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Cassidian Mobile TETRA LTE System Completes Functional Trails
December 9, 2013 @ 12:43 PMThe German Armed Forces have successfully conducted first functional trials of Cassidian's mobile terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio system, designed to enable simultaneous voice and broadband data services for users. The first mobile broadband radio system demonstrated its capability in the 400MHz frequency band
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New Zealand Receives New Rheinmetall-MAN Vehicles
December 6, 2013 @ 05:03 PMThe New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) has officially received 40 new Medium-Heavy Operational Vehicles at a handover ceremony in Auckland today, just seven months after they were purchased. “The new Rheinmetall-MAN military medium and heavy vehicles are a significant step up in capability for the NZDF, replacing the old Unimog and Mercedes trucks
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USAF's Secret New UAS To Be Operational In 2015: Report
December 6, 2013 @ 04:50 PMThe US Air Force's secret unmanned aerial system (UAS), designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, is scheduled to be operational by 2015, according to Aviation Week. A large, classified unmanned aircraft is now flying—and it demonstrates a major advance in combining stealth and aerodynamic efficiency
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Jamaica Defence Force To Get Thales Bushmaster Vehicles
December 6, 2013 @ 11:07 AMThales Australia has signed a contract to supply 12 Bushmaster vehicles to the Jamaica Defence Force. The vehicles are all troop carrier variants equipped with Thaless SOTAS M2 communication system, and deliveries will begin in 2015
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Lockheed Martin Begins Operational Readiness Of Second Romanian Aegis System
December 6, 2013 @ 08:09 AMLockheed Martin celebrated the official "light off" of the second Aegis Ashore system for Romania on Oct. 24, representing the system's operational readiness
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Exelis Wins $20.6 Million Predator B Ejector Rack Contract
December 5, 2013 @ 11:40 AMExelis has been awarded a $20.6 million contract by General Atomics to produce the BRU-71/A ejector rack for the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft
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Brunei Receives First Batch Of S-70i Black Hawks
December 5, 2013 @ 07:50 AMThe Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) took delivery of first four S-70i Black Hawk helicopters at the Brunei Darussalam International Defence Exhibition and Conference (BRIDEX) yesterday. Samir B Mehta, president of Sikorsky Military Systems, was quoted as saying by The Brunei Times that the first batch of S-70i Black Hawk helicopters were delivered ahead of schedule, owing to their collaborative working relationship with the Ministry of Defence (MinDef)
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AH-1W Super Cobra Helicopter To Be Equipped With Christie Projection Systems
December 4, 2013 @ 08:01 AMChristie will supply projection systems to the US Marine Corps for AH-1W Weapons Systems Trainer (WST) Device 2F136A upgrades under a new contract announced on 2 December. The projection systems will consist of 12 Christie Matrix StIM WQ 1-chip DLP solid state LED projectors
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Russia To Launch New Military Satellites By 2015
December 2, 2013 @ 08:11 AMRussia will launch a total of 11 military satellites by 2015, President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. Speaking at a meeting on the development of the Russian satellite fleet, Putin said five military satellites have already joined Russias orbital group in 2013 and that five more will be added to it before the year is out
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Raytheon Wins LPD Repairs And HARM Missiles Contracts
November 29, 2013 @ 12:05 PMThe US Department of Defense has awarded two contracts worth $42 million to Raytheon. The first $32
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