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Lockheed Delivers Laser Rangefinder Designators to U.S. Apache
2011-12-09 Read More...
Lockheed Martin delivered the first Modernized Day Sensor Assembly (M-DSA) upgrade prototype units to the U.S. Army for use on the Apache attack

Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov Sails to Syria
2011-12-08 Read More...
Russia’s Defense Ministry said a navy squadron has set off for the Mediterranean as an Egyptian official said that a U.S. nuclear submarine has passed through the Suez Canal earlier this week heading to the

Finmeccanica Chairman Resigns
2011-12-05 Read More...
Italian aerospace and defense giant Finmeccanica's Chairman Pier Francesco Guarguaglini resigned on Thursday after nine years in charge following a series of corruption

Urgent Delivery of Javelin Kits for VAB Armored Vehicle
2011-12-01 Read More...
Under an urgent operational requirement, on June 15 2011, the French defense procurement agency (DGA) ordered kits from Renault Trucks Defense for integrating the Javelin anti-tank missile system into the VAB armored personnel

Russia Opposes Arms Embargo on Syria
2011-12-01 Read More...
Moscow opposes the imposition of an arms embargo on Syria and believes the international community should stop threatening Damascus with ultimatums; local news agencies quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on

1st US Army Order for Saab's Carl-Gustaf
2011-12-01 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has signed a contract with the U.S. Army for the company's Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon

General Atomics-EMS Expands Electric Motor Facility
2011-12-01 Read More...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems division (GA-EMS) recently completed expansion and start-up of a 6,250 square foot advanced vacuum pressure impregnation and motor winding facility at its manufacturing and test site in Tupelo,

ATK Performs 1st Orbit Insertion of a Satellite
2011-11-30 Read More...
ATK successfully performed the first orbit insertion of a satellite using its new STAR(tm) 48BV rocket motor with an innovative vectorable

Russia to Send Warships to Syria in 2012
2011-11-29 Read More...
A report said Monday that Russia will send a flotilla of warships led by its only aircraft carrier to its naval base in Syria for a port call next year amid tensions with the West over the Syrian

Eurocopter Inaugurates New Logistics Platform
2011-11-29 Read More...
Eurocopter inaugurated, this past week, its new logistics platform at its industrial site in Marignane (France), marking the end to an innovative program to re-engineer the Group’s entire logistics chain and implement a flexible, high-performance

Thales & Cassidian Win IGN Contract
2011-11-28 Read More...
The French geographic Institute IGN (Institut Géographique National), acting as the contracting authority on behalf of the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) of the French Ministry of

Pilatus Delivers the 1,100th PC-12
2011-11-24 Read More...
In a ceremony yesterday at Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd’s facility in Broomfield, Colorado, the Swiss aircraft manufacturer delivered the 1,100th unit of its flagship single engine turboprop

Defense Expenditure Top Priority For Poland
2011-11-24 Read More...
In his expose delivered this past Friday, the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, confirmed that defense expenditures are among top priorities for the Polish government for the next 4

Panetta Urges Congress to Stop Automatic Defense Cuts
2011-11-23 Read More...
Automatic spending cuts that could result from a special congressional committee’s failure to reach a deficit-reduction agreement could “tear a seam” in U.S. defense, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said late

Renault Trucks: 4th French Army Truck Support Contract
2011-11-21 Read More...
The SIMMT (Structure Intégrée du Maintien en condition opérationnelle des Matériels Terrestres - Integrated Through-Life Support Structure for Terrestrial Equipment) awarded Renault Trucks Defense the 4th batch of the heavy vehicle through-life

Nexter-Renault Trucks to Cooperate on VBMR Program
2011-11-10 Read More...
Nexter Systems and Renault Trucks Defense have signed a cooperation agreement to offer a unique solution to fulfill the request for proposal for the VBMR

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