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Rockwell Collins Conducts CDR for CRIIS Program
2013-04-01 Read More...
Rockwell Collins has conducted a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) with the U.S. Air Force, and has been approved to begin the integration, test, and pre-production phase of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS)

Hollande: “Too early to Arm Syrian Rebels”
2013-03-29 Read More...
French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that the situation in Syria was still too unsure to start supplying weapons to opposition rebels, an idea France backs in the longer

Iran, Syria, North Korea Block UN Arms Trade Treaty
2013-03-29 Read More...
Iran, Syria and North Korea on Friday prevented the adoption of the first international treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, complaining that it was flawed and failed to ban weapons sales to rebel

Putin Orders Massive Surprise Naval Drills in Black Sea
2013-03-29 Read More...
The Russian Navy in the Black Sea was ordered to conduct unscheduled drills early Thursday. The naval training put in motion dozens of warships, military aircraft and armored vehicles, and thousands of

Sukhoi to Maintain Malaysia’s Su-30MKM Fighters
2013-03-29 Read More...
Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi and the Malaysian Defense Ministry have signed a $100-million contract for the technical maintenance of Malaysia’s fleet of Su-30MKM fighters (photo), said a spokesman for the Organizing Committee of the LIMA-2013

Airbus Military, PTDI Sign Development Plan for NC212i
2013-03-28 Read More...
Airbus Military and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) have signed an agreement covering the development plan for the NC212i light utility transport

NGC’s AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR Radar Demos BMD Capability
2013-03-28 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NGC) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) successfully detected multiple rocket launches during company-funded

Saab, Malyasia’s DRB-HICOM Sign MoU
2013-03-28 Read More...
Defense and security company Saab has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysian company DRB-HICOM. The purpose is to broaden and deepen the relationship between the companies which began in

Estonia’s 1st GM400 Air Defense Radar in Service
2013-03-28 Read More...
An official ceremony was held on March 26 on Muhu Island in Estonia to mark the entry into service of the first Ground Master 400 (GM 400) long-range air defense radar system supplied by ThalesRaytheonSystems to the Estonian Armed

Safran Finalizes Acquisition of GEPS
2013-03-28 Read More...
After completing all required approval procedures, Safran announced that it has finalized the acquisition of Goodrich Electrical Power Systems (GEPS), a leading supplier of on-board aerospace electrical power systems.

Dassault: “Malaysia can Built Rafale Jets if it Buys them”
2013-03-27 Read More...
France dangled Tuesday the possibility of manufacturing its Rafale fighter plane in Malaysia if the latter selected the aircraft as its new combat

Thales, Airbus Military to Offer A400M Training Services
2013-03-27 Read More...
Thales UK and Airbus Military have signed an 18-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence to supply training services for the A400M Atlas, the Royal Air Force (RAF) next-generation military transport

Cassidian Enhances Eurofighter Capabilities
2013-03-27 Read More...
The Eurofighter IPA 8 (Instrumented Production Aircraft 8) test aircraft has achieved an important production milestone at Cassidian in Manching (Germany); with the mounting of the right wing, the connection between the cockpit, vertical tail unit

LM's EAPS Conducts Miniature Hit-To-Kill Interceptor Test
2013-03-26 Read More...
Lockheed Martin’s Extended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) program successfully conducted the first Guided Test Flight to characterize the seeker, guidance, navigation and control systems of its Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor.

China Vows Stronger Military Ties with Russia
2013-03-26 Read More...
Newly-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping has affirmed that China and Russia will continue to strengthen and develop their military, political and strategic relations, including cooperation between their Armed

Saab Receives 2nd Development Order for Gripen
2013-03-26 Read More...
Within the framework of the agreement with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) that was made public on February 15 2013, defense and security company Saab has, received a development order amounting to SEK 10.7 billion for operations

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