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  1. Raytheon Company's Missile Systems business delivered a record number of Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles last year. The company's delivery of 366 ESSMs in 2010 more than doubled the previous year's total.
  2. The Eurofighter's air-to-ground capabilities were further improved last week when partner company Cassidian Spain achieved the first EGBU-16 precision guided munition avionic release.
  3. Iran will continue enriching uranium to 20% level to fuel "4 to 5" nuclear research reactors it intends to build in the "next few years”, a top official told the ISNA news agency earlier this week.
  4. RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH has appointed Klaus-Peter Leinauer new Vice President Sales & Business Development for the Business Unit Military Aviation DE in Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany).
  5. The first Airbus Military A330 MRTT for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force has successfully completed its maiden flight following conversion of the aircraft in Madrid.
  6. 2010 proved to be another year of new records for Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, with the company generating its highest ever sales revenue and operating income.
  7. Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, today introduced an unfurlable space antenna designed to support emerging requirements for high-throughput Ka-band satellites.
  8. Raytheon Company was awarded $42 million for the initial concept development and program planning for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB, which is the Missile Defense Agency's next-generation Aegis missile.
  9. The US government has cleared arms sales worth $36.4 billion to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but is reviewing arms sales to some other Middle Eastern countries on a "case-by-case basis", a Pentagon official said.
  10. Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation will showcase the SandCat Tactical Protector Vehicle (TPV) for the first time at LAAD Defence & Security 2011, April 12-15 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 



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