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  1. The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded DCNS, Thales and ECA a major study contract that is expected to lead, around 2011, to a demonstrator of a new mine countermeasures solution dubbed Espadon*.
  2. Up to 28 sites to be networked into a “system of systems” The Federal Agency for Information Management and Information Technology of the German Armed Forces (IT-AmtBw) has contracted with Rheinmetall Defence to create a simulation and test...
  3. Qatar's Civil Aviation Authority has awarded a ?2.6 million ($3.7 million) contract to Selex Sistemi Integrati to supply and install an Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) at Doha International Airport.
  4. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that her country was ready to arm Iran's neighbours in the Gulf and extend a 'defence umbrella' over the region if Tehran does not back down over its nuclear programme.
  5. RAF Typhoons recently went on exercise in Turkey for the first time as part of celebrations to mark the 60th year of the NATO alliance. More than 120 pilots and personnel from RAF Coningsby together with Typhoon combat aircraft deployed to Konya in...
  6. General Dynamics, a major defence industry contractor, has won a $45 million contract as part of the Egyptian M1A1 Abrams tank co-production programme. The contract to General Dynamics Land Systems was awarded by the US TACOM Lifecycle Management...
  7. Royal Navy of Oman Vessel (RNOV) Al Shamikh, being designed and built by BVT Surface Fleet in Portsmouth, has been formally named during a Launching Ceremony in Portsmouth Naval Base by His Highness AL Sayyed Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. The event was...
  8. Thales joined with Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation, Manufacturers of heavy duty, all-wheel drive, Military Trucks, to submit seven vehicles to the Australian Department of Defence for Comparative Evaluation Testing as part of...
  9. The 9th annual Soldier Technology conference and exhibition took place at the Olympia Conference Centre in London from June 30th – July 3rd, gathering together 556 senior military and industry figures from around the world in the biggest annual...
  10. RAF Typhoons recently went on exercise in Turkey for the first time as part of celebrations to mark the 60th year of the NATO alliance. More than 120 pilots and personnel from RAF Coningsby together with Typhoon combat aircraft deployed to Konya in...
 



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