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Coastal Surveillance 2012 to Host Saudi Navy Officer
2012-09-27 Read More...
The 9th annual Coastal Surveillance 2012 conference is back this year and will be held on 30-31 October 2012 at the Singapore

Thales at ADS Show Europe & UAV Show Europe
2012-09-27 Read More...
On September 26th and 27th, Thales is taking part in ADS Show Europe, dedicated to through-life support services for aerospace and defense organizations, and UAV Show Europe, a business convention for unmanned air systems

Alenia Aermacchi Delivers 1st Set of Eurofighter Components
2012-09-27 Read More...
The first set of main components made by Alenia Aermacchi for the first Eurofighter Typhoon of Tranche 3a has been shipped from Alenia Aermacchi’s Caselle plant to the BAE Systems plant in Warton,

LM's DAGR Demonstrates Ground Launch Capability
2012-09-26 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently conducted two separate DAGR® missile flight tests, successfully firing the missiles from a prototype pedestal launcher and hitting a stationary

NGC Installs New Radar on all Operational B-2 Bombers
2012-09-26 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has successfully completed, ahead of schedule, all field installations of a new radar system for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of B-2 stealth

Raytheon’s JLENS & MALD-J Decoy Undergo Separate Tests
2012-09-25 Read More...
A recent U.S. Army and Navy test proved Raytheon’s JLENS can integrate with defensive systems currently in the U.S. Navy's inventory to provide, for the first time, overland cruise missile defense from the

Lockheed Wins Apache M-TADS/PNVS PBL Contract
2012-09-25 Read More...
Lockheed Martin has received a $111 million Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from the U.S.

Boeing to Build 11 More P-8 Poseidon Planes for US Navy
2012-09-24 Read More...
Boeing Company has won a $1.9 billion contract to build 11 more P-8 maritime surveillance planes for the US Navy, according to the US Defense

UAV SHOW EUROPE 2012
2012-09-24 Read More...
UAV SHOW EUROPE is taking place on September 25th, 26th and 27th in Bordeaux-Merignac, France.

33,000 U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan
2012-09-24 Read More...
The last of the 33,000 American surge troops sent to Afghanistan two years ago have left late last

Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile
2012-09-21 Read More...
Pakistan announced it had test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile on Monday, September 17, 2012.

NGC to Supply More STARLite Radars for Gray Eagle UAS
2012-09-21 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has been selected to supply an additional 44 STARLite wide area surveillance radars for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System

Navistar Defense to Upgrade 2,300 U.S. Army MRAPS
2012-09-20 Read More...
Navistar Defense, LLC received a delivery order for up to $282 million to provide more than 2,300 survivability upgrade retrofit kits for International® MaxxPro® Dash Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.

Airbus Lays out Plans for a More Efficient & Agile Organisation
2012-09-20 Read More...
In line with its 2020 Vision, Airbus lays out its plans for a more efficient and agile organisation to be implemented by January

BAE’s APKWS to be Integrated on UAV
2012-09-20 Read More...
For the first time, BAE’s Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS®) will be integrated onto an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Sikorsky to Develop Enhanced BLACK HAWK Capabilities
2012-09-19 Read More...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced the award of the Combat Tempered Platform Demonstration (CTPD) contract from the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate

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