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Cubic Gets New Director of Corporate Communications
August 20, 2014 @ 02:35 PMCubic Corporation announced today it has appointed Suzanne Hatcher as its new director of corporate communications. In this role, Hatcher will be responsible for further developing Cubics corporate external, internal and marketing communication strategies, to ensure consistent messages are delivered in a well-coordinated manner across various stakeholders
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India Puts New Arms Deals With Finmeccanica On Hold
August 6, 2014 @ 08:45 AMThe Indian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday said that all new deals with Finmeccanica, parent company of AgustaWestland, will be put on hold until further notice. "An internal circular/advisory has been issued to not further process any acquisition project in which Finmeccanica is in the fray as a vendor till we get the attorney general's opinion on the entire blacklisting issue in the VVIP helicopter case (the 556 million Euro contract was scrapped on January 1)," an MOD official was quoted as saying by The Times of India newspaper
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Banned Weapons Used In Israel-Palestine Conflict?
August 1, 2014 @ 01:38 PMAs the conflict between the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Palestinian groups intensifies, the unevenly matched sides continue to assault each other with a wide array of weapons including Israels use of internationally banned weapons, such as DIME (Dense Inert Metal Explosive), according to various media reports. A statement issued by Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights group, details how Hellfire rockets connected to drones are firing DIMEs
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First Timer KRET To Showcase Under A Single New Brand At Farnborough
July 16, 2014 @ 08:12 AMConcern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), a part of the State Corporation Rostec, is to take part for the first time under a single brand. KRET is a Russian integrated developer and supplier of advanced radio-electronic equipment, electronic warfare systems, as well as civil and military avionics
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Russia shows hovercraft like Drone At Innoprom
July 10, 2014 @ 01:03 PMA drone which takes off and lands on an air-cushion, similar to the technology employed on hovercrafts has been developed by Russias United Instrument-Making Corporation (UIMC) called Chirok. The drone was unveiled at the Innoprom international technology exhibition in Yekaterinburg yesterday
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US approves Harpoon Missiles For India’s Shishumar Class Submarines
July 3, 2014 @ 08:38 AMThe Pentagon notified the US Congress to sell anti-ship Harpoon missiles to India at an estimated cost of $200 million. The Harpoon missile system will be employed on the Indian Navys Shishumar class submarine and will provide enhanced capabilities in defence of critical sea lines of communication
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CybAero Wins Order For Unmanned Helicopters To China
July 2, 2014 @ 02:47 PMSwedish firm, CybAero gets unmanned helicopters order guarantee worth $104 million over eight years to China. The order has been placed by a company in the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) group, which develops and manufactures aircraft and various types of flying vehicles and has over 400,000 employees
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Lockheed Martin Eyes Zeta Associates
June 30, 2014 @ 03:05 PMLockheed Martin is set to acquire Zeta Associates. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed and are not material to Lockheed Martin
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Saab Acquired ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AB
June 30, 2014 @ 02:56 PMDefense and security company Saab acquired ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AB (TKMS AB, formerly Kockums) at SEK 340 million (around €37 million). In April 2014, Saab and ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG signed a non-binding MoU regarding the acquisition of the Swedish shipyard TKMS AB with operations based in Karlskrona, Malmö and Muskö, Sweden
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India To Have Security Manual for Defense Equipment manufacturer
June 30, 2014 @ 02:32 PMAfter streamlining industrial licensing on defense equipment last week, India has issued a set of security guidelines for all licensed defense equipment manufacturing companies. According to the Indian Express newspaper, the guidelines are to elaborate physical defense systems
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