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Russia to Develop Electronic Platform for Warfare Troops by 2018
2016-04-22 Read More...
Russia is planning to develop a training ground for the electronic warfare troops by 2018, Commander of the troops Major General Yuri Lastochkin

Rohde & Schwarz to Provide Integrated Communications System to Royal Malaysian Navy
2016-04-21 Read More...
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has selected Rohde & Schwarz to provide state-of-the-art, IP-based communications systems for its Second Generation Patrol Vessel - Littoral Combat Ships (SGPV-LCS). BNS is in progress of building the vessels in its

Orbital ATK to Supply Non-Standard Ammunition to US DoD
2016-04-20 Read More...
Orbital ATK, Inc., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced it has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract award with the U.S. government to supply non-U.S. standard ammunition (NSA) and mortar

Thales to Deliver Fulmar UAS System to Malaysia
2016-04-20 Read More...
Thales reinforces its commitment to supporting Malaysian maritime security by securing a contract to deliver the Fulmar UAS system to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement

Boeing to Remanufacture 117 U.S. Army Apache Helicopters
2016-04-18 Read More...
Boeing continues its role as the United States’ leading provider of attack helicopters with a contract to remanufacture 117 AH-64D Apaches to the new, more capable AH-64E

U.S. Army Commissioning First Female Officers for Ground Combat
2016-04-18 Read More...
The US Army is commissioning 22 women as infantry and armor officers under historic new rules allowing females to serve in ground combat roles, USA Today reported

Raytheon Wins $1B Next Generation Jammer EMD Contract
2016-04-18 Read More...
The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $1 billion sole source contract for Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) for Increment 1 of the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ), the advanced electronic attack technology that combines high-powered,

Pratt &Whitney to Produce New Lot of F-35 Engines
2016-04-15 Read More...
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract valued at approximately $1.4 billion for the production of the ninth lot of F135 propulsion systems powering the F-35 Lightning

Army Chief Accuses India of Destabilizing Pakistan
2016-04-15 Read More...
Pakistan’s powerful military Chief accused India of being “blatantly” involved in attempts to destabilize the country, saying Delhi was hostile to an ambitious economic plan by Beijing and Islamabad for the

Boeing Completes Satellite for NASA TDRS Constellation
2016-04-15 Read More...
Boeing has completed, and delivered to storage, the last in a series of satellites for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation. TDRS-M is the sixth Boeing-built satellite for the NASA network providing high-bandwidth

Dassault Aviation Celebrating 100th Anniversary
2016-04-14 Read More...
Dassault Aviation is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016. The production of the first aircraft part designed by its founder, Marcel Dassault, the Éclair propeller, was used on French airplanes during the first major aerial combat in history,

Raytheon, USAF Complete GPS OCX First Qualification Test
2016-04-14 Read More...
On March 4, Raytheon successfully passed the first formal qualification test milestone for the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System. Known simply as GPS OCX, this new system offers significant

Lockheed Martin Delivers 150,000th Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round
2016-04-13 Read More...
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 150,000th Enhanced Laser Guided Training Round (ELGTR), which gives warfighters the only live-fire laser-guided bomb (LGB) training solution available

UK, France Launch Rapid Deployment Exercise
2016-04-12 Read More...
A joint force between the UK and France will face its biggest development test to date as the two countries come together for an

Russian MiG-31BM Takes Longest Non-Stop Flight
2016-04-11 Read More...
Russian pilots managed to break the record for the longest non-stop flight of a MiG-31BM interceptor aircraft, according to Russian Central Military District spokesman Yaroslav

SIPRI: Global Defense Budgets Hit $1.68 Trillion in 2015
2016-04-08 Read More...
Global military spending has begun rising in real terms for the first time since the U.S. began its withdrawal of troops from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

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