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FNSS Receives $559m Award from DEFTECH
2011-06-07 Read More...
FNSS of Turkey, a joint venture between BAE Systems, Inc. and Nurol Holding of Turkey, received and signed a $559 million letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) from DEFTECH of Malaysia for the design, development and manufacture of 257 DEFTECH AV-8

Cassidian Helped Secure the 37th G8 Summit in France
2011-06-03 Read More...
Cassidian helped to ensure the success of the security system at the recent G8 summit held in Deauville, France on 26-27 May

UK Investigates GPT Deal with Saudi National Guard
2011-05-31 Read More...
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into alleged bribery of Saudi officials by a British-based unit of the European defence group EADS, the Financial Times (FT) reported

Saab’s 5th Gen Automatic Identification Systems
2011-05-31 Read More...
Swedish Defense and security company Saab - a leading supplier of Maritime Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) - introduced a breakthrough in AIS technology, with the unveiling of its fifth generation R5 family of

Alenia Aeronautica Appoints New Chairman
2011-05-30 Read More...
Alenia Aeronautica's Board of Directors, convened this past Friday, has appointed Amedeo Caporaletti as company's Chairman, succeeding the resigning Giorgio Brazzelli, who held this position since 2009 and who has taken over another prestigious role

ITT’s Lightweight Countermeasures System
2011-05-30 Read More...
ITT Corporation developed a groundbreaking countermeasures system to protect helicopters from shoulder-fired, heat-seeking

Cassidian’s Smallest-Smartest TETRA Base Station
2011-05-27 Read More...
At the ongoing TETRA World Congress 2011 (24-27 May; Budapest, Hungary) Cassidian launched the TB3p mini TETRA base station, which is suited for establishing indoor radio coverage, for stand-alone use and for providing areas with temporary radio

ATK Supplies Key Test Component to Raytheon
2011-05-27 Read More...
ATK, the leading solid rocket motor producer in the U.S., provided a key component for the latest successful missile defense test of a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IA

Early Delivery of AH-1Z Cobra System
2011-05-27 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The TSS units feature upgraded software to provide additional targeting

NGC to Continue Support of USA’s ABIS System
2011-05-26 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a follow-on task order valued at up to $141 million for continued development of the U.S. Department of Defense Automated Biometric Identification

Last British Naval Force Leaves Iraq
2011-05-24 Read More...
British operations in Iraq are officially ending, more than 8 years after the country joined the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam

MBDA’s PARS 3 LR Tested on German Tiger
2011-05-23 Read More...
Three firings, three hits! This is the impressive score of the test firing exercise conducted with the PARS 3 LR guided antitank missile system.

Goodrich to Upgrade Russian Helicopters Mi-34C1
2011-05-23 Read More...
Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been selected by Russian Helicopters, JSC to provide the main rotor actuator and hydraulic power supply for its upgraded Mi-34C1 light

MBDA Awarded Sea Viper Support Contract
2011-05-20 Read More...
MBDA has been awarded a £165m contract to provide the support for Sea Viper, the Royal Navy’s latest and most modern weapon

RUAG Space Expands US Customer Base
2011-05-20 Read More...
RUAG Space’s Vienna location won an order from US satellite manufacturer Northrop Grumman ISS International Inc. to design and supply 2 mobile satellite integration platforms, known as trolleys.

DGA Chooses Sagem’s Ballistic Computer
2011-05-19 Read More...
Following a competitive call for tenders, the new-generation ballistic computer offered by Sagem (Safran group) was chosen by French defense procurement agency DGA to outfit all control stations in the French army's Atlas artillery

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