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Cassidian’s Smallest-Smartest TETRA Base Station
2011-05-27 Read More...
At the ongoing TETRA World Congress 2011 (24-27 May; Budapest, Hungary) Cassidian launched the TB3p mini TETRA base station, which is suited for establishing indoor radio coverage, for stand-alone use and for providing areas with temporary radio

ATK Supplies Key Test Component to Raytheon
2011-05-27 Read More...
ATK, the leading solid rocket motor producer in the U.S., provided a key component for the latest successful missile defense test of a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IA

Early Delivery of AH-1Z Cobra System
2011-05-27 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) recently began early delivery of Target Sight System (TSS) follow-on production units for the U.S. Marine Corps' AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The TSS units feature upgraded software to provide additional targeting

NGC to Continue Support of USA’s ABIS System
2011-05-26 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a follow-on task order valued at up to $141 million for continued development of the U.S. Department of Defense Automated Biometric Identification

Last British Naval Force Leaves Iraq
2011-05-24 Read More...
British operations in Iraq are officially ending, more than 8 years after the country joined the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam

MBDA’s PARS 3 LR Tested on German Tiger
2011-05-23 Read More...
Three firings, three hits! This is the impressive score of the test firing exercise conducted with the PARS 3 LR guided antitank missile system.

Goodrich to Upgrade Russian Helicopters Mi-34C1
2011-05-23 Read More...
Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been selected by Russian Helicopters, JSC to provide the main rotor actuator and hydraulic power supply for its upgraded Mi-34C1 light

MBDA Awarded Sea Viper Support Contract
2011-05-20 Read More...
MBDA has been awarded a £165m contract to provide the support for Sea Viper, the Royal Navy’s latest and most modern weapon

RUAG Space Expands US Customer Base
2011-05-20 Read More...
RUAG Space’s Vienna location won an order from US satellite manufacturer Northrop Grumman ISS International Inc. to design and supply 2 mobile satellite integration platforms, known as trolleys.

DGA Chooses Sagem’s Ballistic Computer
2011-05-19 Read More...
Following a competitive call for tenders, the new-generation ballistic computer offered by Sagem (Safran group) was chosen by French defense procurement agency DGA to outfit all control stations in the French army's Atlas artillery

P&W Awarded Contract for F135 Engine Production
2011-05-18 Read More...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Pratt & Whitney (P&W) a $1.13 billion contract for F135 production engines to power the F-35 Lightning

US Army Orders 400+ Oshkosh FMTV Trucks & Trailers
2011-05-12 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, will deliver more than 400 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) trucks and trailers to the U.S. Army following an order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC).

LM Installs 1000th GKN Nacelle on Qatari AF C-130J
2011-05-12 Read More...
Lockheed Martin (LM) recently installed the 1000th GKN Aerospace-manufactured nacelle for their C-130J military airlifter on the second of four aircraft destined for the Qatar Emiri Air

Conclusive 1st Sea Trials for FREMM Aquitaine
2011-05-11 Read More...
Following 3 weeks of trials at sea, the first-of-class Aquitaine multimission frigate has returned to dock.

Boeing: Fuel Prices May Slow Airline Orders
2011-05-10 Read More...
Boeing said that high fuel prices and the social unrest in the Middle East may have an impact on the orders it receives from the region in the short term.

Eurocopter’s New Integrated Development Center
2011-05-09 Read More...
On Friday, a groundbreaking ceremony at Eurocopter’s German site in Donauwörth marked the official start of construction work on the company’s new integrated development center, part of the Systemhaus

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