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L3Harris to Upgrade US Special Operations Command’s VSAT Fleet
2020-01-08 Read More...
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded L3Harris Technologies a five-year with options, $100 million contract to upgrade and extend the service life of its existing fleet of approximately 550 L3Harris Very Small Aperture Terminals

GA-ASI Concludes Series of MQ-9 Demonstrations in Greece
2020-01-08 Read More...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) concluded a series of flight demonstrations using its MQ-9 Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) on December 19,

World’s 10 Largest Defense Companies
2020-01-07 Read More...
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recently released its latest overview of the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies, finding that their sales increased 4.6% last year. In total, global weapons

Russia Invites 2,500+ Defense Enterprises to ARMY-2020 Forum
2020-01-07 Read More...
More than 2,500 enterprises and companies have been invited to attend the International Military-Technical Forum ‘ARMY-2020’, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov recently said, TASS news agency

Naval Group Delivers A.R.A. BOUCHARD OPV to Argentinian Navy
2020-01-07 Read More...
The Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) L’Adroit adopts the Argentinian flag and becomes the A.R.A. BOUCHARD. The first one of the four OPVs ordered by Argentina has been designed and developed by Naval Group on its own

Joint State Tests of Mi-26T2V Helicopter Started
2020-01-07 Read More...
Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) and representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense recently started joint state tests of Mi-26T2V heavy-lift military transport helicopter which are to last until the end of

MBDA to Supply Enforcer Missiles to Germany
2020-01-06 Read More...
MBDA has been awarded by the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) a contract for the acquisition of Enforcer missile systems for the German Armed

Brigadier General Esmayeel Qaani Succeeds Lt. General Qassem Soleimani
2020-01-06 Read More...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed on Friday Brigadier General Esmayeel Qaani (photo) as the new Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force whose late chief, Lieutenant General Qassem

3M Completes Sale of Advanced Ballistic-Protection Business
2020-01-06 Read More...
3M announced that it has completed the sale of the company’s advanced-ballistic protection business to Avon Rubber p.l.c. for $91 million, before closing and other adjustments. A further contingent consideration of up to $25 million is payable

Temporary Company Grouping EBMR Delivers 92nd GRIFFON
2020-01-03 Read More...
On 24th of December, the temporary company grouping EBMR received an inspection report for the delivery of the 92nd VBMR-GRIFFON from the quality department of the French Defense Procurement Agency

Barracuda Program: The Start-Up of the Suffren Nuclear Reactor
2020-01-03 Read More...
After the launch of the Suffren last 12 July in the presence of the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, a new milestone was reached with the divergence of the reactor, a prelude to its first sea acceptance tests prior to its delivery

Lockheed Martin Delivers 134 F-35s in 2019
2020-01-03 Read More...
Lockheed Martin delivered the 134th F-35 aircraft for the year on 30th December 2019, exceeding the joint government and industry 2019 delivery goal of 131

Embraer KC-390 Millennium Airlifter Concludes Airdrop Testing Campaign
2020-01-03 Read More...
The KC-390 Millennium new generation multi-mission medium airlifter has successfully concluded the testing campaign for gravity airdrop and extraction drop of heavy loads by the use of the Container Delivery System (CDS) and Low Velocity Air Drop

Indonesia Building Competitive Defense Industry
2020-01-02 Read More...
While modernizing its weaponry system, Indonesia’s defense industry has become a competitive producer of weapons and military vehicles, as seen in the surge of exports, the Jakarta Post reported.

Russia Starts Developing Combat Robotic Vehicles
2020-01-02 Read More...
Russia has started work on developing Shturm and Soratnik heavy-and medium-class combat robotic vehicles, Army Commander-in-Chief Army General Oleg Salyukov said last

German Arms Exports Hit Record €8 Billion in 2019
2019-12-31 Read More...
Three years of falling weapons and military hardware exports have gone into reverse, reaching almost €8 billion in 2019. The figures have been criticized as proving that controls on weapons deliveries are not working, Deutsche Welle (DW)

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