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Lockheed to Produce THAAD Elements for USA, UAE
2013-09-24 Read More...
Lockheed Martin received a production contract totaling $3.9 billion to produce elements of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapons System for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the United Arab Emirates

Tunisia Requests Avionics Upgrades for its F-5 Fleet
2013-09-24 Read More...
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on September 18 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Tunisia of F-5 avionics upgrades and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $60

Iran Takes Full Control of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
2013-09-24 Read More...
Iran on Monday received the temporary control of all operations at Bushehr nuclear power plant from the Russian contractor after signing a relevant

Abu Dhabi Ship Building, Babcock International Sign MoU
2013-09-23 Read More...
Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), the leading shipbuilder and naval support services provider in the Gulf region, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Babcock International Group, the UK’s leading engineering support services

General Dynamics to Upgrade More Saudi Abrams Tanks
2013-09-23 Read More...
General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded $187.5 million for conversion of 44 M1A1 and 40 M1A2 Abrams tanks to the Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) configuration for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Defense Minister Receives U.S. Central Command Chief
2013-09-23 Read More...
Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received in Jeddah on Wednesday 18 September the Commander of U.S. Central Command, General Lloyd Austin and his accompanying

Oman, Iran Sign MoU on Defense Cooperation
2013-09-20 Read More...
Iran and Oman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier this week to boost their mutual cooperation in the defense

CFS Aero to Maintain Royal Jordanian Falcons Fleet
2013-09-20 Read More...
CFS Aero, Britain’s leading repair and overhaul facility for propeller-driven aircraft, has been selected to service the component repair and overhaul requirements of the Royal Jordanian Falcons

Yemen Receives 1st U.S. Reconnaissance Aircraft
2013-09-18 Read More...
Yemen's Defense Minister said his country has received two U.S. reconnaissance airplanes, its first delivery of the aircraft as part of an aid package to help fight

Yemeni President Reinstates Sacked Senior Officers
2013-09-16 Read More...
Yemen's President has ordered the reinstatement of hundreds of Senior Army and Intelligence Officers sacked after a 1994 civil war, to hasten reconciliation talks aimed at ending years of political turmoil in the US-allied

Thales to Equip Leopard 2 Tanks of a Middle East Country
2013-09-13 Read More...
As part of the modernization of its Land Forces, a Middle East country has procured vehicles for its new brigade from German Land Defense systems provider Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). Thales has been selected to equip them with a mobile command

Selex ES Wins Order from Middle East Country
2013-09-13 Read More...
Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, signed a contract of over 40 million Euros to deliver the Falco system to a Middle East Country. The Company will provide operational and maintenance support to the Customer for 12 months of the Contract

Bahrain’s National Disaster Management Committee
2013-09-11 Read More...
Chief of Bahrain’s Public Security Major General Tariq Al Hassan (photo) has chaired a National Disaster Management Committee meeting at the Public Security headquarters at the Ministry of

Syria Ready to Dismantle Chemical Weapons
2013-09-10 Read More...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on Syria Monday to place its chemical weapons under international control to avert military

Russia May Deliver 6 More Mi-35s to Iraq
2013-09-09 Read More...
Rosoboronexport might procure 6 more Mi-35 rotorcrafts worth a total of $256 million to Iraq in addition to $4.2 billion defense

Rheinmetall Wins Regional Mortar Ammunition Order
2013-09-06 Read More...
Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf, Germany has booked a major order for mortar

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