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Russian Strategic Missile Forces to be Fully Digital by 2020
2017-01-13 Read More...
Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) will completely switch to digital data transmission technologies by 2020, the Defense Ministry press service said in a

BAE Systems’ Artisan 3D Radar Passes Sea-Based Trials
2017-01-13 Read More...
BAE Systems’ Artisan 3D radar system has successfully completed three years of sea-based trials on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates. Artisan 3D has also been fitted on the new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth which is due into Portsmouth later

Raytheon’s SM-6 Approved for International Sales
2017-01-12 Read More...
The U.S. Department of Defense has approved the release of Raytheon Company's Standard Missile-6 to several international customers. Many of the approved countries are seeking the multi-mission SM-6 to bolster their shipbuilding

Pakistan Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile From Submarine
2017-01-12 Read More...
Pakistan reached a new milestone this week with the successful launch of a submarine cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a demonstration of credible force for Islamabad to display against long-time neighboring rival

Saab Wins New Order for Carl-Gustaf
2017-01-11 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has received a contract for production and delivery of the man-portable weapon system

Peli Launches Regular, Product-Focused, Webinars
2017-01-11 Read More...
Peli™ Products, the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced lighting systems and high-performance case solutions, brings a new initiative of offering regular product-focused webinars to provide insights on its product ranges to

Dassault Aviation Reveals Order Intake, Deliveries for 2016
2017-01-10 Read More...
DASSAULT AVIATION Group announced its order intake, deliveries and backlog in units as of December 31st, 2016 (figures not reviewed by the

French DGA Selects Thales’ Spy’Ranger Mini UAV
2017-01-10 Read More...
Thales’s latest-generation Spy’Ranger mini surveillance and reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been chosen by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) to equip the French

Safran to Build Improved Global Navigation System for Triomphant Subs
2017-01-10 Read More...
The French defense procurement agency DGA has chosen Safran Electronics & Defense to design, develop and build an improved version of its global navigation system now used on the country’s Triomphant class ballistic missile nuclear submarines

Pilatus Sells 21 PC-21s, Including 17 for the French Air Force
2017-01-09 Read More...
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd announced the signing of three PC-21 fleet orders by end of December 2016, for a total of 21 PC-21s, of which 17 are for the French Air Force and two each for the Royal Jordanian Air Force and QinetiQ, a British company which

Dassault, Babcock to Cooperate on French FOMEDEC Training Contract
2017-01-09 Read More...
Babcock France and Dassault Aviation have signed a partnership which would initially materialize in the delivery of the French “FOMEDEC” training contract with the creation of a joint company under the leadership of Babcock

Eirik Lie Named President of Kongsberg Defence Systems
2017-01-09 Read More...
Eirik Lie (50) is appointed President of Kongsberg Defence Systems. Lie has been acting in the position since August 2016 and assumes the position

Russian Naval Aviation to Receive 100 New Aircraft By 2020
2017-01-06 Read More...
Russian Naval Aviation will receive some 100 new aircraft before 2020, Major General Igor Kozhin, Naval Aviation Chief

L3 WESCAM Wins New Defense Contracts
2017-01-06 Read More...
L3 WESCAM announced today that it has recently won defense contracts valued at more than U.S. $90 million. The orders will provide a range of MXTM-Series electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imaging systems to global customers operating in the airborne

INVISIO receives Follow-Up Order from NATO Customer
2017-01-06 Read More...
INVISIO (IVSO) has received a follow-up order for communication and hearing protection systems from one of the company’s existing customers within

Raytheon Wins Upgrade Contract for Patriot System
2017-01-04 Read More...
An undisclosed member of the 13 nations which owns and operates the combat-proven Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense System has awarded Raytheon Company a direct commercial sales contract worth more than $600 million to upgrade the system to

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