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MBDA: Successful Demonstration of the Semi-Active Laser Guided Zuni Rocket
2009-10-06 Read More...
MBDA Inc. today announced the successful demonstration of a Semi-Active Laser Guided Zuni rocket against a moving target at the Navy’s test facilities at China Lake, CA. This firing comes after a successful shot against a static target in May of

4,000 US troops to leave Iraq next month
2009-09-30 Read More...
The US will withdraw about 4,000 troops from Iraq by the end of October, the US military commander in Iraq said in testimony prepared for a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

Raytheon Completes Flight Testing of Key Air Force Intelligence System
2009-09-29 Read More...
Raytheon Company has established initial operational capability and has conducted flight tests for a key communications component for the U.S. Air Force DCGS (Distributed Common Ground System).

Oshkosh Defense to supply TAK-4 Independent Suspension for MRAPs
2009-09-28 Read More...
Oshkosh Corporation announced today that its Defense division has received orders valued at $24 million to supply its TAK-4® independent suspension system for more than 300 BAE Systems USCS RG-33 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. BAE

Alenia delivers the first modernised G.222
2009-09-25 Read More...
Alenia Aeronautica (a Finmeccanica company), through its subsidiary Alenia North America, will deliver to the US Air Force the first of the 18 modernised G.222 tactical transport aircraft, to be then shipped to the re-constituted Afghan Air

US sees delay in Iran long-range missile
2009-09-18 Read More...
A new US intelligence assessment that Iran would need three to five more years than previously thought to build long-range missiles underpinned President Barack Obama's decision to overhaul a missile shield system in Europe, officials

Pentagon eyes $7.8bn missile sale to Turkey
2009-09-12 Read More...
The Obama administration has told Congress of a possible sale to Turkey of advanced Patriot PAC-3 antimissile systems valued at up to $7.8

US leads world in foreign weapons sales: report
2009-09-07 Read More...
The US accounted for more than two-thirds of foreign weapons sales in 2008, a year in which global sales were at a three-year low, The New York Times has

US weighing F-16 options for Iraq
2009-09-03 Read More...
The US Air Force is crafting several options designed to meet an Iraqi request for Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighter aircraft, a senior Air Force official

Rheinmetall and ATK Cooperate in the Propellant Domain
2009-08-27 Read More...
Rheinmetall, represented by the Rheinmetall Nitrochemie Group, and America’s ATK (Alliant Techsystems, NYSE: ATK) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement which includes the transfer of military propellant technology to the United

Defence giant BAE bolstered by U.S. contract
2009-08-12 Read More...
BAE Systems has bagged about £1.8billion in contracts, including a potentially huge £1.2billion order from the U.S. Army for its infra-red vision system for combat vehicles.

Lockheed Martin Delivers First C-5M Super Galaxy
2009-08-04 Read More...
Lockheed Martin today delivered the first fully modernized C-5M Super Galaxy to the U.S. Air Force at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Ga.The aircraft is the first of three developmental test C-5M aircraft to be delivered, with the

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Test Successful
2009-08-01 Read More...
In conjunction with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Fleet ships and crews successfully conducted the latest Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) at-sea firing event on July 30. During this event, entitled Stellar Avenger, the Aegis

General Dynamics Awarded $10 Million Contract to Upgrade Submarine Weapons Control System
2009-07-21 Read More...
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $10.2 million first-year contract of a multi-year award by the U.S. Navy to provide upgrades to the submarine weapons control system

Agility renews $91m US army deal
2009-07-07 Read More...
Agility Defense & Government Services (DGS), the public sector arm of Kuwait-based Agility, said the US Army has awarded a one-year option on the Army’s Heavy Lift VI contract worth $91 million.

CILAS Delivers Two SLD 500 Counter Snipers
2009-07-06 Read More...
CILAS is delivering two SLD 500 counter snipers systems to the US Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC). The order was placed last December after several trials campaigns in various weather and distance conditions.

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