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Army Terminates Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Program
October 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON --- The Army announced Thursday night that the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program, which had been awarded to Bell Helicopter, has been scrapped because development costs had almost tripled from $359 million to $942 million.>> Originally, the ARH contract was awarded for an expected development cost of $8
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Navantia Launches the First Patrol Boat for Venezuela
October 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AMSan Fernando-Puerto Real shipyard, in Southern Spain, launched on 16th October the first of the series of four BVL patrol boats for the control of the coast that Navantia is building for the Venezuelan Navy.>> The ship was named Guaicamacuto and her godmother was Mari Carmen La Riva de Quintana
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QinetiQ Coordinated Team to Provide Independent 'Client Adviser' Support to the MOD's...
October 20, 2008 @ 12:00 AMA QinetiQ coordinated team has been awarded an enabling contract through to September 2009 by the MODs Future Submarines IPT to provide independent support, resource and assurance for the concept phase of the future SSBN submarine programme. In addition to QinetiQ, other team members includes BMT, Jacobs and Frazer Nash, with access to a wider pool of expert advisors that includes Atkins, SVGC, Thales, Imes, Turner & Townsend, Weir Strachan-Henshaw, SEA and Sula
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Boeing subsidiary to open office in Hyderabad by early 2009
October 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMJeppesen, a wholly-owned Boeing subsidiary specialising in aeronautical charting, is to open an office in Hyderabad by early 2009. Whil e it has operations in Singapore and Beijing, the Hyderabad office would be the first and the only one in India
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DoD Announces Non-Certification of Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Program
October 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>The Pentagon has canceled the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Program after its cost more than doubled and its schedule slipped by 4 years. (US Army photo)Today, the Department of Defense notified the Congress and the contractor, Bell Helicopter, that it will not certify the U
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German Parliament Approves Extra Troops for Afghanistan
October 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMGermany's lower house of parliament voted on Thursday to increase the number of troops Berlin can send to Afghanistan by 1,000 soldiers and extended the mission's mandate by 14 months.>> A majority of 442 lawmakers voted to support a proposal by Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition to extend Berlin's participation in a NATO-led peacekeeping mission, which currently includes just over 50,000 soldiers
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Lockheed Martin Awarded FRES Study Contract
October 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMLONDON, UK --- Lockheed Martin has been awarded a study contract by Atkins, the Systems House on the UK Ministry of Defence's Future Rapid Effects Systems (FRES) project, on behalf of the FRES Integrated Project Team (IPT). The study, to be delivered by January 2009, will develop performance, cost, time and risk information during integration of a concept turret and mission systems for the FRES Scout Vehicle (SV)
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DRS Technologies Receives $33-Million Order for Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System...
October 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMPARSIPPANY, NJ --- DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received a follow-on order of $32
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B&W Positioned for $960 Million in New Defense Contracts
October 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMHOUSTON --- McDermott International, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, has received a new award for the manufacture of nuclear components in support of U
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Airbus, Air India to set up maintenance facility in Delhi
October 16, 2008 @ 12:00 AMAir India and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) are joining hands to set up an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre in Delhi. The government’s National Aviation Company of India Ltd (Nacil) owns Air India, while EADS is an Airbus company
Keel Laid For Sweden’s Torpedo Recovery, Anti-mine Ships
U.K. Royal Navy’s New Mini Helicopter Drone Debuts on Operations in Gulf...
Netherlands Extends Deployment of MQ-9 Reapers in Romania Until 2026
First Batch of 'Ready To Fly' Russian Engines Shipped For Installation on...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U