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Russia Approves Program to Develop Military Robots
2014-12-11 Read More...
The Russian Defense Ministry has approved a complex program called “Creating of Advanced Military Robotics for 2025”, Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov told Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper in an interview.

Saab to Supply New Generation AT4 to French Armed Forces
2014-12-11 Read More...
Defense and Security company Saab has been awarded a contract by the French Ministry of Defence procurement branch, the DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement), to supply the Roquette Nouvelle Generation, (Roquette NG) next-generation

Bell Boeing Demos V-22 Osprey Forward-Firing Capability
2014-12-10 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company , announced the successful demonstration of forward-firing capability for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. The exercise took place last month at the United States Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz.

Raytheon AMRAAM & NASAMS in Thor's Hammer Test
2014-12-10 Read More...
Armed Forces from Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Turkey successfully fired five Raytheon Company-built Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) AIM-120C7s as part of the Thor's Hammer flight test campaign in September.

Indian Navy Selects Sikorsky’s S-70B SEAHAWK Aircraft
2014-12-09 Read More...
India's Navy has selected Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., to fulfill the service's Multi-Role Helicopter requirement for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare (ASW/ASuW), among other maritime

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK to Deliver Six Sonars to Indian Navy
2014-12-09 Read More...
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK and the Indian Ministry of Defense have signed a contract for the delivery of six active towed array sonar systems (ACTAS) for the Indian Navy. The total contract volume is approximately 40 million Euros. Delivery of the first

Exelis Wins USAF Order For Data Storage and Retrieval
2014-12-08 Read More...
Exelis has been awarded a $10.3 million sole source U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract to insert a modern data storage and retrieval technology into the Strategic Automated Command Control System (SACCS).

NGC Delivers 1st Operational MQ-8C Fire Scout to US Navy
2014-12-05 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy. The system will be used by ship-based commanders to improve the Navy's intelligence-gathering capabilities.

40,000 Javelin Missiles Delivered and Counting
2014-12-04 Read More...
The Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture recently delivered the 40,000th Javelin missile to the U.S. Army.

Russian Helicopters Participates at Pakistan’s IDEAS 2014
2014-12-03 Read More...
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, is showcasing its latest helicopters at the International Defence Exhibition & Seminar (IDEAS 2014) taking place in Karachi, Pakistan on 1-4 December.

Boeing to Keep Providing ICBM Guidance Systems to USAF
2014-12-03 Read More...
Boeing will continue to repair and supply the guidance systems of the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) to the U.S. Air Force through September 2015, keeping the weapon system adequately stocked with spare missile guidance sets

Nammo Holds Live Fire Demo of 40mm Airburst Ammunition
2014-12-02 Read More...
Nammo has developed and qualified smart ammunition to offer a solution to the Anti-Defilade ammunition requirement from the US Army.

Russia Test-Fires Bulava Sub-Based Ballistic Missile
2014-12-02 Read More...
Russia successfully test-fired on Friday a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from its Borey-class Alexander Nevsky nuclear-powered submarine, the Defense Ministry said.

Airbus Defence and Space Delivers 1st A400M to RAF
2014-12-02 Read More...
Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first Airbus A400M new generation airlifter to the Royal Air Force, beginning the next stage of the transformation of the United Kingdom´s air mobility fleet.

Navantia Hands Over HMAS Canberra to Australian Navy
2014-12-02 Read More...
The newly built Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) HMAS Canberra, built by Navantia, has been handed over to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) by the Defence Materiel Organisation

Airbus Slashes Stake in Dassault Aviation by 8%
2014-12-01 Read More...
Airbus Group sold 8% of Dassault Aviation back to the French planemaker in a deal worth €794 million ($989 million) Friday, the first step towards unwinding an awkward 16-year-old link to its defence market rival.

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