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German Tank Manufacturer FFG at Eurosatory 2016
2016-06-09 Read More...
The German tank manufacturer FFG will be presenting its highly-efficient and impressive developments in the area of special armored vehicles at this year’s Eurosatory trade

Oshkosh Promotes John Bryant to President of Defense Segment
2016-06-08 Read More...
Oshkosh Corporation announces the promotion of John Bryant to President of Oshkosh Defense, LLC and Senior Vice President of Oshkosh Corporation, effective

Rockwell Collins Delivers 1,400 Remote Secure Receivers (RSR) to US Air Force
2016-06-08 Read More...
Rockwell Collins has delivered 1,400 Remote Secure Receivers as part of a follow-on order from the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Air Combat Command (ACC). To date a total of 1,800 RSR’s have been delivered for AFSOC and

DuPont Expands Research on Tensylon® Armor Solutions
2016-06-08 Read More...
DuPont Protection Solutions (DuPont) announced an extension and expansion of research currently under contract to the U.S. Army Program Executive Office - Soldier Protection and Individual Equipment Project to develop next generation DuPont™

Another World First for the nEUROn
2016-06-07 Read More...
Europe’s nEUROn Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator was presented in flight Sunday at an air meet at Istres (France) organized by the French Air

Rosoboronexport’s Total Export Portfolio Reaches $48 Billion
2016-06-07 Read More...
The export portfolio of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has reached $48 billion, Head of Russia’s state technologies corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov

Raytheon Awarded $365 Million US Navy Contract
2016-06-07 Read More...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $365,848,801 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the production of Aegis Weapon System AN/SPY-1D (V) Radar Transmitter Group, Missile Fire Control System MK 99 equipment, and associated

Mack Defense, JWF Industries Partner for Lakota 6x6 Vehicle System Assembly
2016-06-07 Read More...
Mack Defense announced a partnership with JWF Defense Systems, LLC, a wholly-owned division of JWF Industries, Inc. of Johnstown, Pennsylvania for the assembly of the Mack Defense lakota 6x6 vehicle

Roketsan, MBDA Deutschland to Expand Cooperation
2016-06-06 Read More...
At last week’s ILA Air Show, Roketsan and MBDA Deutschland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to extend their cooperation towards integration of 70 mm Laser Guided Missile CİRİT on TIGER UHT

Russian Helicopters Signs MoUs at KADEX-2016
2016-06-06 Read More...
Russian Helicopters, part of State Corporation Rostec, signed Memorandums of Understanding with the Committee for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other government structures of the Republic of Kazakhstan during

Lockheed Martin Flies First T-50A Upgraded Aircraft
2016-06-06 Read More...
Lockheed Martin successfully completed the initial flight test of its T-50A configured aircraft. The T-50A is the company’s aircraft offering in the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Pilot Training

EBS, the New Sensor House, Publicly Unveiled at ILA 2016
2016-06-03 Read More...
Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security are uniting sensor technologies in one

Lockheed Martin Wins Contract for Pilot Survivability Training
2016-06-03 Read More...
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a 5-year, single award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling value of $424 million by the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center - Weapons Division to support the Aircrew Electronic Warfare

Saab Receives 2 New Orders
2016-06-01 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has received an order within the Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) segment. The order amounts to approx. SEK 1.1 billion. Deliveries will be made from 2016 until

Boeing, US Air Force Adjust KC-46 Tanker Schedule
2016-06-01 Read More...
As detailed in its statement released earlier this week, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is moving its formal production decision on the KC-46 tanker program - known as Milestone C - from June 2016 to August 2016 to allow additional time to implement the

Russia to Test Upgraded Yars Ballistic Missile in Few Months
2016-05-31 Read More...
Russia will carry out in the next few months a test launch of a modernized Yars Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the chief designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technologies

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