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Eurocopter Showcases Newly Upgraded EC130 T2’s
2012-10-10 Read More...
Eurocopter’s newest lightweight single engine helicopter – the EC130 T2 - is completing a two-week demo tour in several European countries to demonstrate its exceptional capabilities for aerial work and heavy lifting operations in mountainous and

PARS 3 LR for German Tiger Helicopter Moves to Production
2012-10-09 Read More...
PARS 3 LR, the main armament for the German Army’s Tiger helicopter, passes into full scale production. This follows the successful completion of the system’s validation program for the German customer, an event marked by a direct hit against an

Irkut Delivers 1st Batch of Yak-130 to Russian Air Force
2012-10-09 Read More...
JSC IRKUT Corporation, (a part of JSC United Aircraft Corporation) handed over the first batch of 6 Yak-130 combat trainers to the Russian Air

Raytheon to Supply 6,676 Wireless TOW Missiles to US Army
2012-10-09 Read More...
Raytheon received a $349 million five-year, multi-year contract to provide heavy anti-tank, wireless precision-assault missiles for the U.S. government. Raytheon received the award during its third

Boeing Wins PBL Contract for CH-47 Chinook Helicopters
2012-10-08 Read More...
The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a five-year Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract for CH-47 Chinook support, an arrangement that reduces customer costs while allowing Boeing to invest in improving products and

2 Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Fly in Close Formation
2012-10-08 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center have successfully completed a series of flight demonstrations, moving DARPA's Autonomous High-Altitude Refueling (AHR)

Spain Offers Base for 4 U.S. Missile Defense Ships
2012-10-08 Read More...
The United States and Spain announced an agreement on Wednesday to base U.S. anti-missile warships at Rota on the Spanish coast, strengthening U.S.-led plans for a NATO-wide missile defense system in

French Navy Qualifies MBDA’s Exocet AM39 on Rafale
2012-10-08 Read More...
On the 20th September afternoon, the French Navy has performed an operational evaluation firing of an Exocet AM39 from the Rafale

US, S. Korea in Final Talks over Longer Range Missiles
2012-10-05 Read More...
South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan said Friday talks with the United States over allowing Seoul to build ballistic missiles of longer range are in their final

Boeing’s High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator
2012-10-04 Read More...
Under a follow-on contractual effort from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Boeing will continue developing a truck-mounted directed energy system that improves warfighters' ability to counter rockets, artillery, mortars and

Lockeed-Led Team to Begin Work on $4.6 Bn DISA Contract
2012-10-04 Read More...
Lockheed Martin will begin managing the transformation of the Department of Defense’s global data network, known as the Global Information

Austal Launches 2nd Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV2)
2012-10-04 Read More...
On October 1, 2012, Austal USA successfully completed the launch process of the second Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), the recently christened USNS Choctaw County (JHSV 2).

Harris Wins Falcon Tactical Radios Contract
2012-10-04 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $297 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to deliver Falcon® tactical radio systems to the U.S. Department of the

GKN Completes Acquisition of Volvo Aero
2012-10-03 Read More...
GKN plc confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Volvo Aero (the aero engine division of AB

ITT Selected for US Army EAGLE Program
2012-10-03 Read More...
The U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill, has selected ITT Exelis as one of the prime contractors for the five-year, $23.5 billion Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE)

Dassault, Thales Complete Delivery of France's Rafale C137
2012-10-03 Read More...
The DGA (French defense procurement agency) has officially taken delivery of the Rafale C137, the first production Rafale equipped with the Thales RBE2 AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar, at Dassault Aviation's Mérignac establishment

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