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US Navy Launches 2 Raytheon SM-3 Missiles at Single Target
2013-09-20 Read More...
In a Missile Defense Agency test, the U.S. Navy launched two Raytheon-made Standard Missile-3 Block IBs from the USS Lake Erie against a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile

Kelvin Hughes, Marshall Land Systems Surveillance Solutions
2013-09-19 Read More...
Kelvin Hughes and Marshall Land Systems will be combining their skills and capabilities to offer surveillance systems, designed for delivering to, and operation in, austere

Report: Al-Qaeda Set Up Anti-Drone Cells
2013-09-19 Read More...
Al-Qaeda’s leaders have been bolstering their anti-drone efforts, setting up cells of engineers to shoot down, disable or hijack U.S. drones, the Washington Post reported citing classified

MBDA, Lockheed Achieve 1st Missile Launch from MK 41
2013-09-18 Read More...
MBDA and Lockheed Martin (LM) demonstrated the first launch of a Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) from Lockheed Martin’s MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) launcher using the host variant of the Extensible Launching System

RUAG Preparing Today’s Forces for Tomorrow’s Battlefield
2013-09-17 Read More...
RUAG Defence is pioneering the development of UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles) for use by military forces. The company’s retrofitable VERO kit contains all the electronic components and sophisticated sensory equipment needed to convert any existing

THAAD, Aegis BMD Engage Multiple Targets in BMDS Test
2013-09-17 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System and the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) successfully conducted a complex missile defense flight test resulting in the intercept of two medium-range ballistic

Russia Expects to Sell Su-35 Jets to China in 2014
2013-09-17 Read More...
Moscow and Beijing expect to seal the deal on the sale of Russian Su-35 fighter jets to China in 2014, a senior official at the Russian arms exports monopoly

Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin Team on V-280 Valor
2013-09-17 Read More...
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, and Lockheed Martin will work as a team on the Bell V-280 Valor™, making Lockheed Martin the first of Bell Helicopter’s V-280 program tier one team members. Additional team members will be announced in the

MBDA Adds Brimstone Anti-FIAC Capability to CWSP
2013-09-16 Read More...
In 2010, MBDA launched CWSP (Compact Warfare System Package) to provide fast patrol boats and logistics ships with an integrated combat system for both self-defence and the means to secure sensitive coastal

Oshkosh Defense Showcases UGV Technology at DSEI
2013-09-13 Read More...
Low-tech, life-threatening threats like improvised explosive devices (IED) have reshaped conflicts and spurred militaries to re-consider how they can protect their Land Forces.Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, is showcasing the

UAE’s Caracal Exhibits 2 New Pistols at DSEI 2013
2013-09-13 Read More...
Caracal International, the UAE-based small arms manufacturer for the civilian, military, law enforcement and sporting markets and a subsidiary of Tawazun Holding, is showcasing two new pistols at DSEI 2013, the world’s largest fully integrated

Cassidian Enhances Battlefield Identification
2013-09-13 Read More...
Cassidian, the defense division of EADS, has implemented a new capability of battlefield identification which allows combat aircraft and helicopters to reliably identify friendly forces in a pre-defined area before the use of weapons and thus

RTD & Thales Packaged Solutions for Digitized Armored Units
2013-09-12 Read More...
Renault Trucks Defense (RTD) and Thales are presenting a new range of solutions for combined arms armored units and security agencies. The two companies are leaders in their respective fields and have partnered up to propose a complete range of

IDEX Leads UAE Participation at DSEI in London
2013-09-12 Read More...
The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) announced its participation at the Defence and Security Equipment International Exhibition

MBDA, UTC Aerospace to Improve Missile Guidance & Control
2013-09-12 Read More...
MBDA and UTC Aerospace Systems have initiated a pioneering development programme of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for a multitude of programmes within, and potentially beyond, MBDA’s current Complex Weapons (CW)

Sagem to Upgrade Charles-de-Gaulle’s Navigation System
2013-09-12 Read More...
Sagem (Safran), the European leader in navigation systems and technologies, has won a contract from French defense procurement agency DGA as prime contractor for the modernization of the inertial navigation and alignment system (SINA) on the

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