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MBDA Wins £35 million Brimstone Missile Contract
November 19, 2013 @ 08:19 AMMBDA has signed a £35 million contract with UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply Brimstone missiles for the next five years at Dubai Airshow. Brimstone is carried by RAF Tornado GR4 aircraft, and was used extensively on operations in Afghanistan
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General Dynamics Wins New WIN-T Increment 3 Order
November 19, 2013 @ 07:52 AMGeneral Dynamics has received a contract from the U.S
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US Cancels Russian Helicopter Purchase Plans
November 14, 2013 @ 08:26 AMThe Pentagon has scrapped plans to buy Russian helicopters for the Afghan Air Force from Rosoboronexport, a state-owned arms exporter that also sells weapons to Syria. The Pentagons plans to buy additional 15 Russian Mi-17 helicopters for $345 million appears to end for now
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Declining Defence Budgets And Technology Upgrade Shaping Night Vision Market
November 12, 2013 @ 11:54 AMAs defence budgets take a beating due to the downturn of the war in Afghanistan, the market for night vision devices (NVDs) is being shaped by an upgrade of technology from Generation II to Generation III. A decade ago, a major chunk of the night vision market supported war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan
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DynCorp Wins $86.6 Million Aircraft Logistics Support Contract
November 7, 2013 @ 01:28 PMDynCorp International (DI) has won a subcontract to provide contractor logistics support in Afghanistan, as part of the Multi Sensor Aerial Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (MAISR) Operations and Sustainment program. The subcontract has a one-year base period with a one-year option, with a total contract value of up to $86
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Israel To Buy Six V-22 Ospreys: US Defense Secretary Announces
November 5, 2013 @ 12:06 PMThe US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced yesterday that Israel is planning to buy six V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. “Israel will get six V-22s out of the next order to go on the assembly line, and they will be compatible with other [Israeli defense force] capabilities,” he said
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Poland To Buy Rosomak Armored Vehicles
October 25, 2013 @ 09:30 AMPolands Defense Ministry has ordered 307 Rosomak armored modular vehicles under $500 million contract being built by state-owned defense manufacturer Wojskowe Zaklady Mechaniczne Siemianowice (WZMS). The delivery is scheduled from 2014 to 2019
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Oshkosh Demos C4 Capabilities For Terrain Vehicles
October 22, 2013 @ 09:03 AMOshkosh Defense is demonstrating its C4 and systems integration capabilities to connect soldiers to the network on its MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) at the Association of the U.S
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US, Romania Sign Defense Agreements
October 21, 2013 @ 02:39 PMThe U.S
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MBDA Successfully Test Upgraded Brimstone Missile
October 21, 2013 @ 01:56 PMMBDA successfully tested Brimstone 2 missile highlighting the latest guidance system upgrades being added to it under the UK MoD Brimstone 2 programme. The trials involved firing five missiles at a series of targets moving at up to and including 70 mph, from a variety of launch conditions including long range and high off-boresight and against targets transiting representative cluttered road environments
Netherlands Becomes Launch Customer for Pilatus PC-7 MKX Trainers
KNDS, Safran to Develop Land Robotics for France
U.S. Approves $7.41B Sale of Missiles, Smart Bombs to Israel
Argentina, Paraguay Sign Pact to Boost Border Security, Combat Transnational Crime
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U