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Iran to Use 200,000 New Technologies for New Defense Products
2018-08-03 Read More...
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami (photo) announced his country’s determination to use 200,000 state-of-the-art technologies to produce necessary products, Fars News Agency (FNA)

Raytheon to Produce 250 MALD® Missiles for U.S. Air Force
2018-08-02 Read More...
Raytheon Company received a $96.1 million contract to produce 250 Miniature Air-Launched Decoys, or MALD® missiles. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) award occurred just prior to Raytheon marking its 2,000th MALD system delivery, and 10th year of on-time

Boeing to Open New Aerospace & Autonomy Center
2018-08-02 Read More...
Boeing announced plans to open the new Boeing Aerospace & Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, becoming the first major tenant of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) new mixed-use district in Kendall

Otokar Awarded Contract for its Armored Vehicles
2018-08-01 Read More...
Otokar, leading supplier of the Turkish Military and Security Forces for wheeled tactical vehicles, was awarded 28.9 million USD contract for its tactical wheeled armored

Rostec to Triple Production of Parachute Systems
2018-07-31 Read More...
Rostec has launched a parachute production facility based at the Scientific Research Institute of Parachute Construction, a subsidiary of “Tekhnodinamika” holding, in the city of Kirzhach, Vladimir region. The new 5,000 square meter manufacturing

Leonardo, Politecnico Di Milano Collaborate on the Helicopter of the Future
2018-07-31 Read More...
Helicopters will be an increasingly comfortable means of transport; by reducing noise and vibration inside the helicopter, pilot workload can be reduced, search and rescue tasks are easier and the quality of medical treatment in air ambulances is

China Receives First Batch of Russian S-400 Missile Systems
2018-07-30 Read More...
China has received the first batch of Russian-made S-400 Triumf missile systems, a military diplomatic source told

First Boeing Apache, Chinook Helicopters for India Complete Inaugural Flights
2018-07-30 Read More...
Boeing and India recently took a significant step toward modernizing the Indian Air Force’s helicopter fleet by completing the first flights of Apache and Chinook helicopters destined for delivery next

Rosoboronexport Receives Vietnamese Naval Delegation
2018-07-30 Read More...
Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) received a Vietnamese naval delegation during the first International Far Eastern Maritime Show that took place on July 26-28 in Vladivostok,

Luxembourg Defence Orders Two Airbus H145M Helicopters
2018-07-30 Read More...
he Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg has ordered two H145M multipurpose helicopters for defence and security missions. Together with the helicopters, Airbus will also provide a training and support package to its

PAC-3 MSE Interceptor Intercepts Air-Breathing Threat
2018-07-30 Read More...
A Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor successfully intercepted an Air-Breathing Threat (ABT) in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New

Raytheon, Lockheed Martin Win Contract for Javelin Missile Production
2018-07-27 Read More...
Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin JV has received a $307.5 million modification to an existing contract for Javelin anti-tank

U.S. Arming Bradley Fighting Vehicles with Stinger Missiles
2018-07-27 Read More...
The U.S. Army is arming Bradley Fighting Vehicles with heat-seeking Stinger air defense missiles to give the infantry carriers an improved ability to track and destroy enemy air threats such as drones, helicopters and low-flying

Leonardo Launches LEAP2020 Program to Optimize its Supply Chain
2018-07-27 Read More...
Leonardo has launched the LEAP2020 (Leonardo Empowering Advanced Partnerships 2020) program an initiative outlined in the Company’s 2018-2022 Industrial Plan which will create a new model for the relationship between Leonardo and its

CIO to Deliver 10 Centauro II Armored Vehicles to Italian Army
2018-07-26 Read More...
In the presence of the Italian Army Chief of Staff and of the Land Armaments Director a contract for the first tranche of ten Centauro II Vehicles, named “New Blindo Centauro” by the Italian Army, has been signed by the Iveco - Oto Melara Consortium

Iran Overhauls 10 Sukhoi Fighter Jets
2018-07-26 Read More...
10 overhauled Sukhoi 22 fighter jets were unveiled on Wednesday in Southern Iran in a ceremony participated by Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari and Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force

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