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Obama Reveals New Defense Strategy
2012-01-10 Read More...
President Barack Obama vowed last week the U.S. military would maintain its “superiority” and bolster its presence in Asia despite planned cuts to the defense

UK’s HMS Daring Warship Heads to the Gulf
2012-01-09 Read More...
Britain’s biggest warship is being sent to the Gulf for its first mission as tensions rise in the region after Iran threat to block the Strait of Hormuz, it has been

Russian Naval Flotilla Docks in Syria
2012-01-09 Read More...
A large Russian Naval Flotilla led by an aircraft carrier has docked in the Syrian port of Tartus in what Damascus state media hailed on Sunday as a show of solidarity by close ally

UK Hints Iran over Blocking Strait of Hormuz
2012-01-06 Read More...
Britain’s Defense Secretary warned Iran Thursday that any attempt to block the key global oil passageway the Strait of Hormuz would be illegal and unsuccessful - hinting at a robust international

Pentagon: “U.S. Not Seeking Hormuz Confrontation”
2012-01-04 Read More...
The Pentagon said it was not seeking a confrontation with Iran over transit in the Strait of Hormuz, even as it dismissed an Iranian military threat meant to keep US aircraft carriers out of the

Ruag Supplies Leopard Vehicles for the Swiss Army
2011-12-28 Read More...
Ruag, a technology partner of the Swiss Armed Forces, teamed up with Rheinmetall to manufacture and market the armored engineer and mine clearance Leopard vehicle.

Sukhoi Delivers 12 New Su-27SM(3) to Russian Air Force
2011-12-27 Read More...
The Sukhoi Company has completed delivery of 12 new multi-purpose Su-27SM(3) fighters to the Russian Air

Russia Urges U.N. to Investigate NATO’s Libya Bombing
2011-12-26 Read More...
Russia urged the U.N. Security Council last week to investigate civilian deaths in Libya from NATO’s bombing campaign, a move the United States immediately dismissed as “a cheap stunt” to distract from Moscow’s failure to condemn the Syrian

General Dynamics Acquires Force Protection
2011-12-22 Read More...
General Dynamics completed, this week, its acquisition of Force Protection, Inc., a provider of blast- and ballistic-protected platforms that support the armed forces of the United States and its

Arab Spring & African Defense Spending
2011-12-20 Read More...
Forecast International (FI) expects African defense budgets will grow at an average of less than 3% per year for 2011 through 2015. This figure is substantially lower than the 2006-2010 compound annual growth rate of 12.96% per

Robonic Delivers 8th Pneumatic Launcher to Cassidian
2011-12-20 Read More...
Robonic Ltd Oy (a subsidiary of Sagem, Safran group) has delivered its 8th Robonic Kontio (type MC2555LLR) pneumatic launcher to Cassidian, an EADS company, to be used to expand the company's on-going target drone services

India to Get 42 Additional Sukhoi Fighters
2011-12-19 Read More...
Russia will provide an additional 42 Sukhoi frontline fighters to India under an agreement signed last Friday, taking the bilateral defense cooperation to new

UK Defense Minister Thanks Goodrich for Libya Support
2011-12-16 Read More...
Goodrich Corporation received a letter from Peter Luff, Minister for Defense Equipment Support and Technology describing "the tremendous support Goodrich has provided the United Kingdom in the implementation of the United Nations Security Council

Lockheed Submits Aegis CSEA Proposal to U.S. Navy
2011-12-16 Read More...
Lockheed Martin submitted its final proposal to the U.S. Navy to provide combat system engineering services, including design, development, integration, test and life cycle support for Aegis-equipped

Cubic Wins Middle East Training Contract
2011-12-15 Read More...
Cubic Corporation has signed a prime contract with a major Middle East customer to provide comprehensive marksmanship and small arms training

Lockheed Delivers ISR System to U.S. Air Force’s C-130J
2011-12-12 Read More...
An airborne signals intelligence system configured specifically for the newest C-130J aircraft has been delivered to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin.

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