French Defence Minister Hervé Morin has announced an order of 200 light armoured vehicles- known as PVPs - as part of a France's economic recovery plan. Mr Morin explained: "Thisincrease in deliveries and orders will represent a significant...
2009-07-21 00:00:00
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $10.2 million first-year contract of a multi-year award by the U.S. Navy to provide upgrades to the submarine weapons control system (...
2009-07-21 00:00:00
International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC), the global provider of industry-driven conferences, will organise a regional summit to address the development of effective collaborations between military and the defence industry.
2009-07-21 00:00:00
Global experts and leading Defence Organisations will head to Oman this October for the 'Joint Military Logistics' Conference which shall discuss issues related to establishing an integrated, tri-service logistics capability.
2009-07-20 08:28:16
On 1st July 2009, Antoine Bouvier and Edward Nowak, the Chief Executive Officers of MBDA and the BUMAR group of Poland respectively, met in France to sign a framework agreement between their two organisations. The full details of the final agreement...
2009-07-20 07:45:23
The countdown has begun for the launch of the UAE’s first Earth observation satellite, which will see the country take a giant leap into the world of space technology.
Next Saturday will herald the start of a new chapter in the UAE’s scientific...
2009-07-20 00:00:00
BAE Systems has signed a deal to partner with Kongsberg to sell its remote weapon station technology in the Australian defense market.
2009-07-20 00:00:00
Deployed for the first time in a ground-to-air, area defence configuration, VL MICA has intercepted a low signature target flying just a few metres above the surface of the sea.
2009-07-17 09:20:54
The government of Kuwait has requested US Defense Security Cooperation Agency for a $314 million upgrade for its Desert Warrior infantry fighting vehicle.
The upgrade includes installation of the improved thermal sight system 2nd generation...
2009-07-15 12:03:27
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has given a green light to an ambitious development project under the leadership of Rheinmetall Defence of Düsseldorf, Germany. The EDA has contracted with Rheinmetall Defence and three other companies (Diehl BGT...
2009-07-14 09:09:14