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31 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan
2011-08-08 Read More...
A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, along with 7 Afghan commandos. This was the deadliest

Prince Naif Wins Case Against The Independent
2011-08-05 Read More...
A UK court has ordered The Independent newspaper to pay Prince Naif, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior of Saudi Arabia, libel damages over an article which accused him of ordering Police Chiefs to shoot and kill unarmed demonstrators

F-35 Tests Suspended After Device Failure
2011-08-05 Read More...
The US Defense Department has suspended fleetwide ground and flight test operations of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, its costliest arms

Cassidian’s Reshaping to Address New Markets
2011-08-04 Read More...
Cassidian is adapting its organization in order to create a further empowered and streamlined customer-oriented structure across the globe.

Cassidian’s Role at Lorca Earthquake & Ibiza Fire
2011-08-02 Read More...
The SIRDEE (Sistema de Radiocomunicaciones Digitales de Emergencia del Estado) network, based on Cassidian’s TETRAPOL technology, played a significant role in organizing and coordinating emergency services during the recent earthquake in

Boeing Dedicates C-17 to Honored US Army Members
2011-07-28 Read More...
Boeing joined the U.S. Air Force at Joint Base Lewis-McChord to help dedicate a C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have received the Congressional Medal of

Raytheon & FBI Complete National Data Exchange
2011-07-27 Read More...
In a major initiative sponsored by the FBI and its criminal justice partners, Raytheon completed the latest increment of the National Data Exchange (N-DEx) criminal justice information sharing system.

Oshkosh to Recapitalize 160 FHTV US Army Trucks
2011-07-21 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will recapitalize 160 trucks from the U.S. Army’s Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) fleet, including Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical

Poll: Obama Disappoints Arabs
2011-07-18 Read More...
Two years after US President Barack Obama called for a "new beginning" in relations with the Muslim world in a groundbreaking speech from Cairo, his popularity among Arabs has nosedived, a poll

Airborne Systems Wins 2nd French Contract
2011-07-13 Read More...
Airborne Systems, a subsidiary of HDT Global (HDT), provider of highly-engineered mobile military and emergency response solutions, announced its second major contract in

Report: Russian Naval Show: Full Speed Ahead
2011-07-12 Read More...
By Sergey Kirshin, Yuri Laskin (Al Defaiya), all photos - Yuri Laskin (Al Defaiya) Monday, 10 July 2011 10:24 The fifth International Maritime Defense Show (IMDS) was held from 29 June to 03 July 2011 in Russia’s naval capital Saint- Petersburg.

MBDA & DCI-COFRAS Sign Training MoU
2011-07-07 Read More...
MBDA France and DCI-COFRAS, DCI’s Land Force and Military Police Department, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding

DGA Orders 3rd Barracuda for the French Navy
2011-07-06 Read More...
France’s Defense Procurement Agency DGA placed an order with DCNS for the 3rd Barracuda-type nuclear-powered attack submarine for the French

MBDA & ISL Extend their Cooperation
2011-06-29 Read More...
At last week’s Le Bourget Air Show, MBDA and ISL (Franco-German research Institute of St. Louis) signed an international partnering agreement thereby extending the scope of the already existing cooperation between the two

Raytheon & NAMMO in an Alternate to AIM-120
2011-06-23 Read More...
Raytheon and the Norwegian defense company NAMMO are in the process of qualifying an alternate rocket engine for the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.

Finmeccanica’s Aeronautics Division at Paris Air Show
2011-06-22 Read More...
Alenia Aeronautica, the company that heads up Finmeccanica’s aeronautics division, together with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, are participating again at the Paris Air Show with the latest

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