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MBDA Italy Wins Industry Award
2010-06-11 Read More...
MBDA Italy has been awarded the 2010 "Imprese x Innovazione" by Confindustria as well as the "Premio dei Premi" established by the Italian government, following an intense selection and assessment phase lasting about eight

Russia to Purchase Mistral
2010-06-09 Read More...
Russia is close to purchasing a Mistral-class French warship and needs such a vessel to patrol waters around Pacific islands that are the subject of a long-running dispute with Japan, a top General said

Russia Launches Saudi Satellite
2010-06-07 Read More...
A Russian Proton rocket carrying an Arabsat telecommunications satellite was launched into orbit this past Friday, the Russian Space Agency said.

Eurosatory: BAE to Unveil CV90 Armadillo
2010-06-05 Read More...
BAE's Global Combat Systems will unveil the new Armadillo concept of the CV90 Armored Combat Vehicle family at Eurosatory 2010.Bringing a high level of flexibility in payload and battlefield utility to a new range of vehicles using common CV90

Northrop Grumman at ILA Berlin
2010-06-05 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation will again be a major participant at the ILA Berlin Air Show where it will highlight its key intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with the Euro Hawk® and NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance

Russia: Terrorists Seeking Nuke Material
2010-06-03 Read More...
Russia's Chief of State Security Service (FSB) warned that terrorists were seeking access to nuclear materials across the former Soviet Union. Alexander Bortnikov, Chief of FSB and main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, gave no further details about

A400M: First Appearance at ILA Berlin
2010-05-29 Read More...
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Airbus will participate at ILA Berlin Air Show due to take place at Schonefeld Airport from June 8th to 13th.

Saab: Order for Carl-Gustaf Components
2010-05-26 Read More...
Defence & Security company Saab signed a contract for components to the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system. The total value of the order is 115 million Swedish Krona (SEK). Delivery will take place place during 2010-2011. By request from the

KMW, Rheinmetall, SAIC, Boeing: Bid for GCV Program
2010-05-25 Read More...
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall have concluded a cooperation agreement with the American companies Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and The Boeing Company in order to tender a joint bid for the development contract

Nen Lynx AMR flown on a predator B UAS
2010-05-24 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GAASI), a leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), tactical reconnaissance radars, and surveillance systems, announced that it has successfully completed a set of flight tests of its next

Harris To Acquire CapRock Communications
2010-05-22 Read More...
Harris plans to buy CapRock Communications, a satellite communications company based in Houston, for $525 million. The deal is expected to close between July and September 2010.CapRock sells secure, managed communications services such as broadband

F-35 Fighters arrive at Edwards AFB
2010-05-18 Read More...
Two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters flew nonstop from their final-assembly site in Fort Worth, Texas, to Edwards Air Force Base, California, yesterday, signaling a further expansion of F-35 flight test operations. The arrival is

Boeing: Unmanned Phantom Ray
2010-05-12 Read More...
Boeing unveiled the fighter-sized Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system, a test bed for advanced

Airborne Systems: Parachute Training Facility
2010-05-12 Read More...
Airborne Systems, a world leader in parachute systems, is to open a new Tactical Parachute Training Facility (TPTF) at Eloy Municipal Airport, Eloy, Arizona,

First Delivery of MBDA's SOUVIM 2
2010-05-10 Read More...
Development of SOUVIM 2, a mine path clearing system designed and manufactured by MBDA since 2008, has just been completed. Two units of this land vehicle set will be delivered very shortly to the DGA, the French armament procurement agency and will

Harris: Falcon Tactical Radios to Afghanistan
2010-05-08 Read More...
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, received an $11 million order to provide Falcon(r) tactical radio systems to a Partnership for Peace nation participating in the NATO-led International Security

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