Kongsberg Awarded MNOK 380 Contract for Weapon Stations from Swedish Armed Forces
Kongsberg has been awarded a contract valued at MNOK 380 for delivery of Protector "Nordic" Remote Weapon Stations for the Norwegian and Swedish Armed Forces. The contract is an extension of the agreement disclosed 31 January 2011
Brazil and Portugal Sign Defense Partnership for KC-390 Program
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $600,000,000 dollar firm-fixed-price, time-and-material and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for a Foreign Military Sales program that will provide the government of Oman with following: 12 F-16 C/D Block 50 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (10 C models, two D models); support equipment; technical orders;...
Defense Ministry to Pay Eurofighter 309 Million Euros, But Debt Remains
Government sources say Spain will pay Eurofighter 309 million euros over the next few weeks, despite the country's harsh belt-tightening. The payment will reduce Spain's debt with the fighter plane manufacturer to some 400 million euros, which will be paid next year
General Dynamics Awarded Additional Contract for DURO Armoured Personnel Carriers from Swiss...
General Dynamics European Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a contract by the Swiss Army for delivery of 70 additional DURO Armoured Personnel Carriers for the Swiss Global Mobility Task Force (GMTF). The procurement of these vehicles was approved in the 2010 Swiss Armament Procurement
Euro26 Spent 194 Billion Euros on Defense
The Defence Data exercise has been running for five years, based on agreed categories and definitions. It is a well-established and recognized exercise
German Rheinmetall Group Signed Contract with Russian DoD for Training
German Rheinmetall Group has signed a contract with the Russian Defense Department to build a major Army training center in Mulino by 2014. Upon completion, the facility in the Volga region will be able to train 30,000 troops a year, the company announced Nov
FFI - Norway Wins Contract for UMS from EDA
Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt (FFI - Norway) has been contracted by EDA on behalf of Norway, Italy and Germany for the execution of the Collaborative R&T project Conformal Array Performance Estimation (CAPEM). CAPEM has a duration of 48 months, value of 4
LOCKHEED MARTIN COMPLETES ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL F-35 FOR THE UNITED...
The first international Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] F-35 Lightning II rolled out of the factory Sunday evening. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence will use the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet, known as BK-1, for training and operational tests
France to Buy Airbus Tankers From 2013: Air Force Chief
France will buy the new Airbus A330 MRTT tanker aircraft from 2013, French air force chief Gen. Jean-Paul Palomeros was quoted as saying Saturday by an aviation website
Sweden to Receive 15 Black Hawk by Fall 2012 to Support its...
Sweden has requested accelerated delivery of 15 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to meet the scheduled deployment of Swedish military in Afghanistan in April 2013. The helicopters produced by Sikorsky Aircraft are delivered through the U
UK MoD Paid £600M of Arms Funds to Consultants
The Ministry of Defence has spent almost £600m from the military's equipment budget in the last two years to hire hundreds of outside specialists and consultants, routinely breaching government guidelines controlling this type of expenditure. An internal audit of signed defence contracts has highlighted numerous flaws and warned that control of the MoD purse appeared to be "poorly developed or non-existent"
UK MoD Confirms Harrier Sale to US Marines
Britain's entire fleet of Harrier jump jets, the veteran plane scrapped in last year's defence review, has been saved - by the American military. All 74 of the planes are to fly again for the US Marines in a deal that is expected to be closed within a week
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U.K. Completes Quantum Navigation Flight Trials Unaffected by Jamming
U.K. MoD Selects L3 Harris to deliver 50 T4 Explosive Ordnance Disposal...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...