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DCNS Wins Naval Base O&M Contracts
2010-12-08 Read More...
DCNS has been awarded three four-year contracts for the operation and maintenance of French Navy port facilities and naval base power distribution networks at Toulon and

Russian and Italian Leaders Tour Sukhoi Superjet 100
2010-12-08 Read More...
Last week the Sukhoi Superjet 100 was presented to Demitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of the Republic of

US Orders First Oshkosh M-ATV Ambulances
2010-12-08 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense will provide the U.S. Armed Forces with the first MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) tactical ambulances, giving military medics new capabilities for reaching injured military personnel in otherwise inaccessible battlefield

Raytheon Flies Advanced Combat Radar on F-16
2010-12-06 Read More...
Raytheon’s Advanced Combat Radar (RACR), the latest Active Electronically Scanned Array radar, successfully completed a series of flight trials on a U.S. Air Force F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base,

Brazilian Defense Minister Views Modernized P-3 Orion
2010-12-04 Read More...
The first P-3 Orion aircraft modified by Airbus Military for the Brazilian Air Force was inspected yesterday by Brazilian Minister of Defense, Nelson Jobim, during his official visit to Spain.

US Flies New Unmanned Aircraft in Iraq
2010-12-04 Read More...
An Army unit deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq, is shaping the future of the US Army's unmanned aircraft systems program with a handful of its newest aircraft, the MQ-1C Gray

Raytheon’s Phalanx: Live Fire Demonstration
2010-12-03 Read More...
Raytheon and Oshkosh Corp., partnering with the U.S. Army and Navy, proved the maneuverability, integration and performance of the Mobile Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System (MLPWS) during a recent live-fire demonstration.

NGC, Elettronica Cooperate in EW Simulation
2010-12-03 Read More...
Northrop Grumman announced the signing of an agreement with Elettronica S.p.A that will allow the two companies to pool capabilities, resources and expertise in design, development and production of radio frequency (RF) simulation, stimulation and

Oshkosh Defense: New Head of International Programs
2010-12-03 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, announced that Ron Ziebell, the Head of International Programs for the Defense division will be retiring after a successful 40-year tenure with the

Saab: Additional Order from LM
2010-12-01 Read More...
Swedish Defense and security company Saab received an additional order of MSEK 108 from Lockheed Martin Canada for further enhancement of the Sea Giraffe 150 HC 2D radar for the modernization of the Canadian Navy's Halifax-class frigates.

Patria: Supply Subcontract of Nemo Mortar System
2010-12-01 Read More...
Patria Nemo 120 mm mortar system has been selected as one of the weapon systems for LAV II vehicles delivered by General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada as part of a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) project for the US

MBDA & Eurosam: Europe’s First Intercept of a Ballistic Missile
2010-11-26 Read More...
Within the framework of the FSAF development programmed whose goal is to provide the SAMP/T system with an anti-tactical ballistic missile defense capability, Eurosam carried out a system firing at the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA EM) test

Norwegian DINGO 2 to Afghanistan
2010-11-25 Read More...
Only three weeks after the order agreement between the Norwegian Army and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) on 29 October 2010, the first 10 of 20 DINGO 2 heavily armored vehicles have been delivered to a delegation of the Norwegian Armed

US Orders 250 Navistar MRAP
2010-11-24 Read More...
Navistar Defense, LLC announced that it received a delivery order for 250 International® MaxxPro® Recovery vehicles from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems

Pakistan Seeks Chinese Missiles
2010-11-20 Read More...
Pakistan has confirmed it will buy Chinese missiles and flight systems to equip its 250 JF-17 Thunder jet fighters as it seeks to deepen military cooperation with Beijing, state media said

Oshkosh at the 43rd Tecate SCORE Baja 1000
2010-11-19 Read More...
Oshkosh Corporation announced its first participation in the 43rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race Nov. 18-20 in Mexico. The Oshkosh Extreme Racing team will run its Light Concept Vehicles (LCV) through the rugged 1,061-mile desert course

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