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AAI Conducts Successful Test Flight of Its New Aerosonde Mark 5 Unmanned
January 6, 2009 @ 12:00 AMHUNT VALLEY, Md. --- AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc
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GKN Aerospace Commences Operations at Filton, UK
January 6, 2009 @ 12:00 AMFollowing European Regulatory approval GKN Aerospace announces it will take ownership and operational control of the former Airbus UK, Filton wing component and assemblies manufacturing facility at midday today.>> As 'GKN Aerospace - Filton' opens for business, GKN Aerospace Chief Executive, Marcus Bryson comments: "This is a landmark day for our worldwide business, for the regional aerospace cluster around Bristol and the UK aerospace sector, and for the 1500 people joining us today
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General Dynamics Completes Acquisition of AxleTech International
January 6, 2009 @ 12:00 AMFALLS CHURCH, Va. --- General Dynamics announced today that it completed the acquisition of AxleTech International from The Carlyle Group, a Washington, D
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B&W Subsidiary Acquires Nuclear Fuel Services
January 6, 2009 @ 12:00 AMLYNCHBURG, Va. --- A subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company has completed the acquisition of Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc
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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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Pentagon Contract Announcement
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMLockheed Martin Corp, Missiles and Fire Control Dallas, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded on Dec 23, 2008 a $774,776,167 firm/fixed/price (FFP) and cost/plus/fixed/fee (CPFF) contract for PATRIOT Advanced Capability3 (PAC-3) FY09 Production Buy which consists of 188 Missiles, Tooling, Parts Library, Storage and Aging, Interim Contractor Depot Support, Concurrent Spares and Replenishment Spares.>> Work is to be performed in Grand Prairie and Lufkin, Texas: Camden, Ark
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Pentagon Contract Announcement
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe Boeing Company, Ridley Park, Pa., was awarded on Dec 19, 2008, a $620,744,955 firm/fixed/price contract for CH-47F Multiyear contract for second year Production Lot 7, 16 each CH-47F new build aircraft, 15 each CH-47F remanufacture aircraft, over and above, Production Lot 8 Long Lead Items
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Etihad Expands Rolls-Royce Trent Fleet with New A330 Order
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMRolls-Royce announced today that Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi-based national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has chosen the Trent 700EP to power a further eight Airbus A330 aircraft. The Trent 700EP is the latest and more fuel-efficient version of the best-selling engine for the A330
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Agreement Keeps Aircraft Defensive System at Robins
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --- Maintenance personnel here will begin to work on an advanced weapons system that protects large cargo aircraft from attacks from shoulder-fired missiles in a Dec
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Second Sukhoi Superjet 100 Prototype Takes to the Skies in Komsomolsk
January 5, 2009 @ 12:00 AMThe second of four SSJ100 prototypes SN95003 took to the skies on December 24, thus joining the flight test program started earlier this year.>> The aircraft took off from the factory runaway and safely landed after a successful 2h 30min
Rafale Jet Combines with Electronic Warfare Payload-Carrying UAV to Strike Simulated Target
Iran War Impact: Saudi Arabia to Buy Advanced Precision Kill Weapon II...
Anduril Bags U.S. DoW Contract to Supply Barraduda-500 Stand-off Weapons
Bombardier to Supply Two Global 6500 Aircraft for Korea’s Electronic Warfare Program
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