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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

Saab Receives IDAS Order from AgustaWestland
2012-12-27 Read More...
Defence and security company Saab has received an order for helicopter self-protection and electronic intelligence systems worth around SEK 100 Million (ZAR 130 Million) from AgustaWestland

Harris to Provide USAF With Falcon Tactical Radios
2012-12-26 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded an $85 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with Falcon multiband manpack tactical

S-100’s Successful Integration with Riegl's VQ 820 GU
2012-12-26 Read More...
Schiebel and Riegl Laser Measurement Systems GmbH announced the successful integration of the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) together with the Riegl VQ®-820-GU Hydrographic Airborne Sensor.

GE to Acquire Aviation Business of Avio S.p.A
2012-12-26 Read More...
GE announced that it has agreed to purchase the aviation business of Avio S.p.A., an Italy-based manufacturer of aviation propulsion components and systems for civil and military aircraft, for $4.3 billion U.S. (€3.3

Raytheon Wins 2 U.S. Navy Contracts
2012-12-24 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $254.6 million contract to procure Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise missiles for fiscal year

Last Firing Test of Sagem’s AASM Missile
2012-12-24 Read More...
On December 12, 2012, French defense procurement agency DGA successfully carried out the last qualification firing test of the AASM modular air-to-ground missile developed and produced by Sagem (Safran), in its laser terminal guidance version (NATO

Two More Super Pumas for the Finnish Border Guard
2012-12-24 Read More...
The Finnish Border Guard is to expand its Eurocopter fleet with the acquisition of two additional AS332 L1 Super Puma helicopters fully equipped for maritime search and rescue missions in the country’s challenging

Russia Developing New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
2012-12-21 Read More...
Russia is developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the military announced last week, in an apparent attempt to remind the United States of Moscow's rocket

Boeing Delivers 1st P-8I Poseidon Aircraft
2012-12-21 Read More...
Boeing made an on-site delivery of the first P-8I aircraft to the Indian Navy in Seattle on December 19, in accordance with the

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