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Lockheed Martin Wins $174 Million Tactical Missile System Contract For UAE

May 14, 2015 @ 10:34 AM

Lockheed Martin announced Wednesday that has won a $174 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to produce Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) for the United Arab Emirates. Some of the productions are also meant for USA
Low Cost Tech To Improve Launch And Retrieval Of UAS And Maritime...

May 11, 2015 @ 12:15 PM

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is conducting two technology demonstration efforts for unmanned aircraft systems capabilties under its Tern initiative - a joint research and development program with US Navy. The SideArm and Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems(TALONS) portions of the Tern program seek to build on its research as part of phase one, DARPA announced Thursday
General Dynamics Unveils First Two Peruvian Cayman Armored Vehicles

May 8, 2015 @ 02:01 PM

General Dynamics Land Systems Canada unveiled Thursday the two first LAV-II "Cayman" 8x8 armored vehicles of the 32 ordered in mid-2014 by the Peruvian Armed Forces. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony in London, Ontario, Commandant of the Peruvian Navy, Admiral Edmundo Deville del Campo said, “the Cayman will be used to patrol the coast, as well as lakes and rivers, as the Peruvian Marines prepare for expansion next year
Thales To Equip French MRTT With TopShield-400 Antenna System

May 7, 2015 @ 02:18 PM

Thales announced today that it has been awarded contract for its new TopShield-400 Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna system (CRPA) for the future French Tanker. Thales will provide Airbus Defense & Space with its new GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna system TopShield-400 to equip the 12 MRTTs (multi-role transport tanker) ordered by the French Procurement Agency (DGA)
India, France To Set Up Teams For Rafale Acquisition Deal In 'Time...

May 6, 2015 @ 12:29 PM

India and France will set up team to discuss the acquisition of 36 Dassault Rafale fighters in a ‘time bound manner. A short statement from India's MOD said after the Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar met his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian in Delhi today to flag off the acquisition process
US Defense Secretary's Visit To India To Focus On Major Military Deals

May 2, 2015 @ 08:17 AM

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will be signing a 10-year Indo-US Defense framework Agreement and also fast-track the Defense Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI) under which the two nations will co-produce and develop military equipment in India, IHS Janes reported Thursday. US defense secretary Ashton Carter's two-day visit to India in early June is expected to raise the levels of bilateral strategic and defense co-operation between the two countries, IHS Jane's quoted senior Indian military officials as saying
Raytheon Wins $20 Million DARPA Contract For Hypersonic Missile Development

April 30, 2015 @ 02:59 PM

Raytheon announced Wednesday that it has won a $20 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop and demonstrate technology to enable air-launched hypersonic boost glide systems for missiles for the Tactical Boost Glide program (TBG). The hypersonics will enable missiles to fly more than five times faster than speed of sound
DARPA’s EXACTO Guided Bullet Demonstrates Repeatable Performance Against Moving Targets

April 28, 2015 @ 02:43 PM

DARPA announced Monday that its Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program developed self-steering bullet has demonstrated repeatable performance against moving targets. EXACTO developed a self-steering bullet to increase hit rates for difficult, long-distance shots, completed in February its most successful round of live-fire tests to date
Indian Army Develops New Human Resource Management Software

April 27, 2015 @ 11:13 AM

The Indian Army and HCL has co-developed a software application, dubbed human resource management system (HRMS 2.0) designed to make various administrative functions integrated and web-enabled by being lodged in the servers of the unit level formations
South Korea, Peru To Co-operate In $1 Billion Trainer Jet Project

April 22, 2015 @ 03:44 PM

South Korea, Peru have agreed on mutual co-operation in Perus US$1 billion next-generation light attack aircraft project, Yonhap Agency reported Tuesday. South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Monday she agreed with her Peruvian counterpart Ollanta Humala on cooperation in Peru's trainer jet project, a move that could raise the prospect of a South Korean defense firm winning a lucrative deal

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