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Thales to Supply Night Vision Goggles to Gladius Project
2013-01-09 Read More...
As part of the “Gladius” project, Thales has received the sub-contract from Rheinmetall Defence to manufacture and supply 310 night vision goggles of type Lucie II D and 16 IR modules for 30 combat systems of the “Infantry Soldier of the Future”

Russia to Build 3 New Radar Stations
2013-01-09 Read More...
Russia will start building new radar stations of the Voronezh class in three regions this year, spokesman for Russia’s Space Forces Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin

India Selects Airbus Military A330 MRTT
2013-01-08 Read More...
Airbus Military announced it has been selected by the Government of India as the preferred bidder to supply its A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker Transport to the Indian Air Force

Hagel Named US Defense Secretary; Brennan to Lead CIA
2013-01-08 Read More...
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday named former Senator Chuck Hagel as his next Defense Secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to head the CIA, urging the U.S. Senate to confirm them

Northrop’s Cybersecurity Engineers Win Global DOD Title
2013-01-08 Read More...
A four-person team of cyber engineers from Northrop Grumman Corporation won the overall “grand champion” title in the Department of Defense (DOD) Cyber Crime Center's (DC3's) seventh annual Digital Forensics

GD Wins U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Contracts
2013-01-07 Read More...
General Dynamics Electric Boat was recently awarded 3 U.S. Navy contracts totaling $4.6 billion to design and develop the next-generation strategic deterrent submarine, and to continue construction and purchasing of materials for Virginia-class

Rolls-Royce Wins AE 1107C Engines Services Contract
2013-01-04 Read More...
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a $52.2 million contract to support AE 1107C engines for V-22 aircraft operated by the US Marine Corps and Air

Takieddine: “Sarkozy Received €50 Million from Qaddafi”
2013-01-04 Read More...
France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy took more than €50 million from the late Libyan leader, Muammar Qaddafi, a French judge has been told, a report on Thursday

Obama Signs Defense Policy Bill for 2013
2013-01-03 Read More...
US President Barack Obama has signed into law the annual defense policy bill, authorizing $633 billion in defense spending for

U.S. Drone Strike Kills Senior Taliban Commander
2013-01-03 Read More...
A U.S. drone strike killed a Taliban Commander, his Deputy and eight others in Northern Pakistan, intelligence sources and tribal leaders said

Raytheon Wins US Navy Order for DDG 1000 Program
2013-01-02 Read More...
Raytheon is being awarded a not-to-exceed $169 million modification to previously awarded fixed-price incentive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for deferred mission systems equipment for DDG 1000 and DDG

Airbus Military Starts C295 Winglets Flight Tests
2013-01-02 Read More...
Airbus Military has begun flight-testing a modification to add winglets to the C295 medium transport and surveillance aircraft - one of a series of product developments underway on the market-leading

Lockheed Martin Acquires Assets of CDL Systems Ltd.
2013-01-02 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of CDL Systems Ltd., a software engineering firm that specializes in the development and licensing of vehicle control station software for unmanned

Boeing to Supply 2 More C-40A Aircraft to US Navy
2012-12-30 Read More...
Boeing has received a $145 million order from the U.S. Navy for 2 additional C-40A Clipper transport aircraft, increasing the service's ability to move military personnel and cargo around the world.

“Stormin Norman” Dies at 78
2012-12-28 Read More...
Norman Schwarzkopf, the U.S. General who led Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1991, died on Thursday at the age of

Russia Inks Major Arms Deal with India
2012-12-28 Read More...
Russia is to supply India with combat helicopters and warplanes worth $2.9 billion under a deal signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi earlier this

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