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Russia Urges U.N. to Investigate NATO’s Libya Bombing
2011-12-26 Read More...
Russia urged the U.N. Security Council last week to investigate civilian deaths in Libya from NATO’s bombing campaign, a move the United States immediately dismissed as “a cheap stunt” to distract from Moscow’s failure to condemn the Syrian

General Dynamics Acquires Force Protection
2011-12-22 Read More...
General Dynamics completed, this week, its acquisition of Force Protection, Inc., a provider of blast- and ballistic-protected platforms that support the armed forces of the United States and its

Arab Spring & African Defense Spending
2011-12-20 Read More...
Forecast International (FI) expects African defense budgets will grow at an average of less than 3% per year for 2011 through 2015. This figure is substantially lower than the 2006-2010 compound annual growth rate of 12.96% per

Robonic Delivers 8th Pneumatic Launcher to Cassidian
2011-12-20 Read More...
Robonic Ltd Oy (a subsidiary of Sagem, Safran group) has delivered its 8th Robonic Kontio (type MC2555LLR) pneumatic launcher to Cassidian, an EADS company, to be used to expand the company's on-going target drone services

India to Get 42 Additional Sukhoi Fighters
2011-12-19 Read More...
Russia will provide an additional 42 Sukhoi frontline fighters to India under an agreement signed last Friday, taking the bilateral defense cooperation to new

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

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