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BAE Systems Wins $79 Million DARPA Insight Programme Contract

January 17, 2014 @ 12:08 PM

BAE Systems has won a $79 million contract to work on phase two of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Insight programme. The contract allows the company to mature the Insight system by adding capabilities to integrate information from space, air, sea, and ground sensors, human reports and intelligence repositories
Finland To Purchase Leopard MBTs Worth 200 Million Euros

January 17, 2014 @ 11:57 AM

The Finnish Ministry of Defence (MoD) will acquire second-hand Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks (MBTs) from the Netherlands, according to Army Technology. In a letter to the Dutch Parliament's Lower House, defence minister Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert noted that the contract is likely to be signed next week during the visit of Finnish defence minister, Carl Haglund, to the Netherlands
Royal Navy To Deploy Boeing ScanEagle UAS

January 17, 2014 @ 08:42 AM

The new Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capability is set to go operational this week with the UK Royal Navy. At a UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) media event on 15 January, Commander Bow Wheaton, the service's maritime aviation capability desk officer was quoted as saying by IHS Janes, two task lines of the navy's new UAS will be active on maritime security patrols in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf
Textron To Unveil Scorpion Networked Munition System At DEFEXPO

January 17, 2014 @ 08:14 AM

Textron Systems will showcase its Scorpion ground-based networked munition system along with other end-to-end solutions addressing the border security and intelligence requirements faced by regional customers at Defexpo India 2014, 6-9 February in New Delhi. The XM1100 Scorpion (previously known as the Intelligent Munitions System or IMS) is a smart system, which allows controlled and safe use of munitions in the battlefield and prevents unwanted munitions from being buried and forgotten
General Dynamics Win $226.7 Million Worth Contracts For Submarine Modernization Program

January 17, 2014 @ 07:32 AM

General Dynamics has won two contracts valued at approximately $226.7 million by the US Navy for continuing efforts to modernize and repair the training and support equipment for the US and UK ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) and SSGN fleets
French Navy To Buy More Sperwer Tactical Drones

January 16, 2014 @ 01:42 PM

Sagem has won a contract for five additional Sperwer tactical drones (including two on option), to be deployed by the French army, and to be delivered in 2015. In the French army, the Sperwer tactical drones system is operated by the 61st Artillery Regiment, which successfully deployed it in this theater from November 2008 to June 2012 for protection, intelligence and ground support missions
Gripen Buy Awaits Brazilian Congress Approval

January 16, 2014 @ 01:42 PM

Brazil Ministry of Defense will have to seek approval from its countrys Congress for the purchase of 36 Swedish Gripen NG fighters. Defense Minister Celso Amorim said that the choice of aircraft by the Brazilian government was based on three criteria: price, technology transfer and performance
Selex ES Promote Kronos Multipurpose AESA Radars At Bahrain Airshow

January 16, 2014 @ 11:18 AM

Selex ES is showcasing a range of ISTAR, air defence, naval and homeland security systems, with a particular focus on its complete family of Kronos multipurpose AESA radars at Bahrain International Air Show 2014. “The whole Gulf region is strategic for Selex ES and Bahrain in particular has a number of requirements for sophisticated defence-electronic equipment that we are perfectly positioned to meet” said Selex ESs regional marketing manager for Bahrain, Luca Gennaretti
Future Assault Rifles To Tag Targets Much Like Social Media Photo Tagging

January 16, 2014 @ 10:53 AM

Next-generation military assault rifles will not only be sleeker and faster but will pack in a heavier punch. These firearms will be developed not only for military snipers and sharpshooters but for the average soldier with need for greater capabilities
China Test Hypersonic Missile Vehicle

January 16, 2014 @ 09:05 AM

China yesterday successfully tested a hypersonic missile vehicle designed to travel several times the speed of a sound, technology that could allow armies to rapidly strike distant targets anywhere around the globe. The flight was conducted on January 9 and the Chinese vehicle, dubbed the WU-14, is supposed to travel at Mach 10, or 10 times the speed of sound, according to a report in The Washington Free Beacon

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