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Defense Sector Outperforms S&P500 for Ninth Consecutive Year
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMWASHINGTON, DC: Although the worst year the stock market has seen since the 1930s, aerospace and defense companies continued to outperform the broader markets, with the benchmark SPADE Defense Index (NYSE Alternext US: DXS) outperforming the S&P500 for the ninth consecutive year, a Marketwire press release said. An 8
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Astrium Services Wins Australian Navy Satellite Communications Terminals Contract
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMPORTSMOUTH, England --- Astrium, Europe's largest space company, has won an order to supply five 'Maritime ASTIS' wideband satellite communications terminals to the Royal Australian Navy. The contract allows additional options to be exercised over the next nine months
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Commander of the Air Force Signs Unprecedented Contract with France
December 24, 2008 @ 12:00 AM>With 50 on order, Brazil will become the worlds largest operator of the Eurocopter EC725, seen here in French combat SAR service. (Eurocopter photo)The Commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant-General Juniti Saito, representing the three Armed Forces, will sign, today Dec
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Northrop Grumman-Led Joint Venture Awarded One-Year Contract Extension for Approximately $450 Million
December 23, 2008 @ 12:00 AMHERNDON, Va. --- The U
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Get Ready for the Beast
December 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMA beast of a vehicle will be unleashed on operations when MOD converts more than 100 Broncos, from Singapore Technologies Kinetics, into Warthog armoured vehicles for the Armed Forces in Afghanistan.>> Bronco will arrive in the UK in 2009 to undergo transformation to become the armoured, all-terrain vehicle Warthog replacing the Viking in Afghanistan
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Transition Command Helps to Build Afghan Air Corps
December 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMKABUL, Afghanistan --- The Afghan National Army Air Corps has received the first three of six Mil Mi-35 attack helicopters, adding to its growing capabilities.>> The helicopters, donated by the Czech Republic, were refurbished by members of Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan
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Europe’s Defence Industry Welcomes Positive EP Vote On Transfer Of Defence Products...
December 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMBRUSSELS --- ASD, the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe, welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament, yesterday in Strasbourg, of a first-reading deal on the Directive on intra-EU transfers of defence products. Franois Gayet, Secretary General of ASD, declared: The intra-EU transfers Directive will contribute a great deal to the emergence of a genuine European defence equipment market (EDEM), and to a further consolidation of the European defence industry
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Boeing Makes Network-Centric Advances in 2008
December 22, 2008 @ 12:00 AMST. LOUIS --- Significant milestones in major network systems programs -- like the U
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Last Three F16s Reach Poland
December 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMPOZNAN-KRZESIN, Poland --- The last three out of 48 F-16 multirole aircraft purchased by Poland arrived at the 31st Tactical Aircraft Air Base in Poznan on 11th December. The purchase agreement for F-16 was signed in April 2003
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Ministry of the Interior of Estonia Orders Third AW139 Helicopter
December 17, 2008 @ 12:00 AMAgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that on December 4th the Government of Estonia gave approval for the Ministry of the Interior of Estonia to sign a contract with AgustaWestland for the purchase of a third AW139 helicopter.>> This aircraft will be delivered in the last quarter 2010 and operated by the Border Guard to perform search and rescue, medical evacuation and border patrol duties
Ukraine to Receive Gripen-E Fighter Jets in 2029, Its First All-New Western
KNDS Suspends Initial Public Offering Due to “European Defense Market Volatility”
Israeli MoD, Rafael Upgrade “Iron Dome” Air Defense System Based on Iran...
Russia’s Kalashnikov Signs Contract to Supply 'Karakut' Reconnaissanc Drones to Indian Firm...
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