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Swiss Companies to Produce Major Gripen E Components
2013-04-03 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has taken the strategic decision to find Swiss companies to develop, produce and assemble major components of the Gripen E aircraft, including the rear fuselage. More than 35 per cent of the work will be placed in

Raytheon's Patriots Receive Service Life Extension
2013-04-02 Read More...
Raytheon Patriot missiles, critical components of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System, have received U.S. Army approval for a second recertification, extending the operational life of the worldwide inventory of Patriot missiles from 30 to 45

Lockheed to Upgrade US Navy Electronic Warfare Defenses
2013-04-02 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin (LM) a $57 million contract to upgrade the fleet’s electronic warfare defenses against anti-ship missile

French Troops to Stay in Mali Until End of 2013
2013-04-02 Read More...
French President Francois Hollande said the country’s troops will stay in Mali to fight extremists at least through the end of this

Thales to Study LTE Broadband Communications
2013-04-01 Read More...
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thales the ALTEA (*) study contract to analyze the LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard and its use by the French Armed Forces.

Bangladesh Plans to Buy 24 Yak-130 Jet Trainers
2013-04-01 Read More...
Bangladesh is planning to buy 24 Yak-130Mitten jet trainers (photo) on $1 billion credit from Russia, Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport

Rockwell Collins Conducts CDR for CRIIS Program
2013-04-01 Read More...
Rockwell Collins has conducted a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) with the U.S. Air Force, and has been approved to begin the integration, test, and pre-production phase of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS)

Hollande: “Too early to Arm Syrian Rebels”
2013-03-29 Read More...
French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that the situation in Syria was still too unsure to start supplying weapons to opposition rebels, an idea France backs in the longer

Iran, Syria, North Korea Block UN Arms Trade Treaty
2013-03-29 Read More...
Iran, Syria and North Korea on Friday prevented the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it was flawed and failed to ban weapons sales to rebel

Putin Orders Massive Surprise Naval Drills in Black Sea
2013-03-29 Read More...
The Russian Navy in the Black Sea was ordered to conduct unscheduled drills early Thursday. The naval training put in motion dozens of warships, military aircraft and armored vehicles, and thousands of

Sukhoi to Maintain Malaysia’s Su-30MKM Fighters
2013-03-29 Read More...
Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi and the Malaysian Defense Ministry have signed a $100-million contract for the technical maintenance of Malaysia’s fleet of Su-30MKM fighters (photo), said a spokesman for the Organizing Committee of the LIMA-2013

Airbus Military, PTDI Sign Development Plan for NC212i
2013-03-28 Read More...
Airbus Military and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) have signed an agreement covering the development plan for the NC212i light utility transport

NGC’s AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR Radar Demos BMD Capability
2013-03-28 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) successfully detected multiple rocket launches during company-funded

Saab, Malyasia’s DRB-HICOM Sign MoU
2013-03-28 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysian company DRB-HICOM. The purpose is to broaden and deepen the relationship between the companies which began in

Estonia’s 1st GM400 Air Defense Radar in Service
2013-03-28 Read More...
An official ceremony was held on March 26 on Muhu Island in Estonia to mark the entry into service of the first Ground Master 400 (GM 400) long-range air defense radar system supplied by ThalesRaytheonSystems to the Estonian Armed

Safran Finalizes Acquisition of GEPS
2013-03-28 Read More...
After completing all required approval procedures, Safran announced that it has finalized the acquisition of Goodrich Electrical Power Systems (GEPS), a leading supplier of on-board aerospace electrical power systems.

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