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Saab Receives 2nd Development Order for Gripen
2013-03-26 Read More...
Within the framework of the agreement with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) that was made public on February 15 2013, defense and security company Saab has, received a development order amounting to SEK 10.7 billion for operations

South Korea, US Sign Military Plan Against North
2013-03-26 Read More...
South Korea has signed a new military plan with the US to counter what officials call North Korean

Cassidian to Supply 7 Surveillance Radars to Canadian AF
2013-03-25 Read More...
Cassidian has won a € 50m program to equip the airfields of the Royal Canadian Air Force with latest-technology airport surveillance

Report: “US Sets up Drone Base in Niger”
2013-03-25 Read More...
The United States has set up a drone base in Niger apparently to back up French troops in Mali and to fight al-Qaeda in Africa, a report

4 RAF Typhoons Arrive to Lima 2013 Air Show
2013-03-25 Read More...
All eyes turned skywards in Penang (Malaysia) Friday with the arrival of 4 Royal Air Force

Raytheon's CEO Honored for “Industry Leadership”
2013-03-22 Read More...
William H. Swanson, Chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company, was recently honored with the Atlantic Legal Foundation's Annual Award for 2012 for his “industry leadership in providing innovative technologies and solutions that contribute to our nation's

Saab Signs Airborne Surveillance Support Contract
2013-03-22 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has signed a support contract for airborne surveillance system.

India Test Fires Sub-Launched Version of BrahMos Missile
2013-03-21 Read More...
India successfully carried out on Wednesday the maiden test firing of the over 290km-range submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Bay of Bengal - becoming the first country in the world to have this capability.

Rockwell Collins’ TTNT in Deck Handling Trials of X-47B
2013-03-21 Read More...
Rockwell Collins Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) was used by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) and the U.S. Navy as they successfully completed a series of deck handling trials of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System aboard the

China Displaces UK as 5th Arms Exporter
2013-03-21 Read More...
China has become the world’s fifth largest exporter of major conventional arms, replacing the United Kingdom, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report earlier this

Russia Working on 5th Generation Submarine Project
2013-03-21 Read More...
Work is in progress on the newest fifth-generation nuclear-powered and diesel submarines at Russia's Rubin Central Design Bureau, Rubin Head Igor Vilnit said earlier this

Sagem Wins Inertial Navigation Design Study
2013-03-21 Read More...
French defense procurement agency DGA has awarded Sagem (Safran) a design study contract concerning inertial navigation systems for new-generation tactical missiles.

Lockheed Delivers 1st 3 F-35As to Nellis Air Force Base
2013-03-20 Read More...
Three Lockheed Martin F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft were officially welcomed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada during a commemorative ceremony Tuesday March

MBDA Achieves Record Exports in 2012
2013-03-20 Read More...
MBDA, European leader and global player in the missile and missile system sector, achieved a turnover of 3 billion Euros in 2012, equaling the figure recorded in

Kalibr Missiles to be Installed on 3 Russian Frigates
2013-03-20 Read More...
Russia will install Kalibr (SS-N-27 Sizzler) missile systems (photo) on three of its Project 11356 frigates, the Baltic shipbuilding plant said on

US Army Extends Harris Tactical Communications Contract
2013-03-20 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $500 million increase in the ceiling value of its 2011 Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Army Communications

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