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China Reveals its Military Structure for First Time
2013-04-24 Read More...
China revealed the composition and structure of its Armed Forces, including its nuclear deterrent, for the first time last week in a new edition of a white paper on national defense that also elaborates the country’s new security

Lockheed to Help Warfighters Share Secure Information
2013-04-23 Read More...
Lockheed Martin will deliver a suite of information technology support services to the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Office (CIO) that will allow warfighters to better share secure

World Military Expenditures Fall amid Economic Crisis
2013-04-23 Read More...
World military expenditures totaled $1.75 trillion in 2012, registering a decline of 0.5% in real terms year-on-year for the first time since 1998, according to data released last week by a Sweden-based security

Navistar Delivers Armored Cabs to Afghan Security Forces
2013-04-23 Read More...
Representatives from Navistar Defense, LLC, and the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Combat Service Support marked the urgent completion and scheduled delivery of the first wave of armored cab units designated for service with the Afghan

Raytheon Wins Production Contract for MALD-J Units
2013-04-23 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon a firm-fixed-price $81.7 million option for Lot 6 on the Lot 5 contract for the production and delivery of 202 MALD®-J jammers and containers. The contract also includes a 10-year

Eurocopter Delivers 1st Tiger HAD Version to DGA
2013-04-22 Read More...
Eurocopter’s first production Tiger helicopter in the HAD attack configuration was delivered to France’s DGA armament procurement agency on Friday 19 April for operation by French Army Aviation units, providing a highly capable combat weapon system

BAE Systems’ APKWS Rocket Engages Targets from A-10 Jet
2013-04-22 Read More...
BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS™) rocket recently launched and engaged targets from a U.S. Air Force A-10 jet, marking another milestone for the laser-guided rocket

Oshkosh Defense Delivers 15,000th FMTV Truck
2013-04-19 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, has delivered the 15,000th Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) truck to the U.S. Army and National Guard -- setting quality and delivery records for the

Mohammad Bin Zayed-Obama Discuss Bilateral Ties
2013-04-18 Read More...
General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, met US President Barack Obama at the White

ITT Exelis to Supply GPS Antennas to KC-46 Tanker
2013-04-18 Read More...
ITT Exelis has received a contract from Raytheon to supply anti-jam GPS antennas to the KC-46 refueling tanker program. Work on this contract will be performed in Bohemia,

LM to Modernize US Joint Theater Air Operations System
2013-04-18 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) is upgrading the command and control system that allows Joint Force Air Component Commanders to deploy air assets, execute air tasking orders and synchronize management of air

NGC's SABR Gives F-16 Pilots Sharpest Radar Images
2013-04-17 Read More...
To a pilot, a radar is only as useful as the information it provides, and Northrop Grumman's (NGC) Big SAR (synthetic aperture radar) mapping for the Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) delivers the largest, sharpest radar images ever available in an

Rockwell Collins to Provide Service, Support for 2 KC-135
2013-04-17 Read More...
Rockwell Collins has been awarded two contracts to provide service and support for the KC-135 Pacer CRAG (Compass, Radar and GPS)

Lockheed’s Nemesis Missile Scores 3-for-3 In Flight Tests
2013-04-17 Read More...
Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the launch, guided flight, target acquisition and precision strike capability of its Nemesis missile in three flight tests at White Sands Missile Range, New

U.S. Black Hawk Crashes Near North Korean Border
2013-04-16 Read More...
Amid heightened military tensions within the Korean peninsula, a U.S. military helicopter crashed Tuesday near the North Korean border with no apparent casualties, officials

Boeing Completes 1st Flight of Newest UK CH-47 Chinook
2013-04-16 Read More...
Boeing recently completed the first flight of the newest CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for the United Kingdom's Royal Air

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