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UK Defense Minister Thanks Goodrich for Libya Support
2011-12-16 Read More...
Goodrich Corporation received a letter from Peter Luff, Minister for Defense Equipment Support and Technology describing "the tremendous support Goodrich has provided the United Kingdom in the implementation of the United Nations Security Council

Lockheed Submits Aegis CSEA Proposal to U.S. Navy
2011-12-16 Read More...
Lockheed Martin submitted its final proposal to the U.S. Navy to provide combat system engineering services, including design, development, integration, test and life cycle support for Aegis-equipped

Cubic Wins Middle East Training Contract
2011-12-15 Read More...
Cubic Corporation has signed a prime contract with a major Middle East customer to provide comprehensive marksmanship and small arms training

Lockheed Delivers ISR System to U.S. Air Force’s C-130J
2011-12-12 Read More...
An airborne signals intelligence system configured specifically for the newest C-130J aircraft has been delivered to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin.

DCNS Launches Program To Build 2 BPCs For Russia
2011-12-12 Read More...
The design for the BPC-type force projection and command vessels ordered by the Russian Federation is now underway.

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

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