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NAMMO, EURENCO Sign Share Purchase Agreement
2014-01-09 Read More...
The Nammo Group and Eurenco Group recently announced the signature of the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) of the Finnish company Eurenco Vihtavuori

iXBlue to Supply Gyrocompass Systems to Tide Class Tankers
2014-01-09 Read More...
iXBlue announced they are to supply QUADRANS fiber-optic gyrocompass systems for installation aboard the four new Tide Class tankers of the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Lockheed Martin Advances Aegis Affordability for US Navy
2014-01-08 Read More...
Under a recent contract order for the production of Aegis weapons systems, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy championed an affordability approach that will drive cost savings into all phases of the program, including production, integration and

E Scan Radar Moves a Step Closer for Typhoon
2014-01-08 Read More...
Working in partnership with the Eurofighter and Euroradar consortiums, test aircraft IPA5 has been undergoing modifications and upgrades as part of the ongoing E scan Radar development and integration

India Launches First Cryogenic Rocket
2014-01-08 Read More...
India on Sunday successfully launched its first rocket using domestically made booster technology, taking another step forward in its ambitious space

NGC, U.S. Navy Complete 9 Flights of Triton UAS
2014-01-07 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Navy have completed nine initial flight tests of the Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), marking the half-way point in a process called envelope expansion.

DCI is Committing to the European Union
2014-01-07 Read More...
DCI, in consortium with SCS - a British company specialised in defence and security counselling - has just won the “Naval Training Support Study” (NTSS) call for bids which had been launched by the European Defence Agency (EDA).

Russia to Test-Fly New Bomber in 2019
2014-01-07 Read More...
The Russian Air Force plans to begin test flights of a new strategic bomber in 2019, the Commander of the long-range fleet recently

Navantia-SEDEF to Build LHD & 4 LCM for Turkish Navy
2014-01-03 Read More...
The SSM of the Government of Turkey has announced today that the partnership formed by Navantia and SEDEF, the Turkish shipyard, has been selected in first place for the design and construction of one LHD and four LCM landing crafts for the Turkish

Russia to Develop 5th Generation Attack Helicopter by 2017
2014-01-02 Read More...
It could take Russia about three years to complete the development of a fifth-generation attack helicopter and start testing its prototype, a defense industry official

Russia Test Fires New Yars Ballistic Missile
2013-12-31 Read More...
Russia carried out a successful test-firing of an RS-24 Yars ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia last week, a military representative

USAF Selects Raytheon's High-Bandwidth Satellite Terminal
2013-12-30 Read More...
Raytheon, the only provider of fielded Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite terminals that protect the military's most sensitive information, was chosen by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) under a $134,399,631contract to develop a terminal

Textron to Acquire Beechcraft
2013-12-30 Read More...
Textron Inc. announced it has reached agreement to purchase all outstanding equity interests in Beech Holdings, LLC, the parent of Beechcraft Corporation, for approximately $1.4 billion in

Electric UAV Market to Exceed $1 Billion by 2023
2013-12-27 Read More...
The total market value for electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will reach over one Billion dollars by 2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx report, Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) 2013-2023.

India Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile
2013-12-27 Read More...
India carried out earlier this week a test of a domestically developed ballistic missile with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers (1,800 miles), local media

Russia to Increase Arms Exports to $50 Billion by 2020
2013-12-27 Read More...
Russia could quadruple its annual arms sales to $50 billion by 2020 in a race for the top spot on the global arms exporters list, a senior government official recently

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