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Rheinmetall Reports Strong Increase in Defense Orders
2012-08-13 Read More...
Rheinmetall reported a strong increase in defense orders in the first half of 2012, but saw sales in the sector fall back before companies consolidated for the first time were

India Test Fires Nuclear Capable Agni-II Missile
2012-08-13 Read More...
Sharpening its missile teeth, India successfully test-fired Thursday its medium-range nuclear capable Agni-II missile with a strike range of 2,000 km as part of a user trial by the Army from the Wheeler Island off Odisha

Cassidian Equips Finnish Border Guard with Naval Radar
2012-08-13 Read More...
Cassidian, the defense and security division of EADS, will equip the new Offshore Patrol Vessel of the Finnish Border Guard with its proven TRS-3D naval radar.

Iran Hosts Consultative Meeting on Syria
2012-08-10 Read More...
Foreign Ministers and Representatives from 28 Asian, African and Latin American countries took part Thursday in a consultative meeting in Tehran on Syria themed “Denouncing violence and upholding national

India's 1st Self-Built Nuclear Sub Set for Sea Trials
2012-08-10 Read More...
India said its first self-built nuclear-powered submarine was set for sea trials, as it detailed billion-dollar projects to arm its Navy with warships, aircraft and modern weaponry.

Lockheed Performs 1st Outdoor Flight Test of Stalker UAS
2012-08-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive Inc., have completed a series of flight tests of the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to further validate the performance of an innovative laser power system. These tests mark the first-ever outdoor flight of a

Boeing Flight Tests Little Bird H-6U
2012-08-09 Read More...
The Boeing Unmanned Little Bird H-6U successfully performed 14 autonomous takeoffs and landings from a ship during flight tests in July, a significant milestone for a medium-size vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned airborne system

Raytheon Tests Pyros™ Warhead & Guidance System
2012-08-08 Read More...
Raytheon completed a successful warhead and guidance system test of its Pyros™ small tactical munition. The end-to-end test validated the weapon's guidance modes (semi-active laser and global positioning system), its height-of-burst sensor,

GA-ASI Tests NightLighter Airborne Imaging System
2012-08-08 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, announced the successful flight test of its Nightlighter airborne

Lockheed Delivers 20,000th GMLRS Unitary Rocket
2012-08-08 Read More...
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 20,000th Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary rocket to the U.S.

Boeing, JHU Demo Expanded Control of UAV Swarm
2012-08-08 Read More...
Boeing and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) have demonstrated that an operator on the ground, using only a laptop and a military radio, can command an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) “swarm.”

U.S. Marine Corps Uses Oshkosh TerraMax™ UGV
2012-08-07 Read More...
Unmanned tactical wheeled vehicles that have the potential to serve as a force multiplier and reduce Warfighters’ exposure to lethal attacks continue to come closer to

Iran Test-Fires 4th Generation Fateh Missile
2012-08-07 Read More...
Iran has fired an upgraded version of its Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile in a “successful” test of its ability to hit stationary land or sea targets, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday, according to state

BAE Systems’ Profits Fall 3% as Saudi Deal Drags
2012-08-07 Read More...
BAE Systems posted a 3% fall in first half profit, hit by a delay in the completion of a key deal with Saudi Arabia as well as lower spending by European and American

NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Lands on Mars Planet
2012-08-06 Read More...
NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year

Saab’s NAIS to Cover Entire Indian Coast
2012-08-06 Read More...
Saab announced the successful implementation of National Automatic Identification System (NAIS) on the Indian coast line for India’s Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL), which will also be used by Indian Navy, Coast Guard and DG

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