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L3Harris Awarded U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps Contracts
2020-11-10 Read More...
L3Harris Technologies has received the first order on its multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Army for the Small Tactical Optical Rifle-Mounted Micro Laser Rangefinder 2 (STORM

ASELSAN Wins NATO’s Defense Innovation Challenge
2020-11-10 Read More...
ASELSAN, the leading international defense and technology company has won NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency’s Fifth Annual Defense Innovation

Naval Group Delivers Suffren Submarine to French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA)
2020-11-09 Read More...
Naval Group delivered Friday the Suffren nuclear attack submarine (SSN) to the French Armament Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement - DGA) at the Toulon naval

India Receives Second Batch of Three Rafale Fighter Jets
2020-11-09 Read More...
A second batch of three Rafale fighter jets arrived at Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat, India on Wednesday evening after flying non-stop from Istres, France, the Indian Air Force (IAF) confirmed, according to local

Upgraded Tu-160M Strategic Bomber Makes Debut Flight with New Engines
2020-11-06 Read More...
A heavily upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile-carrying bomber performed its debut flight with new engines, the press office of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced, TASS news agency

General Dynamics Awarded $4.4 Billion Department of Defense Enterprise Cloud Contract
2020-11-06 Read More...
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), announced it was awarded the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) in partnership with the Defense

Russian Defense Export Total Figures Disclosed
2020-11-05 Read More...
On the eve of its 20th anniversary, Rosoboronexport (national defense trade state mediator and Rostec subsidiary) disclosed several key

Otokar Receives First ARMA 8x8 Order from Africa
2020-11-04 Read More...
The armored vehicles that Otokar, the leading land defense systems manufacturer ofTurkey, designs and manufactures with high levels of protection and superior mobilitycontinue to be favored by friendly and allied countries. With exports going at

Iranian Army’s Air Force Conducts Massive Wargames
2020-11-04 Read More...
The Iranian Army’s Air Force kicked off two-day massive drills in the Central parts of the country on

Collins Aerospace to Upgrade U.S. Air Force F-15 Fleet with ACES 5® Ejection Seats
2020-11-04 Read More...
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., announced that the company has been awarded a sole-source $700 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the delta qualification, production and

Iranian Army Receives Over 500 Super-Heavy Tank Transporters
2020-11-02 Read More...
More than 500 super-heavy tank transporters were delivered to Iran’s Army Ground Force last

22nd Annual Global MilSatCom to Convene Virtually
2020-10-30 Read More...
In less than two weeks’ time, SMi Group’s Annual Global MilSatCom Conference and Exhibition will convene virtually with online access only on 10th to 12th November, bringing together 500+ senior decision makers from defence agencies, militaries,

Russia-China: Not a Military Union, but Close Cooperation
2020-10-30 Read More...
“Russia does not need a military alliance with China, but it is theoretically possible to imagine such a thing”, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on October, 22 at the meeting of the Valdai Discussion

Sikorsky to Build Six More CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopters for U.S. Navy
2020-10-30 Read More...
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company will build six additional production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters under a new contract for the U.S.

Fincantieri, Cochin Shipyard Sign Cooperation Agreement
2020-10-29 Read More...
Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), the leading shipbuilder in

Nexter, Thales to Equip French Navy Ships with New Generation Artillery
2020-10-29 Read More...
Naval forces are exposed to several threats with complex behaviors, such as unmanned air andsurface vehicles, light aircraft and missiles. RAPIDFire leverages the combined expertise of Thalesand Nexter to meet the very short-range defense

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