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Latest Armored Vehicles on Display at Counter Terror Expo
2014-04-28 Read More...
From the protection of individuals - whether VIPs or NGO personnel - to SWAT operations, armored vehicles have a key role to play in the defense against terrorism. The nature of the threat is constantly evolving, and so are the requirements placed

Nexter Inks Acquisition Agreements for Mecar, Simmel Difesa
2014-04-25 Read More...
Nexter Systems signed acquisition agreements with Chemring Group for all the shares of the companies Mecar (Belgium) and Simmel Difesa (Italy) on 23 April 2014.

New KONGSBERG Components for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
2014-04-25 Read More...
Kongsberg Defence Systems (KONGSBERG) signed a contract with Lockheed Martin valued at 160 MNOK for deliveries of Rudders & Vertical Leading Edges for Production Lot 8 (LRIP 8) for F-35 Joint Strike

Airbus D&S Launches Pseudo-Satellite Zephyr 8 Program
2014-04-24 Read More...
Airbus Defence and Space officially announced it has launched the Zephyr 8 program to develop the next generation of the world-record setting Zephyr 7 system and invites potential customers and partners to undertake joint in-flight demonstrations of

MBDA’s Dual Mode Brimstone Wins Queen’s Award
2014-04-22 Read More...
MBDA in the UK has won a prestigious 2014 Queens Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for developing an extra guidance mode for the Brimstone radar guided anti-armour

nEUROn Flies in Formation with Rafale and Falcon 7X Jets
2014-04-16 Read More...
On March 20, 2014, Dassault Aviation organized a formation flight of the nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) with a Rafale fighter and a Falcon 7X business

Airbus Defence and Space Presents Latest Generation of Electronic Protection Systems
2014-04-16 Read More...
Airbus Defence and Space’s Business Line Electronics has presented a new generation of electronic protection systems in a series of field tests and demonstrations in a Northern European

Sagem’s SIGMA 30 on Qatar’s PzH 2000 Tracked Artillery
2014-04-15 Read More...
Sagem (Safran) has signed a contract with German manufacturer KMW (Krauss Maffei Wegmann) to integrate its SIGMA 30 navigation and pointing system on all PzH 2000 tracked artillery systems(*) acquired by Qatar.

New Firing Test for MdCN, MBDA’s Naval Cruise Missile
2014-04-14 Read More...
On 8th April 2014, the French DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement) successfully carried out the second qualification firing of the naval cruise missile (MdCN or Missile de Croisière Naval) currently under development by

Thales at DSA
2014-04-14 Read More...
Thales is participating in the 14th Defense Services Asia (DSA) exhibition and conference (14 to 17 April, Kuala Lumpur,

Pilatus Achieves Record Results in 2013
2014-04-14 Read More...
For the first time in its 75 year history, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd has surpassed the one billion mark in sales, boosting 2013 sales by over 70% to a total of CHF 1,014 billion. The operating result (CHF 145 million) and investment (CHF 101 million),

DCI Celebrates 10 Years of Cooperation with Malaysian Navy
2014-04-10 Read More...
For more than 10 years, DCI-NAVFCO - DCI’s naval operational department - has been standing next to the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) to support it step by step in the creation of a submarine forceab

Meggitt to Demo Next-Gen Simulation Training at DSA 2014
2014-04-10 Read More...
Leading the simulation and live fire training systems arena with innovative training solutions, Meggitt Training Systems will provide private demonstrations of its latest advanced training technologies at this year’s Defence Services Asia (DSA)

Selex ES Miysis DIRCM Completes Successful NATO Trial
2014-04-09 Read More...
The Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) system developed Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, was successfully demonstrated in March 2014 as part of NATO Trial EMBOW

Saab Completes Flight Test with IRST for Gripen E
2014-04-08 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has successfully performed the first flight with the new sensor IRST (Infra Red Search and Track) which will feature in Gripen E, according to schedule. The IRST does not emit a signal and can, without revealing the

Sagem Teams with Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
2014-04-08 Read More...
Sagem (Safran) signed an agreement on January 30 with Percro, the Perceptual Robotics Laboratory of the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Italy to jointly develop exoskeleton technologies.

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