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Oshkosh Defense Wins Two US Army Contracts
2016-03-28 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, will recapitalize 1,212 Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) and produce 345 trailers following multiple orders from the U.S. Army valued at more than $430

Defendec Wins Sales in Cooperation with US Government
2016-03-28 Read More...
Defendec, an Estonian defense company specializing in the development of world-class remote surveillance technology is working with the United States government to provide its Smartdec situational awareness system to a number of third party

Sagem to Supply Over 200 JIM-LR Infrared Binoculars to a NATO Country
2016-03-25 Read More...
Sagem (Safran) has received a new order for more than 200 JIM-LR long-range multifunction infrared binoculars from the army in a NATO country. The order will also include remote-control terminals, and will be added to the JIM-LR units already

Baku to Host 2nd Azerbaijan Defense Exhibition (ADEX)
2016-03-24 Read More...
ADEX 2016, the 2nd Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition will be held from 27 to 30 September 2016 in Baku,

FLIR Wins New Orders from Key International Customer
2016-03-24 Read More...
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced it has been awarded new contracts by a key international military customer totaling $38 million for FLIR man-portable multispectral targeting systems and integrated mobile long-range multispectral imaging and command and

Saab Debuts New Sea Giraffe 1X Naval Radar in the US
2016-03-24 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab showcased its Sea Giraffe 1X naval radar for the first time at the Maritime Security East Conference in Norfolk, Virginia (March 21-23). Sea Giraffe 1X offers simultaneous surface and air surveillance capabilities,

Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security Delivers Enhanced MILDS F
2016-03-24 Read More...
Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security (EBS), a business area of Airbus Defence and Space, will equip the Dutch armed forces with the latest version of its proven missile warning system AN/AAR-60 (V) 2 MILDS F (MILDS = Missile Launch Detection

Raytheon Awarded New US Air Force AMRAAM Order
2016-03-23 Read More...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $573 million contract modification to exercise the option on a previously awarded contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles

Beechcraft to Support NATO Flying Training in Canada
2016-03-23 Read More...
Beechcraft Defense Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced it recently signed a contract with CAE, to provide service support for the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC)

Raytheon Tests Upgraded Patriot Air and Missile Defense System
2016-03-22 Read More...
The newly upgraded Raytheon Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system has again proven that it can destroy a ballistic missile with different kinds of interceptors fired in rapid

Thales Completes Acquisition of Vormetric
2016-03-21 Read More...
Thales announced the closing of its acquisition of Vormetric, a leading provider of data protection solutions in physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures, after approval by the regulatory authorities. The transaction price is approximately 375

Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 MSE Intercepts Missile Target in Flight Test
2016-03-21 Read More...
A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) target today at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, as part of a U.S. Army-led flight

Oshkosh Defense Showcases Winning JLTV at AUSA Global Force
2016-03-18 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, showcased its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama on March 15-17,

Javelin JV Team Wins U.S. Secretary of Defense PBL Award
2016-03-18 Read More...
The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded the U.S. Army and the Javelin™ Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, the Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in

Textron Systems Electronic Systems Celebrates eCASS Partnership with Lockheed Martin, U.S. Navy
2016-03-17 Read More...
Textron Systems Electronic Systems, a Textron Inc. business, celebrates a continued collaboration with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy on the Electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS)

Second CH-53K Helicopter Joins Flight Test Program
2016-03-16 Read More...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, announced the second CH-53K helicopter has joined the flight test program and achieved first flight. In addition the first aircraft into the test program has achieved flight envelope expansion to 120 knots for

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