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Poll: Obama Disappoints Arabs
2011-07-18 Read More...
Two years after US President Barack Obama called for a "new beginning" in relations with the Muslim world in a groundbreaking speech from Cairo, his popularity among Arabs has nosedived, a poll

Airborne Systems Wins 2nd French Contract
2011-07-13 Read More...
Airborne Systems, a subsidiary of HDT Global (HDT), provider of highly-engineered mobile military and emergency response solutions, announced its second major contract in

Report: Russian Naval Show: Full Speed Ahead
2011-07-12 Read More...
By Sergey Kirshin, Yuri Laskin (Al Defaiya), all photos - Yuri Laskin (Al Defaiya) Monday, 10 July 2011 10:24 The fifth International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS) was held from 29 June to 03 July 2011 in Russia’s naval capital Saint- Petersburg.

MBDA & DCI-COFRAS Sign Training MoU
2011-07-07 Read More...
MBDA France and DCI-COFRAS, DCI’s Land Force and Military Police Department, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding

DGA Orders 3rd Barracuda for the French Navy
2011-07-06 Read More...
France’s Defense Procurement Agency DGA placed an order with DCNS for the 3rd Barracuda-type nuclear-powered attack submarine for the French

MBDA & ISL Extend their Cooperation
2011-06-29 Read More...
At last week’s Le Bourget Air Show, MBDA and ISL (Franco-German research Institute of St. Louis) signed an international partnering agreement thereby extending the scope of the already existing cooperation between the two

Raytheon & NAMMO in an Alternate to AIM-120
2011-06-23 Read More...
Raytheon and the Norwegian defense company NAMMO are in the process of qualifying an alternate rocket engine for the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.

Finmeccanica’s Aeronautics Division at Paris Air Show
2011-06-22 Read More...
Alenia Aeronautica, the company that heads up Finmeccanica’s aeronautics division, together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, are participating again at the Paris Air Show with the latest

1st UAE C-17 Globemaster III Powered by Pratt&Whitney
2011-06-21 Read More...
The United Arab Emirates Air Force received its first C-17 Globemaster III in Long Beach, California in mid May. The UAE Air Force is slated to receive a total of six C-17s by 2012.

14 Firms Win $3.8bn US Army Orders in 20 Countries
2011-06-20 Read More...
The US Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District said it has awarded $3.8 billion worth of contracts to 14 firms on behalf of the Transatlantic Division and the Army Corps of

Eurocopter Inaugurates its Global Logistics Center
2011-06-20 Read More...
The new Eurocopter Global Logistics facility was inaugurated in southern France, marking a major milestone in the evolution of Eurocopter’s global integrated support network for customers and also providing improved internal logistics for the

NGC's Firebird Uses 3 Eyes and 4th Sensor Payload
2011-06-16 Read More...
Northrop Grumman’s Firebird intelligence-gathering air system successfully used 3 different high-definition video sensors and an electronics support payload all at the same time - a future capability sought by the U.S. military that's available

ATK at Paris Air Show
2011-06-16 Read More...
ATK will participate as an exhibitor at the 2011 Paris Air Show and will highlight a variety of capabilities and programs at the show which will be held at Le Bourget Airport from 20-26 June 2011.

GKN Aerospace at Paris Air Show
2011-06-15 Read More...
At this year’s Paris Air Show (20-26 June 2011), GKN Aerospace aims to progress business across its areas of expertise with particular focus on a range of critical developing technologies.

Renault Trucks at BRIDEX 2011
2011-06-14 Read More...
For the second time, Renault Trucks Defense is attending BRIDEX exhibition which will be held in Brunei from 6 to 9 July

New Recapitalized Oshkosh Trucks for U.S. Army
2011-06-10 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense will deliver more than 730 trucks from the U.S. Army’s Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV), including new and recapitalized Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A4s and new Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) A1s,

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