot production contract for the next-generation Multi-Spectral Targeting System. The AN/DAS-4, the latest variant of the MTS™ family of sensors, incorporates greater fire control and

Textron Systems Demos Hybrid Quadrotor on Aerosonde SUAS
2016-05-02 Read More...
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. business, announced the successful demonstration of the Aerosonde™ Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) enabled with Hybrid Quadrotor™ technology - allowing the system to take-off and land vertically

Airbus Helicopters, PGZ Discuss Cooperation on Tiger HAD in Poland
2016-05-02 Read More...
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) and Airbus Helicopters hosted a two-day workshop in Radom, Poland on 28-29 April to identify potential areas of cooperation around the Tiger HAD project, in the frame of the Kruk attack helicopter

Raytheon Awarded Two US Navy Contracts
2016-04-29 Read More...
The U.S. Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) has awarded Raytheon Company up to $104 million to conduct operations and maintenance for the Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) program. ROTHR is a long-range surveillance

Boeing KC-46 Program’s Second 767-2C Aircraft Completes First Flight
2016-04-29 Read More...
With a successful first flight on April 25th, Boeing has added the fourth and final flight test aircraft to the KC-46 Pegasus fleet, a

DCNS to Build 12 Future Submarines for Royal Australian Navy
2016-04-27 Read More...
The Australian Government has selected DCNS as its preferred international partner for the design of 12 Future submarines for the Royal Australian

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