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Russia Launches Newest Defense Satellite
2015-11-20 Read More...
A Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket laden with the newest defense satellite was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country’s northwest, the Russian Defense Ministry said

Romania to Host Production of New H215 Heavy Helicopter
2015-11-19 Read More...
In a ceremony held by Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus Helicopters, and in the presence of Alexandru Nastase, Secretary of State, Airbus Helicopters set down the foundation stone of its new Romanian

Raytheon’s Next Generation Jammer Completes Preliminary Design Review Milestone
2015-11-17 Read More...
Raytheon Company, in partnership with the U.S. Navy, has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program, a key milestone in the acquisition process.“Raytheon and the Navy have made system engineering

Iveco Defence Vehicles Supplies Protected Military Trucks to Germany
2015-11-17 Read More...
Iveco Defence Vehicles Supplies Protected Military Trucks to

Russian Helicopters Launches Flight Testing of Second Mi-171A2 Prototype
2015-11-16 Read More...
Russian Helicopters, part of state corporation Rostec, has started flight testing of a second prototype of the medium multirole Mi-171A2 at Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant. The new Mi-171A2 prototype includes all the unique features typical of this type

Over 50 Russian Ships and Submarines in Combat Patrol Worldwide
2015-11-13 Read More...
Over 50 ships and submarines of the Russian Navy are in combat patrol globally, the Commander of the Navy said

Airbus Defence & Space, The Coulson Group to Collaborate on C295W Water Bomber
2015-11-12 Read More...
Airbus Defence and Space and The Coulson Group of Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering the industrialization, supply and support of the new water bomber version of the Airbus C295W transport

First MBDA Storm Shadow Missile Released from a Eurofighter Typhoon
2015-11-10 Read More...
A Eurofighter Typhoon Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) has successfully completed a release of the MBDA Storm Shadow, conventionally armed, stealthy, long-range stand-off precision

Russia’s Aerial and AD Systems Gaining Popularity in the Middle East
2015-11-10 Read More...
Russian weaponry special exporter Rosoboronexport is participating at the ongoing Dubai Air Show taking place November 8-12, 2015 – with Russia’s major aerial and AD

Thales Wins French Navy Simulator Support Contract
2015-11-09 Read More...
Thales has been chosen by the French Navy to provide through-life support (TLS) for almost all of its simulators. The six-year contract with the Navy’s fleet support department (SSF) calls for the support of 41 simulators at six naval facilities in

Lockheed Martin Completes F-16 Durability Test Milestone
2015-11-06 Read More...
Lockheed Martin completed more than 27,000 hours of simulated flight time on an F-16C Block 50 aircraft and is now analyzing the data to determine the durability of the aircraft beyond its original design service life of 8,000

Lockheed Martin to Supply Seven More Q-53s to US Army
2015-11-05 Read More...
When troops need to set up and quickly track incoming threats, they rely on battlefield-proven 360-degree protection provided by the Lockheed Martin AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) counterfire target acquisition

Raytheon Submits First Proposal for Poland’s Patriot
2015-11-05 Read More...
Raytheon Company issued the first tranche of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to Polish industry to participate in Poland’s Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense

Russia to Develop Counter Measures to US Missile Defense System in Europe
2015-11-05 Read More...
Chief designer of the Russian “Radio-Electronic Technology Concern” Yuri Majevski said that the enterprise is working on measures which would counter the deployment of the US anti-missile defense system in

AAR Navy Vertical Replenishment Contract Extended
2015-11-04 Read More...
AAR announced Military Sealift Command (MSC) has exercised a one-year renewal option for its Airlift division to perform vertical replenishment (VERTREP) services for the U.S. Navy’s 5th and 7th Fleets in the Western Pacific and Indian

Northrop Grumman Awarded 2 U.S. Navy Contracts
2015-11-03 Read More...
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) a $95 million contract for low-rate initial production of the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Increment 1 Block 1

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