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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

Pilatus Delivers the 1,100th PC-12
2011-11-24 Read More...
In a ceremony yesterday at Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd’s facility in Broomfield, Colorado, the Swiss aircraft manufacturer delivered the 1,100th unit of its flagship single engine turboprop

Defense Expenditure Top Priority For Poland
2011-11-24 Read More...
In his expose delivered this past Friday, the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, confirmed that defense expenditures are among top priorities for the Polish government for the next 4

Panetta Urges Congress to Stop Automatic Defense Cuts
2011-11-23 Read More...
Automatic spending cuts that could result from a special congressional committee’s failure to reach a deficit-reduction agreement could “tear a seam” in U.S. defense, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said late

Renault Trucks: 4th French Army Truck Support Contract
2011-11-21 Read More...
The SIMMT (Structure Intégrée du Maintien en condition opérationnelle des Matériels Terrestres - Integrated Through-Life Support Structure for Terrestrial Equipment) awarded Renault Trucks Defense the 4th batch of the heavy vehicle through-life

Nexter-Renault Trucks to Cooperate on VBMR Program
2011-11-10 Read More...
Nexter Systems and Renault Trucks Defense have signed a cooperation agreement to offer a unique solution to fulfill the request for proposal for the VBMR

Boeing Submits Proposal for 155 CH-47F Chinook
2011-11-09 Read More...
Boeing submitted a proposal to the U.S. Army for a multiyear contract for the production and delivery of 155 CH-47F

C-130 Hercules Program Hits New Historic Milestone
2011-11-07 Read More...
Lockheed Martin celebrated, this past week, the rolling out of the 250th C-130J Super Hercules built at its facility in Marietta,

Boeing Delivers 1st AH-64D Apache Block III Helicopter
2011-11-04 Read More...
Boeing celebrated delivery of the first AH-64D Apache Block III multi-role attack helicopter to the U.S. Army Thursday in Mesa,

Lockheed Martin Lays Keel on the Future USS Milwaukee
2011-11-04 Read More...
A Lockheed Martin-led industry team held a keel-laying ceremony at Marinette Marine's shipyard (Wisconsin) for the future USS Milwaukee, the U.S. Navy's fifth Littoral Combat Ship

Kärcher Inaugurates New Head Offices
2011-11-03 Read More...
After only twelve months of construction, in mid-October Kärcher Futuretech GmbH officially opened its new head offices, with a surface of 4,000 sq.m. in the Schwaikheim industrial estate, Germany. It has 150 office work places spread over five

Boeing to Upgrade B-1 Bomber Avionics Software
2011-11-02 Read More...
Boeing received a follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force for additional upgrades of the B-1 bomber fleet's avionics

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