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UK MoD has awarded $400 million contract to BAE Systems for 60...
March 27, 2009 @ 12:00 AMUnder a £300 million($400 million) contract, the Royal Engineers are getting 60 air-portable Terrier vehicles which will become one of the most important engineering tools in their inventory. Terrier will support infantry troops by removing obstacles and opening routes, providing useful assistance on operations including peacekeeping and humanitarian missions
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BAE Systems receives $55.7 million soldier equipment orders from U.S. DoD
March 26, 2009 @ 12:00 AMBAE Systems has received two orders valued at $55.7 million from the U
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DCNS Sets Up Indian Subsidiary
March 25, 2009 @ 12:00 AMPatrick Boissier, Chairman & CEO of DCNS Group, a European leader in naval systems, inaugurated DCNS India, a wholly-owned subsidiary specialising in naval services in Mumbai on March 25. DCNS Group is in charge of a contract for the transfer of technology of Scorpene submarines to Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL) shipyard
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CAE, HAL tie up to establish C$60 million helicopter training centre in...
March 24, 2009 @ 12:00 AMA joint venture of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE has finalized all necessary contracts and non-recourse financing to begin construction and development of a new C$60 million (Rs 240 crore) helicopter training centre in Bangalore, India. The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), the joint venture equally-owned by HAL and CAE, has secured long-term, non-recourse financing to support the development of the HATSOFF Helicopter Training Centre
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U.S. Navy has awarded $106 million contract to Raytheon for JSOW...
March 20, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe U.S
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Advanced F-15 configuration from Boeing
March 18, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe Boeing Company unveiled the F-15 Silent Eagle (F-15SE), a new F-15 configuration designed to meet the future needs of international customers. "The F-15 Silent Eagle is designed to meet our international customers' anticipated need for cost-effective stealth technologies, as well as for large and diverse weapons payloads," said Mark Bass, F-15 Program vice president for Boeing
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Curtiss-Wright awarded Recovery Assist, Secure and Traverse (RAST) Mark VI helicopter handling...
March 17, 2009 @ 12:00 AMCurtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that it has received a Japan Ministry of Defense contract, through Mitsubishi Corporation, for the supply of a Recovery Assist, Secure and Traverse (RAST) Mark VI helicopter handling system to be integrated on-board the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 20DD destroyer platform. "We are very pleased to continue our support of this important ship program," said Martin R
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Recession hits Pentagon procurement programmes
March 14, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe US DoD may cut several major defence programmes worth $ 21.7 billion
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DCNS-led SISMARIS project granted French government funding
March 13, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe DCNS-led SISMARIS* R&D project was launched to further the development of a complete information system and associated technologies for extended surveillance and analysis of maritime traffic. The future system will continuously track all types of vessels at up to 400 km from the coast, compared to the range of 24 km achieved with the world’s most advanced systems today
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ITT awarded $99.8 million contract by Turkish Air Force for Advanced EW
March 3, 2009 @ 12:00 AMITT has won a $99.8 million competitive award to supply Advanced Electronic Warfare systems to support 30 new F-16 Block 50M aircraft being procured by the Turkish Air Force under the Peace Onyx IV Foreign Military Sales program
Israel’s Rafael, SpearUAV to Develop Anti-FPV drone Interecptor, Iron Wasp
Leonardo’s M-346 Fighter and Bayraktar KIZILELMA Drone Perform Joint Autonomous Flights
MBDA’s Low Cost, Long Range Missile, ‘Crossbow’ Could Head to Ukraine
China Tests DF-17 Hypersonic Missile for the First Time Under "Battlefield Conditions"
One Month Since U.S., Israeli War Against Iran: Who Is Gaining?
One month after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran on February 28 the conflict has expanded...
Modern Tank Showdown: T-90MS, Leopard 2A7, M1E3 Abrams Compared
Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) have shown their mettle in recent conflicts such as in Ukraine despite being increasingly vulnerable to...
European Nations Prioritizing Europe-made IRIS-T & SAMP-T over American Patriot Air Defense Systems?
European nations looking to procure new air defense systems appear to be giving the much-vaunted American Patriot a miss in...
Russian T-90MS Crew Discuss Future Upgrades
Defense Mirror spoke with the crew members of the Russian T-90MS main battle tank, produced by UralVagonZavod
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles