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  1. 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...
  2. 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 (...
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. BAE Systems has signed a deal to partner with Kongsberg to sell its remote weapon station technology in the Australian defense market.
  8. 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.    
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
 



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